Transactions - Tech, software & digital

Encore Productions, one of France’s leading independent companies specializing in live entertainment, raised new capital from Fimalac.

Dolphin Software, a provider of systems to contact centers, was acquired by Loxysoft Group, a Swedish IT company.

Panini Spa, the world leader in payment technologies, completed a debt restructuring deal with a pool of banks including Monte dei Paschi di Siena, UBI Banca, and Banca Popolare de Vicenza.

Viveras was issued a fairness opinion as a part of Enovacom’s equity reorganization. Enovacom is a French IT Company specialized in the development of interoperability and security software for the health sector.

Go Shop, a pioneering digital agency dedicated to mobile shopping, acquired Mobile News Channel, owned by Alcatel-Lucent.

Mobile service provider Phonero acquired its larger competitor Ventelo, one of Norway’s leading providers of complete fixed and mobile telephony services to the private and public sector.

Weezevent, a French provider of online registration and ticketing services, was sold to Vente-Privee, the leading event sales site.

Hawe Telekom Ltd., a major company in the Hawe Group that renders carrier services with its countrywide fiber optic network, merged with Mediatel, a listed company that offers wholesale voice, data center, and co-location services.

CRM Insight, a leading Norwegian consulting company in CRM solutions, was acquired by Økonomibistand Group, a fast-growing Visma ERP software partner focusing on accounting, logistics systems, CRM and payroll and major player in financial and accounting services across Norway and Sweden.

Elisa sold BCC Finland, an IT hardware and services company, to Atea, a leading IT infrastructure company.

Sanoma, a media and education company, sold its B2B business unit Sanoma Pro to Talentum, a Helsinki-listed media company.

Cimail Solutions, a French software publisher of both electronic-content management and customer-relationship management solutions, was sold to Numen, a group specializing in processing sensitive data and documents and providing outsourcing services.

Alma Media sold Baltic News Service, the leading news agency and media monitoring company in the Baltic countries, to Koha Captial, a VC firm.

Mobixell, a mobile data management, network optimization, and rich media delivery solutions company, was sold to Flash Networks.

Thales Italia, fully controlled by the listed French group Thales, sold its SAP business unit to the Swiss group Amaris.

Intercept, a leading UK cloud-based provider of financial services and insurance, was sold to Alternative.

Axender, distributor of flyers and door-to-door newspapers in the Netherlands, acquired Printaxx, active in online designing and printing of advertisement leaflets and flyers for the consumer market.

The management of NykampNyboer, leading Dutch advisory firm in brand implementation and brand improvement, holding 50% of the shares in the company, acquired the other 50% of the shares of Friesland Bank Investments.

Multiple acquisitions of various distributions companies of advertisement leaflets and local newspapers, amongst which the Alfa Group, led to the formation of a merged company, currently called Axender. The shareholders of Axender are various regional companies, H2 Equity partners and Vondel Finance.

ICT Media is a multimedia company in the field of CIO, IT and sourcing communities. Clairfield in the Netherlands acted as advisor to the shareholders of the company.