Deals
GERMANY - Novo Nordisk Biotech Fund brings total raised in Affimed to EUR 30m
Novo Nordisk Biotech Fund has committed EUR 5m to a second closing of a series-B funding round for Affimed Therapeutics AG, bringing the total raised at this stage to EUR 30m.
UK - BP Marsh-backed Principal Investment Holdings sold for £42m
Private equity firm BP Marsh & Partners has realised its interest in Principal Investment Holdings. Sevenoaks-based Principal, a portfolio manager, has been acquired by Sanlam, the second largest insurer in South Africa, for £42m.
DENMARK - Sunstone and Creandum back IPtronics with $10.25m series B-funding
Sunstone Capital and Creandum have invested $10.25m in IPtroincs, a supplier of silicon for parallel optical applications, in a series B-round. The investment will be used to accelerate global sales and product development.
UK - Shackleton takes minority stake in CIO Connect
Shackleton Ventures Ltd has acquired a 49.9% stake in IT networking organisation CIO Connect.
UK - ECI acquires bathroom manufacturer
ECI Partners has acquired specialist bathroom manufacturer DLP Ltd. Worcestershire-based DLP supplies adapted bathroom products for the elderly and disabled through the brand AKW MediCare.
FRANCE – Sofinnova Partners leads EUR 2.5m financing of Neosens
Sofinnova Partners has led Capricorn Cleantech Fund and GALIA Gestion as well as former investors ICSO Private Equity and IRDI in a EUR 2.5m financing round for Neosens.
UK - Balmoral has acquired yacht building company Oyster Marine
Balmoral Capital has acquired yacht building company Oyster Marine, one of the UK’s leading yacht builders. The value of the business, which had sales of more than £50m in its last financial year, is undisclosed. CIT Capital Finance (UK) Ltd has underwritten...
UK - Liverpool Seed Fund leads £470,000 round for ProKyma
ProKyma, a spinout from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has received £470,000 in funding led by Merseyside Special Investment Fund’s Liverpool Seed Fund. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), Rainbow Seed...
UK - Blackstone & CVC would offer M&B shareholders stub equity
According to reports, Blackstone and CVC would offer current shareholders in quoted pub group Mitchells & Butler the opportunity to hold stub equity in the new company, should they succeed in delisting the business. M&B operates the Harvester and All...
FRANCE - UFG Private Equity takes 15% in Mastrad Finance
UFG Private Equity took a 14.85% stake in Mastrad Finance, the holding company for Mastrad, via its two funds Diadème 2 and Diadème 3. The management retains 73.26% while Siparex has 11.89%.
GERMANY – DEWB to sell stake in 4flow for EUR 6.5m
Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel- Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG has sold its 44.4% shareholding in 4flow AG, Berlin, to the company's management for EUR 6.5m. The purchase price will be paid in several tranches.
SPAIN - Mercapital and N+1 could sell fitness chain to Virgin
Mercapital and N+1could sell fitness chain Holmes Place to Virgin Active in what would be a EUR 180m deal according to sources.
UK - MVM provides further seed funding for Heptares
MVM Life Science Partners has provided drug discovery company Heptares Therapuetics with a further round of seed funding. MVM backed the establishment of Heptares, a spinout from the Medical Research Council, in 2007.
UK - 3i acquires Ultralase in £174.5m buyout
3i has signed an agreement to acquire Ultralase, a company which offers laser correction for vision, for £174.5m from Corporación Dermoestética, a Spain-based medical aesthetic business.
RUSSIA - Great Europe Deep Value invests in Nord Timber
Great Europe Deep Value Fund together with a co-investor acquired, in a MBO/MBI, Nord Timber, a company consisting of two sawmills and the right to harvest forest land of 1m hectares. This investment was structured through a newco in Cyprus.
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco reaps 7.7x multiple on TvTel exit
Inter-Risco has reaped a 7.7x multiple and 30% IRR on its sale of broadcasting company TvTel to Portugal Telecom Media in a deal valued at approximately EUR 120m.
NETHERLANDS - Emerald leads EUR 15m investment in EWT
A consortium led by Emerald Technology Ventures has acquired an equity position in privately-held Emergya Wind Technologies, a Dutch wind turbine manufacturer. In December 2007, Ludgate Environmental had invested EUR 1.43m in the company. According to...
UK - NESTA leads £1.2m funding round in Camrivox
Camirox Ltd, a Cambridge-based developer of computer telephony integration, has raised £1.2m from a consortium of investors led by NESTA Investments.
GERMANY - Paine & Partners to acquire Stabilus from Montagu Private Equity
Montagu Private Equity plans to divest Stabilus, a manufacturer of gas springs, to funds managed by Paine & Partners, LLC. The transaction is expected to close in April 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
FRANCE - Hellman & Friedman acquire 30% of GTT for EUR 330m
Hellman & Friedman has acquired Saipem’s 30% stake in Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) for EUR 330m. Gaz de France and Total retain their respective 40% and 30% stakes.
FRANCE - Ventech and Neuf Cegetel inject EUR 6m in Wengo
Ventech and Neuf Cegetel have invested EUR 6m in a second round of financing of Wengo.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Contros Systems & Solutions GmbH
Seed investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, MAZ level one and business angel Paal Nordby from Norway have provided funding for CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH, a Kiel-based developer, producer and distributor of underwater sensor systems to detect hydrocarbons,...
UK - Impax invests £4m in New Earth
Impax Asset Management has invested £4m in biological waste treatment and resource recovery company New Earth Solutions.
AUSTRIA – Apollo rumoured to be interested in Constantia
US private equity player Apollo is rumoured to be interested in acquiring Constantia Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft, based in Vienna. Other bidders are said to include Credit Suisse, OTP, and Vienna Insurance Group. Signing for the deal is expected in...