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Weekly Deals and Funds Roundup: 6 December 200606/12/2006. 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
New York-based private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Management's affiliate, Blue Wolf Energy Holdings, has agreed to acquire US landfill gas developer Montauk Energy Capital from DQE Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of Duquesne Light Holdings. The transaction, with an expected value of $110m, is likely to close by the end of 2006.
Munich-based VTC Industrieholding has acquired Prontor from Carl Zeiss for an undisclosed amount. Prontor is a supplier of modules and systems for the optical and medical technology industry.
Inflexion Private Equity has led the £13m buy-out of Autocruise, a UK motorhome manufacturer. Inflexion-managed funds have invested £5.9m, thus becoming the majority equity shareholder. Management has also invested in the transaction.
NBGI Private Equity has backed the £14m MBO of Change Recruitment Group, a Scotland-based recruitment consultancy. From offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Change Recruitment Group provides recruitment services for companies operating in various industry sectors.
Oxford Capital Partners has invested in OrthoMimetics, a technology spin-out from the Cambridge-MIT Institute. Oxford Capital Partners joins a syndicate of investors including Schroders Investment Management, Sloane Robinson Private Equity and a global investment bank in a series A funding round totalling £5m net of costs.
European technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners and GIMV, the Benelux-based private equity and venture capital firm, have led a €12m series A financing in Liquavista, a fabless display manufacturing company based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. New Venture Partners, who led the spin-out of Liquavista from Philips Research in April this year, is also participating in the round.
Advent International has acquired 100 per cent of Grupo La Mansión, an operator of casual dining restaurants in Mexico. The value of the all-equity transaction has not been disclosed.
MontaVista Software, a supplier of production-quality embedded Linux operating systems and development tools, has secured $21m in a funding round led by Siemens Venture Capital. Also participating in the round were NEC, Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, Aplix and others.
FUNDS
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has committed $35m to the Russia New Growth Fund, managed by Troika Capital Partners. The fund has a target of approximately $300m and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007.
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