Deals
BENELUX - PE interested in Intertrust
According to reports, several major buyout houses have expressed interest in making an offer for Intertrust, Fortis' former tax-advisory arm.
UK - Charterhouse acquires Candover's Wood Mackenzie for £553m
Charterhouse Capital Partners has agreed to acquire energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie, in a secondary buyout from beleaguered buyout house Candover valued at ТЃ553m.
SPAIN - AGF leads EUR 2m round for eRepublik
French investor AGF Private Equity has led a EUR 2m series-A funding round for Spanish online strategy game platform eRepublik.
UK - Seraphim and Oxford further invest in Sirigen
Seraphim Capital and Oxford Capital Partners have invested a further ТЃ1.2m in life sciences company Sirigen.
GLOBAL - Barclays accepts BlackRock's offer for BGI
Barclays' board of directors has accepted BlackRock's offer to acquire its asset management division Barclays Global Investors (BGI), with the price tag thought to be around $10bn.
UK- Candover slips as worries surface over Wood Mackenzie sale
The share price of private equity group Candover fell by more than 5 pence amid worries that the ТЃ550m sale of its energy consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie to buyout house Charterhouse would fall through.
SWEDEN - AP6 backs mobile solutions business Accumulate
The Sixth Swedish Pension Fund has invested an undisclosed sum into Accumulate, a technology provider of connected mobile solutions.
UK - Finance Wales leads £500,000 Datmedia
Government-backed Finance Wales has invested ТЃ400,000 as part of a ТЃ500,000 investment into media company Datmedia Ltd, alongside business angel network xenos.
UK - GI Partners-backed The Orchid Group acquires BRB businesses
GI Partners-backed The Orchid Group has acquired 10 businesses from Birmingham-based Bar Room Bar (BRB), the pub group that collapsed in April.
POLAND - Enterprise Investors acquires PLN 16m Web Inn
Enterprise Investors has wholly acquired IT sourcing business Web Inn in a deal valued at PLN 16m (EUR 3.6m).
GERMANY - Earlybird leads EUR 3.3m round for Music Networx
Earlybird has alongside existing investor including DuMont Venture and Klaus Wecken invested EUR 3.3m into live music marketing company Music Networx. Earlybird committed approximately EUR 2m of the total deal value.
SWEDEN - Procuritas acquires Däckia from Goodyear
Procuritas, via its fund Procuritas Capital Investors IV, has acquired tire services chain Däckia Holding AB from Goodyear Dunlop Europe BV.
SWEDEN - Ratos-backed EuroMaint acquires EISAB for SEK 24.5m
EuroMaint Industry, a subsidiary of Ratos-owned EuroMaint, has acquired EISAB Energi och Industriservice AB, a service provider to industries within waste management and renewable energy, valuing the business at SEK 24.5m. Ratos will be injection a corresponding...
GERMANY - Carlyle acquires 29.34% of Personal & Informatik AG
The Carlyle Group has acquired 30% of listed Personal & Informatik AG (P&I), a supplier of software solutions for human resource management.
IRELAND - Fountain Healthcare & Mitsui co-lead $17m Cappella funding
Fountain Healthcare Partners and Mitsui & Co Venture Partners (MCVP) have co-led a $173m investment into medical device company Cappella, alongside Enterprise Ireland and existing investors Polytechnos Partners and ACT Venture Capital.
UK - Index et al. to exit Lovefilm
According to reports, Lovefilm's private equity backers, including Index Ventures, Arts Alliance Media, Balderton Capital and DFJ Esprit, are looking to sell their stake in the home entertainment company.
SPAIN - Carlyle-backed Applus+ acquires two companies
Carlyle-backed certification group Applus+ has acquired two companies: France-based Contrôles Techniques Services (CTS) and Ekopol, based in Poland.
IRELAND - Permira interested in Eircom
According to reports, UK-based buyout house Permira is interested in acquiring infrastructure specialist Babcock & Brown-backed Irish telecom group Eircom.
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ITALY - 21 Partners in Rgi delisting
Reports indicate that private equity firm 21 Partners and Sirius Holding could be moving to delist software company Rgi SpA.
FRANCE - BV and Alven complete EUR 5m MyFab investment
BV Capital has joined returning investor Alven Capital in a EUR 5m funding round for e-commerce platform Myfab.com.
FRANCE - Evolem purchases majority stake in Edé Ruy
Evolem has taken a majority share in Edé Ruy, a producer and distributor of food products to the restaurant sector.
FRANCE - Seventure invests EUR 6m into Polaris
Seventure Partners has invested EUR 6m into Polaris, a producer of nutritional lipids.