Deals
FRANCE - Barclays Private Equity sells Laho to Loxam
Barclays Private Equity has sold construction equipment rental business, acquired in a tertiary buyout in 2005, to Loxam, the market leader in this sector, itself the subject of three successive buyouts.
FRANCE - Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners makes over 3x from Bonpoint sale
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP) has generated a money multiple of more than 3x from the sale of luxury children's wear brand Bonpoint to EPI, the investment holding of the Descours family, six months after a EUR 24m refinancing allowed the...
UK - NVM commits £1m to Gentronix
NVM Private Equity has provided Manchester-based drug company Gentronix with ТЃ1m of funding as part of a total funding round of ТЃ1.4m.
UK - The Riverside Company acquires Salamander
The Riverside Company has acquired Salamander as an add-on to Sentinel, a platform company acquired by Riverside in August 2005.
DENMARK - Northzone and Ferd Venture back Napatech
Northzone Ventures and Ferd Venture, existing investors in Napatech, have announced a USD 7.5m round of funding in the company. The employees and investors with relations within Napatech were also be invited to participate in the round, on the same conditions...
UK - The Riverside Company acquires Dapco
The Riverside Company has consolidated its presence in the railway maintenance sector, acquiring Dapco to complement its acquisition of Nordco in July 2003.
UK - Palamon Capital Partners acquires Cambridge Education Group
Palamon Capital Partners has invested тЌ15m to acquire a majority stake in English language teaching provider Cambridge Education Group (CEG).
FRANCE - CAPE invests in Environnement Conseil Travaux
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has made a growth capital investment in ECT, a company which stock industrial waste and treats polluted grounds.
NL - ABN AMRO Capital and Allianz Capital Partners acquire Sdu
ABN AMRO Capital and Allianz Capital Partners have acquired publishing and secruity identification group Sdu from the Dutch State, each taking a 50% stake in a transaction valued at €415m.
NL - ABN AMRO Capital acquires Vetus Den Ouden
ABN AMRO has acquired water sports business Vetus Den Ouden in a secondary buyout from Alpinvest Partners following an auction process.
SWEDEN - SEB Företagsinvest et al back QuickCool
SEB Företagsinvest has joined TeknoSeed and CapMan as a lead investor to advance QuickCool’s clinical studies, in a EUR 2.2m funding round.
GERMANY - EUR 3.5m funding for Exit Games
Media group Bertelsmann, and private equity firms Neuhaus Partners and smac partners have made an investment in Hamburg-based Exit Games.
UK - Merlin buys Tussauds for £1bn
The Blackstone Group has announced that its portfolio company Merlin Entertainments Group has acquired The Tussauds Group from Dubai International Capital for ТЃ1,028m. The acquisition makes Merlin Entertainments Group the worldтs second largest visitor...
UK - HgCapital acquires Americana International in secondary buyout
HgCapital has acquired Americana International, the owner of the brands Bench and Hooch, from ISIS Equity Partners, in a deal valued at ТЃ190m.
DENMARK - CVC acquires Matas
CVC Capital Partners has purchased personal care retail chain Matas A/S and affiliated stores. The private equity house has acquired 206 stores from approximately 125 store owners and has entered into conditional agreements to acquire an additional 45...
SWEDEN - EQT acquires Scandic Hotels from Hilton
EQT V has acquired Nordic hotel chain Scandic Hotels AB from Hilton Hotels Corporation. Scandic, a brand familiar to over 90% of the population of the Nordic region, has 132 hotels and more than 23,000 rooms in 9 countries.
UK - South East Growth Fund backs Medway Foods Ltd
WM Enterprise, via its South East Growth Fund, has invested in food production company Medway Foods Ltd.
ITALY - Abacus Invest and MPS Venture enter the fashion industry
Private equity firms Abacus Invest and MPS Venture have jointly acquired a 45% stake in fashion business Phard SpA.
ITALY - Palamon Capital Partners acquires debt collection agency
Mid-market firm Palamon Capital Partners has acquired all shares in Milan-based debt collection agency Si Collection SpA. The vendor is Si Holding SpA, which owns Carta Si, a major issuer of credit cards on behalf of a consortium of Italian banks.
ITALY - Investindustrial buys cosmetics business
Private equity firm Investindustrial has wholly acquired Morris Profumi. The business is a Parma-based cosmetics division of German specialty chemicals player Henkel.
UK - Quester invests £2.4m in web-based education company
Quester has invested ТЃ2.4m in UniServity Ltd, a provider of web-based learning platforms to the education sector. The capital raised from the company's first institutional funding round will provide UniServity with additional working capital to consolidate...
UK - Quester invests £2.4m in web-based education company
Quester has invested ТЃ2.4m in UniServity Ltd, a provider of web-based learning platforms to the education sector. The capital raised from the company's first institutional funding round will provide UniServity with additional working capital to consolidate...
FRANCE - Apax backs OBO of Royer Group
Apax Partners has acquired a significant minority stake in shoes distributor Royer Group.
UK - Bridgepoint exits ethnic food supplier WT Foods
Bridgepoint has sold ethnic and speciality foods supplier WT (Holdings) Ltd Group to GraceKennedy Ltd. Jamaica-listed GraceKennedy is the third largest company in the Carribbean with interests in food, retail, distribution and banking. The returns the...