Deals
EdRIP and Initiative & Finance exit Laboratoires Filorga
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) and Initiative & Finance (I&F) have sold their stake in French laboratory Filorga to the company's management.
123Venture et al. back Unowhy with €2.8m
123Venture and a pool of private investors have injected €2.8m into French technology company Unowhy.
Greenpark Capital acquires Seventure Partners portfolio
Greenpark-sponsored Chopin Invest has bought a portfolio of minority stakes from Seventure Partners, for an undisclosed amount.
Advent acquires Euroclinic bolt-on for CMU
Advent International has assisted Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) in its acquisition of Euroclinic Medical Centres.
OFI-backed Gault & Frémont acquires BioFoodPack
OFI Private Equity portfolio company Gault & Frémont has acquired French food containers specialist BioFoodPack for an undisclosed amount.
Sovereign acquires Christchurch Court
Sovereign Capital has acquired brain injury care specialist Christchurch Court.
Paluel-Marmont Capital acquires Finipar from LBO France
Paluel-Marmont has backed the management buyout of French cleaning products manufacturer Finipar from LBO France.
Qualium backs MBO of La Foir'Fouille
Qualium Investissement, part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, has led a syndicate of investors to acquire the discount retail chain La Foir'Fouille for an undisclosed amount.
Wellington Partners sells off Aloqa
Venture capital firm Wellington Partners has agreed to sell Munich-based software company Aloqa GmbH to mobile phone giant Motorola for an undisclosed sum.
CVC acquires Sunrise in CHF 3.3bn deal
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Sunrise Communications S.A. from Danish telephone company TDC A/S.
Portuguese funds back La Seda plant
ECS Capital, Caixa Capital and InovCapital have acquired a 59% stake in a construction project to build a new plastics plant for Barcelona-based company La Seda.
21 Partners invests in Ethical Coffee Company
21 Partners has invested in the Swiss coffee capsule producer Ethical Coffee Company.
DN Capital and HTGF give cash boost to baby care website
High-Tech Grunderfonds and DN Capital have teamed up to invest in a baby care speciality website which is scheduled to launch this month.
Intel Capital and MCI invest €10m MALL.CZ
Intel Capital has led a €10m investment round alongside private equity group MCI for e-commerce site MALL.CZ.
Industrifonden invests in Cardoz
Industrifonden has invested in Swedish drug developer Cardoz AB.
Barclays close to sale of Schneider
Barclays Private Equity is close to agreeing the sale of specialty mail order business Schneider, according to sources close to the deal.
Prime Technology leads €10m investment in Cint
Prime Technology Ventures has led a €10m investment in Swedish online market research solutions provider Cint.
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Montagu backs MBO of Host Europe
Montagu Private Equity has backed the £222m management buyout of hosting and domain provider Host Europe Group.
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in ConWeaver
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in German software developer ConWeaver GmbH.
IK buys GHD from Barclays
IK Investment Partners has acquired GHD Gesundheits GmbH from Barclays Private Equity in a secondary buyout.
LGV acquires Snow+Rock Sports
LGV Capital has backed the MBO of outdoor equipment and clothing specialist Snow+Rock Sports Ltd.
Catapult invests £600,000 in Yospace
Catapult Venture Managers Ltd has invested £600,000 in UK mobile application and platform provider Yospace Enterprises Ltd.
The Bakery secures $2.3m investment
Two-man technology team The Bakery, which has worked on animated film blockbusters including Shrek and Madagascar, has secured a $2.3m investment for its software group.