Deals
Piper injects £8m into Be At One
Piper Private Equity has invested ТЃ8m in UK-based cocktail bar operator Be At One.
Ratos' Stofa acquires TV business from Canal Digital
Ratos portfolio company Stofa has acquired the cable television business of triple play provider Canal Digital Denmark.
CVC linked to £4bn RBSI bid
CVC Capital Partners has reportedly made a bid for RBS Insurance (RBSI), which could provide the largest European buyout this year if successful.
Barclays Private Equity buys UETIKON
Barclays Private Equity has acquired 100% of fine chemicals specialist CU UETIKON together with the management.
PE's top five home runs of 2011
Matrix and Foresight’s stellar sale of App-DNA this week is among a handful of outstanding results the industry has achieved in recent months. Greg Gille takes a look at 2011’s top five exits
Nordic buyouts: Sailing to recovery
Unquoteт data points to the Nordic private equity industry recovering faster than the rest of Europe. Although buyout activity is low at the moment, trends emerging from long-term data tell a different tale. Sonnie Ehrendal reports
Argos Soditic buys Marchegay
Argos Soditic has acquired a majority stake in the management buyout of French glass structures manufacturer Marchegay Technologies.
Catapult injects £1m into Hangar Seven
Catapult Venture Managers has invested ТЃ1m in creative production agency Hangar Seven.
Riverside sells EM Test for CHF 83m
Riverside Company has sold Swiss electronics manufacturer EM Test to AMETEK.
Forbion Capital Partners invests in Curetis
Forbion Capital Partners has led a series-A financing round worth €9.6m for biotechnology company Curetis.
Finance Wales backs Jet-Vac MBO
Finance Wales has backed the management buyout of UK-based industrial cleaning company Jet-Vac Systems with an undisclosed equity investment.
GED buys Révai Printing House
GED has wholly acquired Hungarian printing services provider Révai Printing House From the British Polestar Group.
YFM backs $3m investment in Sirigen
YFM Equity Partners has led a $3m investment in UK biomedical firm Sirigen.
Quadriga Capital acquires Lapp Insulators
Private equity house Quadriga Capital has bought Lapp Insulators from Andlinger & Company.
Gimv sells stake in Dutch food distributor
Gimv has successfully exited its investment in De Groot Fresh Group by selling its stake back to the founding family.
EdRCP sells Groupe Lavance
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (EdRCP) has sold French automotive cleaning equipment business Groupe Lavance to industrial holding Sofival.
Matrix backs Equip's acquisition of Lowe Alpine
Matrix Private Equity has invested ТЃ4.5m in Equip to acquire clothing and rucksack brand Lowe Alpine.
FF&P and Nova reap 3.5x on EIS Optics exit
FF&P Private Equity and Nova Capital management have exited Chinese optical manufacturing company EIS Optics to US NYSE-listed Materion Corporation.
Rabo Capital backs Delta Wines MBO
Rabo Capital has signed an agreement with HAL Investments to buy a stake in Dutch wine wholesaler Delta Wines.
Palatine backs secondary MBO of Wealth at Work
Palatine Private Equity has provided funding for the secondary buyout of Wealth at Work from LDC.
LDC backs bolt-on for Microlease
LDC has provided capital to portfolio company Microlease for the acquisition of US-based test equipment rental provider MetricTest.
Cinven and BC exit final Amadeus shares and reap 7x
Cinven has exited its remaining 3.4% stake in Amadeus IT Holding, bringing the total proceeds from the travel reservation specialist's IPO to more than €1.6bn.
Earlybird and Target Partners fund Crowdpark
Earlybird and Target Partners have invested $6m in social betting games provider crowdpark.
Impax invests €20m in wind farm project
Impax and portfolio company Epuron have acquired French wind Parc Eolien de la Chaude Vallee for €20m.