Deals
GERMANY - JenaValve raises an additional EUR 10m
Paris-based Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has led a EUR 10m series A-2 financing round of JenaValve™ Technology.
SPAIN - Nazca acquires two advertising companies
Nazca Capital has acquired advertising companies Sistemas e Imagen Publicitaria, based in Barcelona, and Mundex, based in Madrid.
SWEDEN - Segulah divests Previa to Tryg i Danmark
Segulah II, L.P. has agreed to divest AB Previa, a Swedish occupational health service provider, to Tryg i Danmark smba. Tryg i Danmark smba invests in companies within the health care and security sector and is also the majority shareholder of the TrygVesta...
UK - Finance Wales invests £200,000 in cell preservation company
Finance Wales has invested ТЃ200,000 as part of a ТЃ400,000 first round of funding for Abcellute Ltd, a specialist developer of a new cell preservation platform technology which has spun out of Cardiff University.
UK - Primary Capital sees 2x return from Elisabeth the Chef exit
Primary Capital has sold cake manufacturer Elisabeth the Chef (EtC) to Senoble, a France-based manufacturer of dairy deserts. The value of the deal has not been disclosed although it is reported that Primary recouped 2x its investment.
SPAIN - Chequers Capital leads MBO of ADP Travel Clearing
French buyout house Chequers Capital has acquired Travel Clearing de Automatic Data Processing from its parent company ADP alongside its management.
UK - Barclays Private Equity acquires Camden Corporate Fleet Services
Barclays Private Equity has backed the management buy-in/buyout of Camden Corporate Fleet Services Ltd. National Australia Bank provided debt to support the deal.
UK - Sainsbury's books open to Delta Two
Delta Two has been granted access to undertake due diligence on J Sainsbury Plc, the supermarket chain it has been courting since July. Delta Two, a vehicle backed by the Qatari Investment Authority, won over the board of Sainsburys after promising to...
ITALY - KKR exits FL Selenia SpA in EUR 1bn deal
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) has wholly exited its stake in Selenia SpA, a producer of lubricants and functional oils, in a trade sale to Malaysian petrolium company PETRONAS in a deal which values the company at around EUR 1bn.
UK - MSIF invests £300,000 in carbon monoxide testing company
The Liverpool Seed Fund, managed by the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF), has invested ТЃ300,000 of seed funding in Detectagas, a carbon monoxide testing company.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole leads MBO of Sateco
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has led the leveraged management buyout of Sateco, a producer of metal structures and safety platforms for the construction industry, in association with FPG-LFPI, Pechel and Uni Expansion Ouest (UEO).
GERMANY – Cologne Media Ventures joins second round of funding for nugg.ad
nugg.ad has concluded an undisclosed second financing round from existing investors bmp, VC Fonds Berlin as well as new investor Cologne Media Ventures GmbH.
GERMANY – Heliad acquires Jamba Service GmbH
Heliad Equity Partners, the listed-private equity investment company, has acquired a majority stake in specialist insurance broker Jamba Service GmbH.
UK - South Yorkshire Investment Fund backs acquisition of Enterprise Foods
South Yorkshire Investment Fund (SYIF) has supported the acquisition of Enterprise Foods Ltd through vehicle Maloney Ventures. SYIF provided ТЃ1m in the form of loan and equity alongside additional financial support from GE Commercial Finance.
FINLAND - HgCapital acquires Mondo Minerals
HgCapital has acquired Mondo minerals, a talc mining group, from Omya in a move to continue to expand the company. Mondo was established in 1998 as a merger of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch talc mining companies.
ITALY - Euraleo takes 40% stake in Intercos
Euraleo has purchased a 40% stake in cosmetics producer Intercos S.p.A. from investment fund Equinox.
FRANCE - European Capital acquires minority stake in listed-hearing aids business
European Capital has acquired a 39% stake of the holding controlling Audika, a hearing aids brand listed on Euronext Paris.
GERMANY - Ganymed increases series-C financing
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG has announced a second closing of EUR 3.5m to its series C funding, bringing the total for the round to EUR 37.2m.
SPAIN - Vector Capital buys minority stake in security business
Shortly after its launch , Vector Capital has purchased a 14.7% stake in Blindados Grupo Norte, a business active in the security and transport of valuable goods.
UK - Graphite backs gas portfolio company's £22m acquisition
Graphite Capital has backed the ТЃ22m acquisition of Global Gas Supplies by Dominion Gas, an independent supplier of industrial gases to the offshore industry. Graphite supported the ТЃ30m BIMBO of Dominion in June 2007. Funding for the latest deal includes...
GERMANY – Granville Baird sells TEAM BS for EUR 71m
Funds advised by Granville Baird have fully exited their stake in TEAM BS Management Holding to Randstad Group for a total consideration of EUR 71m. Minority shareholder and CEO Dirk Schmitt also exited his stake.
UK - LDC invests to fund expansion of drinks manufacturer
Mid-market private equity house LDC has invested an undisclosed amount to fund the continuing expansion of drinks manufacturer Intercontinental Brands.
UK - Hermes acquires Symington's food manufacturers
Hermes Private Equity has acquired food manufacturers Symington's from. Hermes backed management buy-in vehicle BPG Acquisitions Ltd which was led by new Symington's new CEO, David Salkeld, former CEO of Arla Foods Plc. The deal was supported by debt...
UK - Octopus invests over £600,000 in internet technology company
Octopus Investments has completed an investment of more than ТЃ600,000 in the development of internet technology firm True Knowledge Ltd. The deal represents the first round of funding for the company.