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Midasplayer touches Apex for £23m

Online games outfit Midasplayer.com has turned some of its equity to gold, after leading private equity investment group Apax Partners came in for a €34 million minority stake (around £23 million).

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Global Brands goes for £3.5m

Global Brands, the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in Switzerland Luxemburg and Liechtenstein, is looking to raise up to £3.5 million ahead of an AIM flotation in September.

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Octopus launches twin trusts

Octopus Asset Management, the operator of four venture capital trusts – namely, Eclipse 1 and 2, BioScience and Phoenix VCT – has revealed it is seeking to raise up to £60 million through a new twin investment vehicle.

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ApaTech’s Noble ambition

ApaTech, an orthopaedic implants company spun out from the University of London’s Queen Mary College, has secured a £2 million finance facility from Noble Venture Finance.

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Vimio to take AIM

Broker John East has raised £5.5 million at 100p a share for Vimio – a Swedish university spin-out with an eye on the mobile data market – ahead of its £25.5 million AIM flotation next week.

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Boss quits as Scott Tod loss mounts

Nick Tod is resigning from the helm of card vending machine group Scott Tod, which expects to report a full-year loss of up to £1.1 million.

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Penta gobbles up EAT

Sandwich and coffee bar operator EAT has completed a £39 million management buyout from 3i, with the aid of Glasgow-based private equity group Penta Capital.

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NBGI warms to Superglass

NBGI Private Equity, the mid-market investment group that backs businesses operating in the traditional economies, has supported the £40 million MBO of Stirling-based insulation manufacturer Superglass.

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Penta gobbles up EAT

Sandwich and coffee bar operator EAT has completed a £39 million management buyout from 3i, with the aid of Glasgow-based private equity group Penta Capital.

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NBGI warms to Superglass

NBGI Private Equity, the mid-market investment group that backs businesses operating in the traditional economies, has supported the £40 million MBO of Stirling-based insulation manufacturer Superglass.

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Ample Gains heads for London

Ample Gains Investment, which runs China's Shandong International Institute of Translation, hopes to float on London's OFEX private share market this autumn.

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China phone group in £4m AIM move

EBT Mobile China, which supplies mobile phones in the Shanghai area, plans to join AIM through a reverse takeover of cash shell The Trading Exchange.

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Racal secures ECI backing

Mid-market buyout specialist ECI Partners has completed its second investment in as many months, supporting Harrow-based Racal Acoustics’ £52 million MBO from US private equity group JF Lehman & Co.

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£800,000 for Quotient

Diabetes testing technology developer Quotient Diagnostics has raised £800,000 from a syndicate of backers - including The Capital Fund, GEIF Ventures and NESTA - and will use the cash to develop its technologies through to commercialisation.

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