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  1. 24MAS Acquires Liquid Air Lab GmbH arcticstartup.com/2012/01/11/24m… via @arcticstartup
  2. [Infographie] Les 8 tendances majeures en 2011 et les prévisions 2012 frenchweb.fr/infographie-le…
  3. Ge.tt, a simple browser-based file transfer service from Denmark raised €350k from VC firm Atomico, lead by Niklas Zennström.
  4. Food ingredients manufacturers Savena (owned by IK Investment Partners) and Sfinc (owned by AXA Private Equity) have announced their merger.
  5. ACE Management has invested €7m in French aerospace parts supplier Le Piston Français (LPF).
  6. Norvestor has acquired a majority stake in aluminium structure engineering company Marine Aluminium.
  7. Partech Ventures has announced the first close of its new venture fund Partech International VI on €100m.
  8. Vaaka Partners-owned Ovenia has acquired real estate management specialist Arenna for an undisclosed amount.
  9. Litorina Capital Advisors has bought a majority share in Swedish pressure sewage systems provider SKT in a secondary buyout.
  10. EQT has acquired energy businesses Fortum Energiaratkaisut in Finland and Fortum Termest in Estonia.
  11. CVC Capital Partners and Nordic Capital have exited portfolio company LEAF to listed trade player Cloetta in a reverse takeover.
  12. Nordic Capital has made a bid for NASDAQ OMX-listed financial technology and service provider Orc Group.
  13. The Swedish developer/producer of Methanol from Biomass, Värmlandsmetanol, has completed a € 900k equity increase
  14. Xylophane receives financing from Mistra Innovation for “Production of renewable packaging material based on byproducts from agriculture”.
  15. Heliospectra receives financing from the Swedish foundation Mistra Innovation, sharing SEK 20 million (2.2 mEUR) with several other projects
  16. European bank launches €100m fund to co-invest with VCs bit.ly/tAsmUX
  17. Deezer plans to launch music service in 200 countries by June 2012 (but not in the US, Japan) bit.ly/tdSV0W #deezer #music #vc #tech
  18. Industrifonden has invested SEK 4m in software company Zimpl.
  19. Profium Signs A Million Euro Deal With AFP arcticstartup.com/2011/12/13/pro… via @arcticstartup
  20. Sunstone Capital Announces New €85 Million Fund arcticstartup.com/2011/12/13/sun… via @arcticstartup