Deals
Carlyle looking to float Moncler
Carlyle's portfolio company Moncler has applied for a listing on the Italian Stock Exchange.
Atitlan sells Verdifresh stake
Atitlan Capital has sold its 50% stake in Citrus Levante, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish company Verdifresh to the firm's managing director.
Lyceum buys EAT from Penta Capital
Lyceum Capital has acquired a majority stake in UK takeaway food chain EAT from Penta Capital.
Maven and Simmons back £8.5m energy services buyout
Maven Capital Partners and Simmons & Company have acquired UK energy services companies Roberts Pipeline Machining and Wellclad for £8.5m.
Clessidra considers Parmalat takeover
Italian private equity firm Clessidra has admitted that it is in early negotiations with the consortium which is putting together a proposal to buy dairy corporation Parmalat.
Earlybird et al. invest in Clean Mobile
Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital-E and HTGF invested €7.7m in a series-B financing round for Clean Mobile.
Activa buys Abrisud from AtriA
Activa Capital has acquired Abrisud, a French manufacturer of swimming pool enclosures, from AtriA Capital Partenaires.
Clessidra eyes Metroweb buyout
Buyout firm Clessidra is one of several investors in talks to buy Milan-based fibre-optic network operator Metroweb from Stirling Square Capital Partners.
Trilantic and MCH prepare Talgo IPO
Trilantic Capital Partners and MCH Private Equity are preparing to float the Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea Oriol (TALGO), a train manufacturer they acquired in 2006.
Matrix backs £4m bolt-on for ASL
Matrix Private Equity Partners has backed the purchase of Transcribe Copier Systems by its portfolio company Automated Systems Group in a £4.1m deal.
Enterprise Investors to close €57m XTB deal next week
Enterprise Investors is to close its expansion capital injection into Polish brokerage house X-Trade Brokers next week, unquote” has learned.
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HTGF backs yourTime
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested €500,000 in German software provider yourTime Solutions.
UK venture and expansion activity wanes
Early-stage and expansion activity in the UK has taken a turn for the worse during 2010, a trend which has continued into early 2011, despite stability in the buyout market, according to the latest unquote” UK Watch.
Funds try to acquire Dia from Carrefour
A number of major private equity funds have approached Carrefour in an attempt to persuade the French retailer to hold back plans to list its Madrid-based discount chain Dia, according to recent media reports.
Finatem exits Derby Cycle in IPO
German mid-market investor Finatem has listed its portfolio company Derby Cycle on the Frankfurt stock exchange on 4th February.
HTGF backs yourTime
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested €500,000 in German software provider yourTime Solutions.
Carlyle acquires ADA Cosmetics
Private equity house Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in German provider of hotel cosmetics, ADA Cosmetics from Halder, in a secondary buyout for an undisclosed amount. The investment was made from Carlyle's European growth capital fund CETP...
Odewald acquires d&b audiotechnik
Odewald & Compagnie has acquired sound system provider d&b audiotechnik GmbH together with management from Afinum Management GmbH for an undisclosed amount.
Name that firm: three exits in three months
There are very few outfits not in fundraising mode that achieve a hat-trick of exits in as many months. But that is precisely what Investec Growth & Acquisition finance did between December and February.
EQT-backed Skykon bankrupt
EQT has had to write off its investment in Danish portfolio company Skykon A/S after it filed for bankruptcy in late 2010.
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Permira and Mercapital looking to buy ACS division
Permira and Mercapital are said to be in negotiations with ACS about the sale of its service division Clece.
21 Centrale Partners acquires Forma-Dis
21 Centrale Partners has bought French distance learning company Forma-Dis for around €100m, according to media reports.