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BNP Paribas Private Equity injects €2.2m in Resavacs
BNP Paribas PE has invested €2.2m in rental website editor Resavacs.
AXA-backed Kallista Energy acquires four windfarms
Kallista Energy has acquired the Brittany wind farm assets of Neoelectra, with the support of AXA Private Equity.
Advent backs fashion company farfetch.com
Advent Venture Partners has invested $4.5m in online fashion company, farfetch.com.
Octopus Ventures commits £1m to VYRE
Octopus Ventures has invested £1m into UK digital content and information management specialist, VYRE.
NVM Private Equity invests in Mantis Deposition
NVM Private Equity has provided a £3m development package for Mantis Deposition Limited.
Turenne Capital and Promelys back WebMediaGroup with €2m
Turenne Capital and Promelys Participations have invested €2m in WebMediaGroup.
CapMan invests in Bank Evropeiskij
CapMan has invested in the Russian-based Bank Evropeiskij through its CapMan Russia fund.
NextStage invests €8.2m in Groupe ACR
Nextstage has provided spare auto parts distributor Groupe ACR with €8.2m.
MB Funds invests in Suomen Transval
MB Funds has invested in Suomen Transval Oy, making the investor the main shareholder in the company.
Consolidation: Building for the future
The financial services industry has been abuzz with talk of consolidation in recent weeks, following news of Resolution’s acquisition of AXA’s UK life business. While Clive Cowdery’s listed consolidation vehicle is slowly assembling some of the...
Sovereign Capital’s LM acquires two funeral businesses
Sovereign Capital-backed LM Funerals has acquired Chris White Funeral Directors Limited and Pomphrey and Mercer Funeral Directors.
Index Ventures et al. back GroupSpaces with $1.3m
Index Ventures and a consortium of business angels have invested $1.3m in online group management specialist GroupSpaces.
Life sciences: testing times ahead?
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology have fared marginally better than other sectors during the global recession, but the last two years have still been lacklustre for private equity investments in life sciences. However, with a healthy number of deals already...
Intera invests in Toivonen Yhtiöt
Intera Equity Partners has invested in demolition and waste processing specialist Toivonen Yhtiöt.
UK Watch: 2010 activity ahead of 2009 at halfway mark
Large buyout activity in the UK has surpassed the whole of 2009 at the halfway mark, according to the latest unquote” UK Watch.
Fouriertransform invests SEK 28m in Alelion Batteries
Fouriertransform AB (FTAB) has invested SEK 28m in Alelion Batteries AB through a share issue.
Corporates trump private equity in European M&A
Private equity buyers continue to lag behind corporate buyers in the size of mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals executed in Europe, as cash-rich corporate players flex their muscles to offer both capital and synergies in the space.
Summit backs insurance technology vendor Acturis
Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in insurance technology vendor, Acturis, for an undisclosed amount.
Coach & Capital provide funding for Mindmancer
Coach & Capital and Chalmers Innovation have invested in CCTV systems operator Mindmancer, following the issue of new shares in June 2009.
Octopus Ventures invests £1.9m in Semafone
Octopus Ventures has invested £1.9m in UK call centre support services provider Semafone.
Norinnova leads investment in Vivision Roller
Norinnova has invested alongside KapNord Fond and Narvik Kapital in Vivision Roller AS.
Consortium invests in Målselv Utvikling
A consortium consisting of Investinor, Sparebanken Nord-Norge Invest, SIVA, Luma Invest and others, have invested NOK 52m in Målselv Utvikling AS.
OTC Asset Management injects $3.3m in Nuxeo
OTC Asset Management has provided content management solutions provider Nuxeo with $3.3m.
All-equity deals on the rise in 2010
The proportion of all-equity deals being executed by private equity players is on the rise once again, as the debt-underwriting markets continue to lag behind a revival in deal activity, forcing investors to fully back deals to meet vendor deadlines.