Deals

EdRIP backs b2s OBO

Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has backed the OBO of French CRM business b2s from Windhurst Participations.

PEP invests €18m in Allsystem

Private Equity Partners SGR (PEP) has injected €18m into Italian security company Allsystem Group in exchange for a significant minority stake. Investment took place through Private Equity Partners Fund IV, which closed on €300m in 2007.

CAPE et al. exit Miyowa in $45.5m trade sale

Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE), Techfund and Sophia Euro Lab have sold their stakes in French software developer Miyowa to Synchronoss in a deal that values the business at $45.5m.

Activa-backed Findis acquires Cocélec

Activa Capital portfolio company Findis, a French household appliances distributor, has acquired French electrical, audiovisual and culinary products distributor Cocélec for an undisclosed amount.

BPE-backed VTN acquires EFD

BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has acquired 100% of the shares of EFD Härterei Fritz Düsseldorf through its portfolio company VTN Beteiligungs.

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Patron Capital backs Motor Fuels Group

Patron Capital Partners has led the management buy-in of petrol filling stations and retailing stores operator Motor Fuels Group in a joint venture with the new management team Scottish Capital Group. Financial details of the deal remain undisclosed.

KPS buys Bosch Foundation Brakes

KPS Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of The Bosch Group’s automotive foundation brakes business Bosch Foundation Brakes. Financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed.

BayBG invests in BMI

BayBG has invested an undisclosed amount in dairy company BMI Bayerische Milchindustrie in the form of a silent partnership.

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Fondo Italiano-backed Arioli acquires Brazzoli

Fondo Italiano di Investimento has reinvested in textile machinery manufacturer Arioli to facilitate the company’s acquisition of 100% of Brazzoli, a manufacturer of textile dyeing machines. Varese Investimenti provided co-investment.

Suma acquires 48% of GEC and takes control

Spanish private equity firm Suma Capital has acquired a further 48% of Barcelona-based e-learning company Gestión del Conocimiento (GEC) from Caixa Penedès, increasing its stake in the business to 98%.

UK & Ireland unquote
UK Watch: Bigger not better in Q4

The smaller buyout segment in the UK thrived in Q4 2011 while larger deals faltered, according to the latest findings of the unquote” UK watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.

Matlin Patterson exits Securlog

Matlin Patterson has sold cash transport provider Securlog to Spain-based security solution provider Prosegur for €22.7m.

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Bayern LB backs nfon

Bayern LB Capital Partner has joined a further funding round of €4m for telecommunications provider nfon AG.

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