Deals
Corsair's NoteMachine secures £76.5m refinancing
GE Capital and Ares Management have arranged unitranche facilities worth £76.5m for the refinancing of Corsair Capital-backed NoteMachine.
BerGenBio secures further NOK 75m
Norwegian oncology biopharma BerGenBio has raised a further NOK 75m (approximately $12.5m) from a syndicate of new and existing investors.
Iceni sells Mentor IMC to Vinci for 6x return
Iceni Capital has sold oil & gas recruitment business Mentor IMC to French group Vinci in an all-cash transaction, reaping a 6x multiple.
Deal in focus: KKR nets Hertha Berlin
Private equity behemoth KKR acquired an equity stake of 9.7% in German football club Hertha BSC last week, one component of the €61.2m investment from its $2bn Special Situations fund.
Artemis et al. invest £2m in Atterley Road
Artemis and several private investors have injected £2m into Atterley Road, a UK-based fashion e-commerce site and brand.
SEP et al. sell Zinwave to McWane
US manufacturing company McWane has acquired venture capital-backed Zinwave, a UK provider of in-building wireless coverage infrastructure.
Syntaxis invests in BIK Brokers
Central European mezzanine provider Syntaxis Capital has invested in Polish motor insurance business BIK Brokers.
August’s Rixonway in £15m refinancing
August Equity portfolio company Rixonway Kitchens, a UK-based kitchen manufacturer, has completed a refinancing of more than £15m.
SEP backs Car Loan 4U with £8m
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has invested £8m in Car Loan 4U, a UK online car finance specialist.
VC-backed uniQure raises $91.8m in IPO
Venture capital-backed Dutch gene therapy company uniQure raised well above its original expectation in its listing on the Nasdaq, bagging $91.8m.
Blackstone credit arm commits $200m to Lobo
GSO Capital Partners, the credit arm of Blackstone, has made a $200m equity investment in Irish helicopter leasing company Lobo Leasing.
PBM acquires Breas Medical
Healthcare-focused investor PBM Capital has acquired Breas Medical, a Sweden-based developer of sleep apnea treatment products, from General Electric subsidiary GE Healthcare.
Q4 Barometer: dealflow bounces back
Following a weak Q3, the final months of 2013 marked the strongest quarter of the year, according to the latest unquote” Private Equity Barometer, published in association with SL Capital Partners.
VIYM invests in Semeiny Doktor
Russian firm Venture Investments & Yield Management (VIYM) has acquired a significant stake in Semeiny Doktor, a Russian chain of family medical clinics.
Paua et al. back mbrace
Paua Ventures, Astutia Ventures and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have provided a seven-digit investment in a seed funding round for mbrace, a German social discovery and dating app.
Alven invests €1.5m in Wisembly
Alven Capital has made an investment of €1.5m in Wisembly, a French provider of mobile software for meetings and conference calls.
CVC in $1bn Avast deal
CVC Capital Partners has backed Prague-based consumer security software company Avast in a deal that values the business at $1bn.
HgCapital to reap 2.1x in Manx IPO
The IPO of HgCapital's Isle of Man-based telecoms operator Manx Telecom will give the company a market cap of around £160.2m and generate a 2.1x money multiple for its backer.
HTGF invests in WPX Faserkeramik
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested in metal refining energy efficiency business WPX Faserkeramik.
Investors pump further $20m into Foodpanda
Phenomen Ventures has joined other investors in a $20m funding round for Berlin-based food delivery platform Foodpanda.
PE-backed Lysanda bolts on Tracker
UK-based Lysanda, a developer of automotive telematics and informatics solutions backed by Disruptive Capital Finance, has acquired Tracker Network, a subsidiary of Direct Line Group.
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Sentica’s Citec buys TGB
Sentica portfolio company Citec, a Finnish engineering services business, has acquired German engineering company Technisches Gemeinschaftsbüro (TGB) from Siemens.
Amadeus, Montezemolo sell Octo Telematics for €405m
Amadeus Capital Partners and Montezemolo & Partners have sold Rome-based Octo Telematics, a provider of telematics services and systems for the insurance and automotive market, to Russia's Renova Group for €405m.