Mid-market

Mainsail Reels In $100M For Tech Plays

3i floats u-blox

Swiss GPS specialist is first European semiconductor IPO since 2004

ECI posts mail order exit

TA Associates buys M and M Direct

EI cashes in on Artima

French supermarket giant Carrefour buys Romanian business for €55m

Earlybird rises for abaXX sale

VC lets German software firm fly the nest

A Complete exit for Sovereign

Buy & build specialists make 5.7x return on sale

IQ Capital Partners launches

The early-stage team of UK business angel network NW Brown has spun-out and named itself IQ Capital Partners (IQCP).

NESTA signs up to Seedcamp

Seedcamp, the programme aimed at helping new entrepreneurs, has received backing NESTA, the £300m National Lottery endowment fund charged with promoting and investing in UK innovation.

SEP hoping top entrepreneur can deliver

UK venture firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led a €26m funding round for Kiala, a Brussels-headquartered company that produces a technology that allows people to pick up parcels when and where it suits them.

3i floats u-blox

Swiss GPS specialist is first European semiconductor IPO since 2004