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Kennet invests €6.5 million in GoViral
Copenhagen-based video advertising company GoViral has secured €6.5 million from technology growth investors Kennet Partners. Fundraising Deals / Tuesday, 24th March 2009
Web news service secures six-figure sum
Ensembli, the Sheffield-based developer of a tool aiming to filter internet content to fit users’ specific interests, has secured follow-on funding. Fundraising Deals / Wednesday, 4th March 2009
Alex Hoye: lines of latitude
Though he hails from the American Northwest via Silicon Valley, Alex Hoye remains convinced of Europe’s potential to create world-leading companies. GB talks exclusively to the internet entrepreneur. Business Leaders / Wednesday, 4th March 2009
Establishing corporate identity
When you win a new client, make sure you know exactly who you are dealing with or you could be in for a nasty surprise. Marketing & Sales / Thursday, 26th February 2009
Young web company in funding boost
Imagini, which aims to help advertisers understand their online audiences through picture-based quizzes, has secured $13.5 million. Fundraising Deals / Wednesday, 25th February 2009
Virtual gaming site secures £610,000
MySapient, a virtual gaming site set to go live later this year, has received £610,000 in a funding round led by NorthStar Equity Investors. Fundraising Deals / Tuesday, 10th February 2009
Ingenious goes back to the 1980s
Media-focused venture capitalist Ingenious has committed £1.1 million to a two-day music festival featuring musicians from the 1980s. Fundraising Deals / Tuesday, 10th February 2009
Agassi and Graf invest in Viagogo
Secondary ticketing company Viagogo has secured US$15 million (£10 million) from investors including tennis greats Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf. Fundraising Deals / Thursday, 5th February 2009
GMT completes Redext refinancing
European private equity group GMT Communication Partners has refinanced the senior debt facilities of its portfolio company Redext in a €26.5 million deal. IPO & City News / Tuesday, 3rd February 2009
Kennet invests in Go Internet Media
Private equity firm Kennet Partners has led a $10 million (£7 million) round of funding into US-based advertising network Go Internet Media. Fundraising Deals / Wednesday, 14th January 2009
Wish I'd known... James Frost
Coast Digital CEO James Frost sold price comparison website CompareandSave for more than £12 million, but he’s the first to admit it’s been a bumpy ride. Achieving Growth / Monday, 12th January 2009
Edge Performance VCT seeks £10 million
Entertainment industry-focused Edge Performance VCT is seeking £10 million from investors in its current fundraising. IPO & City News / Wednesday, 10th December 2008
Pearson to reach Fronter
Media group Pearson is set to extend its operations in the online learning market after agreeing to buy a Norwegian company. Mergers & Acquisitions / Wednesday, 10th December 2008
Model management company sells stake
Models 1, which represents models such as Agyness Deyn and Yasmin Le Bon, has sold a ‘strategic equity stake’ to a US private equity house. Fundraising Deals / Tuesday, 9th December 2008
Bloomsbury catches Wisden
A London-based publishing giant has unveiled one of the world’s most famous cricket reference books as the latest addition to its portfolio. Mergers & Acquisitions / Friday, 5th December 2008
NEWS
New hope for China Evoline
AIM shell China Evoline is understood to be contemplating the injection of some Chinese mining assets. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 18th March 2010
Kromek raises Series D round
A Durham University spin-out with technology to help detect terrorist threats is now valued at £52 million following a fourth round of financing. Fundraising Deals / Thursday, 18th March 2010
Bowmark backs Leaders buy-out
Lettings and property agency Leaders has been acquired in a £48 million management buy-out backed by Bowmark Capital. Mergers & Acquisitions / Thursday, 18th March 2010
Latest Deals: Media & Marketing
| Company | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Contagious Communications | VC | Jan 2010 |
| Skimlinks | VC | Dec 2009 |
| Enrich Social Productions | VC | Oct 2009 |
| Fizzback | VC | Oct 2009 |
| Interactive Publishing Plc | PLUS | Aug 2009 |
| Interactive Publishing Plc | PLUS | Aug 2009 |
| Top Level Domain Hldgs | AIM | Jul 2009 |
| Dori Media Group | AIM | Jul 2009 |
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