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Deals

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.

  • Buyouts
  • 06 June 2006
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.

  • Expansion
  • 05 June 2006
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.

  • Buyouts
  • 05 June 2006
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 £550m, according to The...

  • Exits
  • 05 June 2006
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 £182.5m. 3i’s...

  • Buyouts
  • 02 June 2006
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...

  • Expansion
  • 02 June 2006
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.

  • Early-stage
  • 01 June 2006
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.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 May 2006
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...

  • Expansion
  • 31 May 2006
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.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 May 2006
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.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 May 2006
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....

  • Buyouts
  • 31 May 2006
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...

  • Exits
  • 31 May 2006
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.

  • Exits
  • 31 May 2006
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.

  • Expansion
  • 30 May 2006
BELGIUM - Big Bang Ventures leads investment round for Qlayer

Big Bang Ventures has announced that it has taken the lead in a EUR 1.3m first round of financing for Qlayer, a provider of virtualisation management software for commercial data centers. The transaction represents the first investment of Big Bang Ventures'...

  • Early-stage
  • 30 May 2006
UK - Permira to float Hogg Robinson

The Sunday Times reported on the expected IPO of Hogg Robinson over the weekend. Permira took Hogg Robinson private in a 2000 deal worth EUR 640m and now intends to return it to the stock market through a 'competitive' IPO. This controversial route to...

  • Exits
  • 30 May 2006
FRANCE - Bridgepoint acquires French publisher from Sagard

Bridgepoint has taken a majority stake in Groupe Moniteur in a secondary LBO. French buyout house Sagard is exiting the investment it made in 2004.

  • Buyouts
  • 30 May 2006
FRANCE - Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners backs Alturia's owner buyout

Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and Socadif have taken minority stakes to back Henry Robet's buyout of Groupe Alturia.

  • Buyouts
  • 30 May 2006
SWEDEN - CapMan invests in Spintop Netsolution

Funds managed by CapMan will invest in Spintop Netsolution AB, a Swedish software development and services company. Following this investment, CapMan funds will have a 30 percent stake in Spintop and the company’s founders and key employees will hold...

  • Expansion
  • 30 May 2006
ITALY - MCC Sofipa acquires majority stake in Cobra

MCC Sofipa SGR SPA, the private equity arm of Gruppo Capitalia, has acquired a majority stake in Cobra Spa via the funds Sofipa Equity Fund and Sofipa Equity Fund II. The funds have together invested approximately EUR 17.5m for a 70% shareholding, while...

  • Buyouts
  • 26 May 2006
UK - Telent to be taken private by Fortress Investment

Telent has been offered 529.5p per share by the US private equity firm Fortress Investment according to a report in today's Times. The deal will value Telent, the only part of former industrial giant Marconi that remains independent, at £346m. Ericsson...

  • Buyouts
  • 26 May 2006
DENMARK - Polaris sells Dansk Droge to Orkla

Polaris Private Equity has entered into an agreement to sell its shares in Dansk Droge to Orkla. The Sports Nutrition companies SPP in Sweden and Finland are not included in this transaction.

  • Exits
  • 25 May 2006
UK - Barclays Ventures exits Canada Square Health and Fitness Ltd

Barclays Ventures has completed the sale of Canada Square Health and Fitness Ltd, the operator of the prestigious 'Reebok Sports Club London' in Canary Wharf, to an overseas private investment group for an undisclosed amount.

  • Exits
  • 25 May 2006
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