Deals
Bridgepoint in race for Infront Sports & Media
Bridgepoint is the last PE firm remaining in the auction for Swiss sports marketing agency Infront Sports & Media, according to media reports.
CapMan's Eastway merges with AVAB CAC
CapManтs portfolio company Eastway has merged with Norwegian AVAB CAC AS and AVAB CAC Bergen AS.
Industrifonden et al. invest in Sol Voltaics
Industrifonden and other investors have injected SEK 40m in Swedish solar cell company Sol Voltaics AB.
HTGF backs Krauttools with €500,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested €500,000 in customer voting solution provider Krauttools.
Eurazeo invests another €15m in Fonroche
Eurazeo has invested a further €15m in French renewable energy producer Fonroche.
Consortium provides €7m funding for NonWoTecc
NRW.Bank, Rheinland Venture Capital, Kreissparkasse Köln, HTGF and KfW have backed NonWoTecc Medical in a second financing round worth €7m.
JC Flowers in talks to buy €1bn CAM stake
US private equity firm JC Flowers is in negotiations with Spanish savings bank Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM) to buy a stake for between €400m-1bn.
Constellation Capital reaps 6.3x on SVOX sale
Private equity house Constellation Capital has exited voice solution provider SVOX to Nuance.
Creathor Venture and HTGF invest in Sirion Biotech
Creathor Venture and current investors HTGF, KfW and Bayerkapital have invested in biotechnology company Sirion Biotech.
Butler-backed Sernam interested in Mory
French industrial delivery services company Sernam, owned by turnaround fund Butler Capital, is reportedly looking to acquire rival Mory.
CapMan acquires stake in Solera
CapMan has acquired a 76% stake in Norwegian alcoholic beverage importer and distributor Solera AS.
Sentica-backed MediaPex acquires Suomen Telecenter
Sentica Partners has acquired Suomen Telecenter Oy as an add-on for portfolio company MediaPex Oy.
LSP et al. invest €8.1m in Mendor
A consortium, consisting of Life Sciences Partners (LSP), Finnish entrepreneur Risto Siilasmaa, Finnish Industry Investment, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Biothom and Finnvera Venture Capital, has participated in a тЌ8.1m series-B funding...
Triton takes over Compo
Private equity house Triton has invested €205m in the buyout of garden-fertiliser distributor Compo.
Triton acquires Europart
Private equity house Triton has acquired commercial vehicles parts distributor Europart from the Pederzani family for an undisclosed amount.
Secondary buyouts on the rise
unquote” has recorded a significant hike in SBO activity in 2011 – indicating LPs’ fears over their comeback might not have been exaggerated after all. Greg Gille reports
PE firms bid on Oberthur partial sale
Buyout houses including PAI partners, Advent International, Bain Capital and One Equity are believed to have made offers for part of French secure technologies specialist Oberthur.
Alven et al. inject €750,000 in AntVoice
Alven Capital and Nestadio Capital have contributed to a €750,000 seed funding round for French software publisher AntVoice.
General Atlantic Partners exits Navigon
Private equity house General Atlantic Partners has sold navigation software specialist Navigon in a trade sale to US company Garmin.
PIP in $40m secondaries deal
Pantheon International Participations PLC (PIP), Pantheonтs quoted private equity fund-of-funds investment trust, has committed $40m to buy a portfolio of 25 buyout global funds with more than 400 portfolio companies.
Nordwind Capital plans to float SHW
Private equity house Nordwind Capital is planning to list automotive supplier SHW Automotive AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Kernel Capital backs MPSTOR
The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund has invested тЌ700,000 in data storage specialist MPSTOR Ltd.
SEB VC leads SEK 15m Actiwave investment
SEB Venture Capital has led a SEK 15m investment in Swedish technology company Actiwave AB.
bmp acquires brand eins
Private equity house bmp has acquired 28.7% of shares in publishing company brand eins Medien AG, bringing its total holding up to 35.23%.