Deals
FINLAND - Digi TV Plus secures EUR 38m funding
Digi TV Plus has received EUR 38m in a funding round led by Baker Capital and including Provider Venture Partners. The company has previously secured seed financing from Provider Venture Partners.
UK - Ingenious backs Independiente with new album deal
Ingenious, the largest independent source of A&R investment in the UK, has announced that it has made its second investment from its music fund, Ingenious Music VCT Plc, by backing Martina Topley-Birdтs second album. Martina Topley-Birdтs first album,...
FRANCE - Pechel to invest in Rasec
Pechel is set to invest in Rasec through its fund Pechel Industrie. Previous investors 3i and ABN Amro Capital will not be renewing their commitment on this round of financing.
NETHERLANDS - Gilde to exit Peijnenburg
Gilde Participaties has announced that it is negotiating the sale of Koninklijke Peijnenburg BV to Lotus Bakeries BV. Koninklijke Peijnenburg is market leader in the Netherlands in the market for gingerbread products.
GERMANY - inge AG receives fresh funds
A syndicate of investors has supplied EUR 6m in growth financing to Clean Technology company inge AG. Siemens Venture Capital, SAM Strategic Asset Management, Stone Fund N.V. and strategic investor Taprogge Watertech GmbH all participated in the round....
FRANCE - ABN Amro Capital backs tertiary LBO of Outinord
ABN Amro Capital has acquired a majority stake in steel formworks solutions provider Outinord from Siparex and Spef Venture, for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Ipnotic Telecom raises EUR 9.6m
A syndicate of investors including Turenne Capital, CM-CIC Capital Privé, CDC Entreprises Innovation and A Plus Finance have injected EUR 9.6m in a first round of financing for Ipnotic Telecom
UK - Regent Inns to stay independent
According to today's Times, rumoured talks between Alchemy Partners and Regent Inns, the operator of the Walkabout and Jongleurs chains, have fallen through.
GERMANY - KKR sells mannesmann plastics machinery
KKR and Siemens have agreed to sell Munich-based mannesmann plastics machinery to Madison Capital Partners. US-based Madison, together with the company's management, will purchase 100% of the shares in the world's largest plastics and rubber processing...
UK - Photo-Me likely to be private equity target
The Surrey-based photobooth maker, Photo-Me, has confirmed that it has hired JPMorgan Cazenove as a financial adviser according to the Times. The shareprice of the group has suffered in recent months, closing on Friday at 86p compared to 132p last November,...
FRANCE - Viaduc receives EUR 5m from French investors
Viaduc, the French leading online professional contacts exchange, has gathered EUR 5m from AGF Private Equity and Ventech.
ITALY - Barclays Private Equity Acquires ULKA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche SpA
Barclays Private Equity has acquired ULKA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche SpA, a manufacturer of solenoid pumps for coffee machines, from entrepreneur Giampiero Rossi for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Blackstone to float Southern Cross Healthcare Group
The recently volatility of the markets has not deterred Blackstone from their intention to float Southern Cross. Blackstone is hoping the sale will value Britain's biggest care home group which it has owned since 2003 at about ТЃ550m, according to The...
UK - Secondary buyout of Azzurri Communications
3i announces today that it has sold its 75% stake in Azzurri Communications, the leading UK converged voice and date communications company, to a secondary buyout vehicle backed by Prudential Ventures (PPM) in a deal valuing the company at ТЃ182.5m. 3iтs...
NL- Gilde and Van Herk Groep support third financing round for Agendia
Van Herk Group and Gilde Healthcare have provided third round financing to Dutch biotech company Agendia BV. The funds raised will be used to accelerate development of microarray-based late stage products into diagnostic tests for breast cancer and other...
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests in Storegate
Industrifonden has injected capital in Storegate in return of a 20% shareholding in the company. Based in Karlshamn, Storegate was founded in 2002 and focuses on secure information storage.
DENMARK - Matas shareholders to accept CVC offer
The majority of the Matas shareholders have agreed to sell the business to CVC Capital Partners for DKK 5.2bn. During a shareholder meeting, more than 2/3 of the shareholders agreed that the board of directors should continue the sales process with CVC....
SPAIN – WebCapital and Manoin64 invest EUR 400,000 in Agnitio
WebCapital SCR, managed by Riva y García Private Equity, and Manonin64 (the holding company of the Sansalvado family) have together acquired significant stakes in Agnitio SL for EUR 400,000. Agnitio SL, a spin-off from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid,...
UK - August Equity backs MBO of Rixonway Kitchens
August Equity has announced that it has supported the management buyout of Rixonway Kitchens Ltd via the newco Rollfold Group Ltd for an undisclosed sum. This is the eighth investment from August Equity Partners IV.
FRANCE - Weinberg Capital Partners makes its first investment
Weinberg Capital Partners (WCP) has announced an agreement to acquire 70% of Pharmaceutical company Pharma Omnium International.
ITALY - Bridgepoint acquires Italian perfumery group Limoni
Perfumery chain Limoni, the Italian market leader with a network of 400 stores and a consolidated turnover of € 304 million (13.6% up on 2004), has been acquired by Bridgepoint through a management buy-out involving its founder Piofrancesco Borghetti....
FRANCE - AXA Private Equity set to secure first French take-private of 2006
AXA private Equity has announced an agreement to purchase MAAF Assurances SA's 85.45% share of TLD Group. The French buyout house will also acquire an extra 9.58% from minority shareholders who have irrevocable agreed to tender their shares in AXA's simplified...
FINLAND - CapMan exits Sentera
Finnventure IV, V and V ET funds managed by CapMan have sold their 30.1% shareholding in Sentera Plc to SysOpen Digia Plc for EUR 12.8m. SysOpen Digia Plc paid the main part of the transaction in cash and a small part with the company’s own shares.
NETHERLANDS - Bencis acquires Winsol Group
Bencis Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire a substantial equity interest in Winsol Group, a producer of PVC and aluminium windows and doors, sun protection systems, rollers shutters, sectional doors and balustrades.