November 2011

Morgan Solar Secures US$9.8m Investment from Enbridge

November 30, 2011

Morgan Solar Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based manufacturer of a solar energy generation solution, has secured a US$9.8m (CAD $10m) investment from Enbridge Inc. This investment from Enbridge, a North American leader in oil and natural gas delivery, which is building a portfolio of renewable energy generation assets, brings the total amount raised by the company [...]

Trustpilot Raises €3.3M in Venture Funding

November 30, 2011

Trustpilot, a Åbyhøj, Denmark-based provider of a service that allows users to share their experiences with online shopping, has raised €3.3m in venture funding. Backers include SEED Capital and Northzone. The company intends to use the funds to expand its marketing activities throughout Europe with the purpose of becoming the dominant player in Europe, and [...]

Abeo Raises €1,5M from SEED Capital

November 30, 2011

Abeo A/S, a Frederiksberg, Denmark-based cleantech company, has raised €1,5m in venture capital from SEED Capital. The company intends to use the capital for upscaling the business including the hire of two new employees. Abeo was established in 2010 by Alexander Wulff to commercialize the patented building technology, Super-Lightweight Structures, which was invented by Kristian [...]

Gilde Buy Out Partners Acquires Majority in Eismann

November 30, 2011

Funds managed by Gilde Buy Out Partners have acquired the majority in the Eismann Group, a Mettmann, Germany-based provider of frozen food home delivery services for an undisclosed sum. The current minority shareholder Intermediate Capital Group will sell its entire shareholdings to the new investor. Following the investment, the management, led by CEO Dr. Frank [...]

TMAT Secures £1.6M in Funding with HSBC

November 30, 2011

TMAT Ltd, a Chesterfield, UK-based manufacturer of acoustic solutions for the special vehicles sector, has secured a £1.6m funding with HSBC. The company intends to use the funding to expand further into global markets and continue its product development plan, innovating new technologies specializing in Polyurethane Elastomer products. TMAT, which is already exporting its products [...]

AcuFocus Closes $65M Financing

November 30, 2011

AcuFocus, Inc., an Irvine, California-based developer of an innovative corneal inlay for the treatment of near vision loss (presbyopia), closed a $65m financing. The round was led by Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners, with participation from existing investors SV Life Sciences, Versant Ventures, Carlyle Group, Accuitive Medical Ventures, and Bausch & Lomb, and Medtronic. Cowen Royalty’s [...]

Kicksend Raises Seed Funding

November 30, 2011

Kicksend, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of a service for the real-time sharing of large files, recently closed its seed funding. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from Digital Garage, SV Angel, Start Fund and Jack Abraham, founder of Milo.com. The company is currently hiring (http://kicksend.com/careers). Co-founded in March 2011 by Brendan [...]

Clearlake Capital Group Provides Significant Capital to Solutionary

November 30, 2011

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., a private investment firm focused on special situations, sponsored the recapitalization of and provided a “significant” sum of capital to Omaha, NE-based information security company Solutionary, Inc. Led by CEO Steve Idelman, Solutionary provides services designed to reduce risk, increase security and ensure compliance for enterprise and mid market companies. Its multi-patented platform, ActiveGuard, processes more than 500 billion security [...]

Clearswift Acquired by Lyceum Capital

November 30, 2011

Clearswift, a Theale, near Reading, UK-based digital security software company, has been acquired by mid-market growth investor Lyceum Capital. With the acquisition – from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit and Kennet – Lyceum will take a significant majority stake in the company. In conjunction with the investment, Lyceum Partners Jeremy Hand and David Harland will join the [...]

Relay Technology Management Receives Strategic Investment from Nature Publishing Group

November 30, 2011

Relay Technology Management, a Boston, Massachusetts-based software analytics company focused on the life sciences industry, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount from Nature Publishing Group. Led by David Greenwald, Ph.D. Managing Director and Co-founder, Relay is building a software platform designed to provide next generation predictive analytics to the transactional licensing markets in the [...]

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