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  • Esprit Capital Partners leads €15m Kiadis funding round
    Jo Nash- 4 January 2013

    Kiadis Pharma, the biotech company backed by European venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners, has raised €15 million in its latest funding round.

  • Esprit and Eden invest in second Tribold financing round
    Jo Nash- 3 January 2013

    Esprit Capital Partners and Eden Ventures have contributed to the $15m second financing round of Tribold, a manufacturer of software for communication service providers.

  • Esprit sells its stake in Neteconomy
    James Taylor- 3 January 2013

    Esprit Capital Partners has sold its stake in fraud software business Neteconomy, as it hits the exit trail ahead of another fundraising round.

  • Two exits from GPS businesses
    Jenny Bollen- 3 January 2013

    3i has completed its third exit in two weeks with the $75m sale of a global positioning systems company it invested in alongside Nordic VC InnovationsKapital.

  • Esprit takes eight percent in pharma merger(3)
    Jenny Bollen- 3 January 2013

    Venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners has acquired a Canadian drug company to merge with its existing portfolio business Kiadis Pharma.

  • Esprit takes eight percent in pharma merger(2)
    Jenny Bollen- 3 January 2013

    Venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners has acquired a Canadian drug company to merge with its existing portfolio business Kiadis Pharma.

  • Esprit takes eight percent in pharma merger
    Jenny Bollen- 3 January 2013

    Venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners has acquired a Canadian drug company to merge with its existing portfolio business Kiadis Pharma.

  • Esprit re-invests in SiConnect
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Esprit Capital Partners has invested a further £0.7m in the £2.8m Series B funding of the UK fabless semiconductor company.

  • Prelude makes further investment in UK display company
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Prelude Trust, a UK quoted investment trust, has invested alongside QinetiQ Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company and TTP Ventures in a new financing round for ZBD Displays, which has raised almost £15m since 2001.

  • Esprit completes two deals in a week
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Esprit Capital Partners, formed from the merger of Prelude Ventures and Cazenove Private Equity, has sold its stake in security technology company BlackSpider Technologies and invested in a second round financing of network graphics semiconductor business Newnham.