Deals
Key Capital acquires Midland Industrial Glass
Key Capital Partners has acquired specialist glass processors Midland Industrial Glass from Midven for an undisclosed sum.
Fondo Italiano invests €10m in IMT SpA
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, a public-private fund backed by the Italian government, has invested €10m for a minority stake in hydraulic drill rigs and grinding solutions company IMT SpA.
Van den Ende & Deitmers acquires 30% of QUADIA
Van den Ende & Deitmers has acquired a 30% stake in online video provider QUADIA.
Dublin BIC et al. invest €900,000 in RED-T
Dublin BIC, manager of the AIB Seed Capital Fund, and Enterprise Ireland have taken part in a €900,000 funding round for RED-T, a developer of flow battery technology.
Intera buys Kamux
Intera Partners has acquired Finnish car retailer Kamux.
ISAI and Accel invest €1.6m in Shopmium
ISAI and Accel Partners have invested €1.6m in French mobile marketing software developer Shopmium.
Coller buys Crédit Agricole PE unit and funds
Coller Capital has agreed to acquire fund manager Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) from Crédit Agricole, as well as the bank's interests in the funds it manages.
Aurora Capital acquires Alltub
US-based investor Aurora Capital Group has acquired Alltub, a French producer of collapsible aluminum tubing, from Naxicap in a transaction reportedly worth €55m.
Apollo acquires Taminco for €1.1bn
Apollo Global Management has acquired chemical company Taminco from CVC for about €1.2bn.
Caledonia injects £24m into Bowers & Wilkins
Caledonia Investments has invested £24m for a 20% share in audio equipment company Bowers & Wilkins Group Limited.
Industrifonden invests in Zimpl
Industrifonden has invested SEK 4m in software company Zimpl.
August-backed Independent Vetcare makes bolt-on
August Equity-owned veterinary services platform Independent Vetcare has completed the acquisition of Berry House Group.
LDC-owned MB Aerospace buys Gentz
LDC-backed MB Aerospace (MBA) has completed the bolt-on acquisition of US-based Gentz Industries.
Falling listed fund valuations hint at secondaries boom in 2012
Listed private equity funds are suffering from lower valuations in 2011. This is likely to have broader implications for investors in private equity funds looking to divest, and the secondary specialists hungry for deals. Diana Petrowicz investigates.
BaltCap exits Tallinna Pesumaja
BaltCap has exited textile rental and laundry service provider Tallinna Pesumaja.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back GME
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested €750.000 in laser and light systems provider German Medical Engineering (GME).
Royalton acquires 70% stake in IUS
Royalton Partners is buying a 70% stake in Slovenian internet business IUS Software.
Apax and Nordic Capital-owned Capio acquires three clinics
Apax Partners and Nordic Capital's portfolio company Capio AB has acquired the French Aguilera, and Swedish CFTK and Avesina clinics.
Mid Europa buys Teresa Fryda Laboratory
Mid Europa Partners has acquired Dr. n. med. Teresa Fryda Laboratorium Medyczne Sp. Z o.o. (“Fryda”) as part of its plans to consolidate the Polish laboratory market.
Equistone exits Firstassist Legal Expenses
Equistone Partners Europe has sold insurance firm Firstassist Legal Expenses for approximately £28m to investment capital and risk solution firm Burford Capital.
Lyceum portfolio company acquires Drain Control
Lyceum Capital-backed UK Drainage Network (UKDN) has acquired commercial drainage company Drain Control.
ISIS buys DiGiCo from Matrix
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired digital sound-mixing console manufacturer DiGiCO from Matrix Private Equity Partners.
HTGF provides seed for Smartblue
High-Tech Gründerfonds has backed a seed financing round for photovoltaic service specialist Smartblue.
STAR buys ThyssenKrupp's marine systems business
STAR Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Blohm & Voss's civil business from ThyssenKrupp.