Deals
NORDIC - EQT Infrastructure acquires Swedegas
Sweden-based private equity investor EQT has, via its Infrastructure Fund, acquired Swedegas from EON Ruhrgas, Statoil, DONG Energy and Fortum.
UK - Seventure backs EUR 1m Carbon Hub investment
Seventure Partners has invested EUR 1m into Carbon Hub, a developer of web-based carbon management solutions, alongside individual angel investors.
GERMANY - Nord invests in KiKxxl
Nord Holding has invested an undisclosed sum in call centre services provider KiKxxl in an owner-buyout.
UK - Inflexion backs Griffin
Inflexion Private Equity has invested an undisclosed amount into specialist travel business Griffin Global Group, to back the acquisition of the estate of a deceased founder.
UK - Bridgepoint sweetens takeover offer for Care UK
Bridgepoint has reportedly upped its offer for care home operator Care UK to between 450-500 pence per share, valuing the business at between ТЃ275-300m.
FINLAND - Sentica acquires health care provider Pihlajalinna
Finnish private equity house Sentica Partners has acquired a majority stake in Pihlajalinna Oy, a health care services provider, for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Accor board splits company in two
Colony Capital- and Eurazeo-backed Accor has backed the board's decision split the company into two separate entities, based around its hotel business and its prepaid services division, with both companies to be listed separately on the Paris stock market....
EUROPE - Environmental infrastructure: high returns, low risk?
Combining the low risk profile of traditional infrastructure investing with the potentially high returns from clean tech investing can prove a winning formula, argues Jamie Richards, partner at Foresight Group, in a recent video interview with unquote"...
GERMANY - HIG Capital acquires Witex
HIG Capital has agreed to acquire flooring materials company Witex from JP Morgan Chase for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Maven makes Monumental investment
Maven Capital Partners, via its Capital for Enterprise Fund, has invested ТЃ2m into online games provider Monumental Games.
UK - Barclays Ventures-backed Four Seasons completes add-on
Barclays Ventures has injected fresh capital into portfolio company Four Seasons Group (FSG), a specialist air conditioning building services firm, to support its acquisition of heating, ventilation and air conditioning business JCW for an undisclosed...
UK - Matrix backs £12m CB Imports MBO
Matrix Private Equity Partners has backed the ТЃ12m management buyout of CB Imports, an importer and distributor of artificial flowers.
UK - Matrix backs £12m CB Imports MBO
Matrix Private Equity Partners has backed the ТЃ12m management buyout of CB Imports, an importer and distributor of artificial flowers.
SPAIN - Aurica sells Telstar stake
Aurica, the private equity arm of Banco Sabadell, has divested its 20% stake in Telstar, a developer of atmospheric technology solutions in the life sciences sector, in a buy-back by the founding family, which is now the sole shareholder in the business....
GERMANY - SET et al. EnOcean backers in EUR 8m round
Existing investors Atmos, BayTech Venture Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, SET Venture Partners, Siemens Technology Accelerator, Siemens Venture Capital and Wellington Partners, and strategic investor Kathrein group, have invested EUR 8m in self-powered...
FINLAND - CapMan Technology takes 34% stake in Profit Software
CapMan, via its CapMan Technology 2007 fund, has acquired a 34% stake in Profit Software Oy, a supplier of product-based IT software to the insurance and financial sector.
GERMANY - BWK sells EGO to owners
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has sold its 20% stake in industrial components maker EGO Group to the owning families Blanc and Fischer.
AUSTRIA - TPG and Triton in bid for Casinos Austria
According to reports, Texas Pacific and Triton Partners have shown an interest in acquiring 49% of casinos manager Casinos Austria International, with prospective offers said to be in the region of EUR 200m.
FRANCE - Alven invests EUR 2m in MeilleursAgents
Alven Capital has invested EUR 2m into MeilleursAgents, an online provider of services in the residential property sales sector.
FRANCE - AXA PE acquires minority stake in Newrest
AXA Private Equity has backed the management buyout of catering company Newrest, acquiring a minority 23% stake in the business.
SWITZERLAND - Essex leads CHF 46m Molecular Partners investment
Essex Woodland Health Ventures has led a CHF 46m Series-B funding round for biotech company Molecular Partners, alongside the businesses existing investors including Index Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, BB Biotech Ventures and Endeavour....
UK - Duke Street makes Simple 2.7x return on £240m exit
Duke Street has exited its investment in skincare brand Simple via a trade sale to US based beauty business Alberto Culver Company in a deal worth ТЃ240m, generating a 2.7x return for the private equity firm.
SWITZERLAND - Aravis & Wellington invest further CHF 16m in Evolva SA
Aravis and Wellington Partners have co-led a CHF 16m investment in Swiss biotechnology company Evolva in a second tranche of the company's Series-B financing, taking the total amount raised to EUR 44m.
FRANCE - XAnge sells Vision
XAnge Private Equity has completed its second exit of 2009, selling its interest in software company Vision Objects to US-based strategic buyer DoubleDay Holdings.