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Weekly Deals and Funds Roundup: 15 November 200615/11/2006. Source: AltAssets. 
 A selection of the latest deals and funds news from across the globe - essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the industry's key developments.
This weekly roundup provides an update on deals and fund activity that did not feature as separate stories in AltAssets' daily news service.
DEALS
Natexis Industrie and Natexis Investissement, two wholly owned subsidiaries of Natexis Private Equity, and Crédit Agricole Private Equity have agreed to buy Saverglass from the Desjonquères family. Saverglass designs, manufactures and distributes luxury glass bottles and decanters. The company has two production plants in France. 2006 revenue is estimated at €220m. Patrick Desjonquères is reinvesting in the company alongside the majority financial investors.
Wind Point Partners recently announced that it simultaneously acquired Pfingsten Publishing and Highline Media and combined them to form Summit Business Media. Wind Point formed Summit in partnership with William F Reilly, who assumed the role of chairman and CEO upon close.
3i has led a global VC syndicate, investing $20m via a series C financing round in Netronome Systems, a company that aims to transform the speed and efficiency of network appliances using its Open ApplianceTM platform. 3i is joined by Tudor Investment Corporation as well as existing investors Top Technology Ventures, Spinner Global Technology Fund and a group of business angels including FORE Systems founders Robert Sansom and Eric Cooper.
Barclays Ventures has backed a simultaneous £30m MBI of Amwell Systems and Twyford Bushboard. The combined businesses will create a large UK designer, manufacturer, supplier and installer of both traditional washroom systems and of the ready-plumbed modular system.
FUNDS
firstVentury, a German venture capital firm, has held a first closing on its Aeris Technology Fund on €40m. The target volume of the fund is €100m. The firm expects to close the fund in mid-2007.
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