Deals
FRANCE - Carlyle acquires 80% stake in Groupe Marle
The Carlyle Group has purchased an 80% stake in Groupe Marle, an orthopedic implant company. The balance is held by the Marle family and management.
FRANCE - NextStage transmits EUR 3m to Konibini
NextStage has provided Konibini, an online television station, with a EUR 3m investment. The company received an initial EUR 700,000 of seed funding in April 2008.
NORWAY - Return backer Capricorn takes 7% stake in Metallkraft
Existing investor Capricorn has subscribed to a new share issue for Metallkraft AS, a Norwegian waste and disposal technology business, taking a 7% stake. Norwegian government-owned Investinor also participated in the round, and took a 7% stake, investing...
GERMANY - Warburg Pincus takes 8.8% stake in Kontron
Warburg Pincus has acquired a stake of nearly 9% in embedded computer technology company Kontron AG for approximately EUR 38.6m.
UK - Climate Change Capital backs Climate Energy MBO
Cleantech investor Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has backed the management buyout of energy efficiency services company Climate Energy for an undisclosed sum.
ITALY - Bain Capital pulls out of talks with debt-laden Safilo
Bain Capital has withdrawn from takeover discussions with the debt-laden eyewear manufacturer Safilo.
GERMANY – Mangrove and Neuhaus sell Cellity to Nokia
Mangrove Capital Partners and Neuhaus Partners have agreed to sell software provider Cellity AG to Nokia.
UK - Morgan Stanley AIP invests £45m into Aldermore Bank
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (Morgan Stanley AIP) has invested ТЃ45m into Aldermore Bank (formerly Ruffler Bank), alongside AnaCap Financial Partners.
UK - HSBC backs £170m SBO of Viking Moorings from Inflexion
HSBC Private Equity has acquired oil services company Viking Moorings in a secondary buyout from Inflexion Private Equity, for a price tag of ТЃ170m.
HUNGARY - Permira's BorsodChem to get cash injection
Permira-backed Borsodchem, a Hungarian chemical business, may receive a loan from the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) amounting to €100m. The injection is contingent upon Permira agreeing a debt restructuring of the company with lenders and Budapest....
GERMANY – HTGF backs ReCoTech with EUR 500,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in software start-up ReCoTech GmbH.
GERMANY/US – KKR-backed BMG acquires Crosstown assets
KKR and Bertelsmann's BMG Rights Management, a company specialising in licensing and administrating music rights, has acquired the music publishing assets of Crosstown Songs America.
ROMANIA - Advent backs Romanian pharma bolt-on
Advent International's Central & Eastern European team has done its third deal of the year with the bolt-on of Ozone Laboratories to its Romanian pharmaceuticals business LaborMed. Advent has provided additional equity to fund the deal, which includes...
FRANCE - Predica joins Duke Street as Proclif backer
Duke Street Capital has sold a stake in French private healthcare group Proclif to Predica, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, for EUR 70m. Following the deal, Duke Street's stake decreases from 80% to a majority 50.1% share of the business, with Predica...
GERMANY - Arques sells Tiscon to KCK Association
Industrial holding Arques has sold its 60% stake in investment company Tiscon AG to a consortium of investors led by Russia-based KCK Association.
GERMANY - RHJ's Honsel in debt-for-equity swap
RHJ International's Honsel AG reduces debt by EUR 370m in debt-for-equity swap.
GERMANY – HTGF invests EUR 500,000 in SP Solution Pool
High-Tech Gründerfonds has supported medical technology company, SP Solution Pool GmbH, with EUR 500,000 in seed capital funding.
IRELAND - Imperative raises EUR 30m
Reports suggest that Irish renewable energy company Imperative Energy has received EUR 30m in funding from an undisclosed London-based venture firm.
SPAIN - Miura acquires 60% stake in Proytecsa
According to reports, Miura Private Equity has acquired a 60% stake in security systems specialist Proytecsa for an undisclosed amount.
AUSTRIA - Carlyle-backed UC4 acquires Senactive
Carlyle Group portfolio company UC4 Software has acquired Senactive IT-Dienstleistungs GmbH, a company active in complex event-driven business process modelling technology.
UK - Endless backs £30m Vasanta restructuring
Turnaround specialist Endless has invested an undisclosed sum into office supplies business Vasanta as part of a restructuring, which will see ТЃ30m of new capital injected into the business alongside a significant reduction in its debt burden.
FRANCE - PTV invests in IPDIA
Prime Technology Ventures (PTV), through PTV III, has invested an undisclosed amount to support the buyout of semicondutor manufacturer NXP's facility in Côte de Nacre, which will be renamed IPIDIA. PTV led the co-investment, which also saw Emertec, Masseran,...
NORWAY - True North-backed Flisekompaniet taken over by creditors
According to reports, True North Capital- and Dyvi Invest-backed tile company Flisekompaniet has been acquired by Swedish bank Handelsbanken after defaulting on its NOK 300m debt.
UK - Swarraton Partners leads £4.1m investment into P2i
Swarraton Partners has led a ТЃ4m series C round of funding into P2i Ltd, a UK-based developer of liquid-repellent nano-coating technology, alongside Naxos Capital Partners and return backer Unilever Ventures.