Deals
AAC Capital puts U-Pol up for sale
Industry reports suggest AAC Capital is looking to sell car body filler company U-Pol.
Graphite Capital to sell Micheldever Tyre Services
Graphite Capital is looking for a buyer for its portfolio company Micheldever Tyre Services, according to reports.
Sovereign Capital backs Paragon acquisition of Platinum
Sovereign Capital portfolio company, Paragon, has acquired Platinum Training & Development.
Mercapital offers €135m for Teknon
Mercapital has made a €135m bid for Barcelona-based Centro Médico Teknon.
Buyout funds: The Alpha factor
Alpha plays a significant role in private equity buyout fund proceeds, accounting for almost a quarter of overall returns. John Bakie reports.
Summit backs insurance technology vendor Acturis
Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in insurance technology vendor, Acturis, for an undisclosed amount.
BC Partners lines up IPO for Fitness First
BC Partners is preparing to exit Fitness First in an IPO worth up to £1.2bn, according to reports.
LDC exits defense specialist Kylmar
LDC has sold its minority stake in Kylmar to the UK branch of General Dynamics, for an undisclosed sum.
Alchemy to sell Seymour Pierce stake
Alchemy Partners will sell their 33.6% stake in brokerage firm Seymour Pierce to the company's employee benefit trust.
Coach & Capital provide funding for Mindmancer
Coach & Capital and Chalmers Innovation have invested in CCTV systems operator Mindmancer, following the issue of new shares in June 2009.
Octopus Ventures invests £1.9m in Semafone
Octopus Ventures has invested £1.9m in UK call centre support services provider Semafone.
Norinnova leads investment in Vivision Roller
Norinnova has invested alongside KapNord Fond and Narvik Kapital in Vivision Roller AS.
Consortium invests in Målselv Utvikling
A consortium consisting of Investinor, Sparebanken Nord-Norge Invest, SIVA, Luma Invest and others, have invested NOK 52m in Målselv Utvikling AS.
OTC Asset Management injects $3.3m in Nuxeo
OTC Asset Management has provided content management solutions provider Nuxeo with $3.3m.
All-equity deals on the rise in 2010
The proportion of all-equity deals being executed by private equity players is on the rise once again, as the debt-underwriting markets continue to lag behind a revival in deal activity, forcing investors to fully back deals to meet vendor deadlines.
3i exits business support specialist KNEIP
3i has exited its minority stake in KNEIP, a Luxembourg-based provider of specialist business support services to the asset management industry.
Chalmers Innovation provides funding for Witsbits
Chalmers Innovation has provided funding for Witsbits AB, a provider of software for cloud computing services.
Capital-E backs eoSemi
Early-stage technology investor Capital-E has co-led a £3m funding round in UK semiconductor company, eoSemi.
Dunedin acquires Weldex for £100m
Dunedin Capital Partners has completed a £100m secondary buyout on crawler crane hire company Weldex.
Albion backs Masters Pharmaceuticals
Albion Ventures has invested £2.65m expansion capital in UK pharmaceutical supplier, Masters Pharmaceuticals.
Avenir Entreprises invests in Intégral Système
Avenir Entreprises has backed electronic locks specialist Intégral Système via its AEM mezzanine fund.
Chequers buys Thermocoax back from TCR Capital
Chequers Capital has purchased a majority stake in heating technology specialist Thermocoax from TCR Capital.
Tertiary buyouts: Passing it on
As deal making fever returns to the market, tertiary sales appear to be back in vogue for a number of private equity investors looking to put their secondary assets on the block.
LDC backs AIM Aviation Group MBO
The Midlands office of LDC has invested in the management buy-out of AIM Aviation Group, for an undisclosed amount.