Deals
PPM Oost in €500,000 round for Yummm! Concepts
PPM Oost and a private investor have invested €500,000 in Dutch candy company Yummm! Concepts.
Stirling Square exits Microtecnica via trade sale
Pan-European private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company Microtecnica to security systems supplier Goodrich Corporation.
Nordic Capital latest to pull IPO
Nordic Capital has delayed the planned flotation of Swedish auto parts manufacturer FinnvedenBulten, according to reports.
DBAG acquires Romaco
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG has backed the MBO of industrial machinery manufacturer Romaco group with €61m.
LDC-backed Sala acquires Arrow and Microstat
LDC’s portfolio company Sala International has acquired Arrow Imaging and Microstat as part of a buy and build strategy.
Terra Firma looking to sell Odeon & UCI
Terra Firma is set to offload UK cinema chain Odeon & UCI with a £700m-1bn price tag, according to media reports.
Blackstone circles Spanish hospital chain
Blackstone is one of several private equity firms intrigued by the imminent sale of nine Spanish hospitals by a subsidiary of savings bank La Caixa.
Doughty Hanson et al. invest in MegaZebra
Doughty Hanson Technology and Kizoo Technology Ventures have backed social game provider MegaZebra with a multi-million-euro investment.
Carlyle circling Gores-owned Sagem
Carlyle is in talks with The Gores Group to acquire Sagem Communications, a French manufacturer of network equipment and television set-top boxes, according to media reports.
Cinven to take a further 30% of Camaïeu
Modacin France, a holding company owned by Cinven, has offered to acquire a further 30% of listed French clothing company Camaïeu and now plans to take it private.
Ratos refinances Anticimex
Ratos has completed a SEK 476m refinancing round of cleaning and sanitation service provider Anticimex.
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.
21 Centrale Partners set to buy Planet Sushi
21 Centrale Partners is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Planet Sushi, a French chain of sushi restaurants, according to media reports.
HTGF backs Tixel
High-Tech Gründerfonds and hannover innovations fonds have backed data transfer specialist Tixel with a €700,000 investment.
Mid-market buyouts: Valuations taking off?
According to the recently released Argos Mid-Market Index, the median EBITDA multiple paid in private equity buyouts increased in the second half of 2010. Greg Gille takes a look at the factors driving prices up.
Lyceum buys EAT from Penta Capital
Lyceum Capital has acquired a controlling stake in UK takeaway food chain EAT from Penta Capital.
Gilde buys Actief Interim from KBC PE and Indufin
Gilde Equity Management has acquired temporary staffing provider Actief Interim from KBC Private Equity and Indufin for an undisclosed amount.
Nauta Capital leads £4m Basekit round
Spanish private equity firm Nauta Capital has led a £4m series-A round of funding for Wales-based software company Basekit.
T-Venture backs FutureE
T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom, Entrepreneurs Fund and KfW have backed energy system producer FutureE Fuel Cell Solutions with an undisclosed investment.
Electra acquires Daler-Rowney
Electra Partners has backed the buyout of fine art materials supplier Daler-Rowney with a £26m investment.
Odewald invests in Polytech
German private equity firm Odewald has acquired a majority stake in medical equipment supplier Polytech Ophthalmologie from founding family Reese for an undisclosed amount.
Inflexion acquires Phlexglobal
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of healthcare support services provider Phlexglobal.
Fondo Italiano invests in Comecer
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, the Italian government backed fund has invested €7.5m in radiochemistry specialist Comecer in return for a minority stake.
Argos Soditic invests in Dimar
Private equity firm Argos Soditic has invested in food supplier Dimar.