Deals
Eschenbach Group acquires Tura
Barclays Private Equity-backed eyewear manufacturer Eschenbach Group has acquired 85% of American eyewear company Tura with effect from 1 December 2009, with 15% being held by the company's management.
AXA's Spotless sale points to return of competitive auction
In the last year the competitive auction has become a rarity, as buyers became unwilling to bid up prices and sought extensive exclusivity. Now, though, they could be back on the cards.
Scottish Enterprise invests in Sistemic
Scottish Enterprise and ChimeraBio have led a series A funding round for biotech company Sistemic.
CPE invests €10m in Metallkraft
Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE), has led a convertible bond issue in Metallkraft, a Norwegian company that has developed a patented process to recycle spent slurry used in cutting solar silicon wafers.
Consortium funds Eucodis with EUR 2m
Existing investors Pontis Capital, Wiener Wachstumsfonds, IBG und Arax have invested EUR 2m in enzyme company Eucodis Bioscience.
Dawn Capital further invests $2.5m into Cognitive Match
Dawn Capital has invested $2.5m in technology company Cognitive Match in a series B round of funding.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital invest in InnoMotix
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested in pneumatics company InnoMotix GmbH.
Terra Firma mulls request to invest more into EMI
Terra Firma is reportedly considering asking its investors to inject an additional £120m into troubled portfolio company EMI, the music group, in order for the business to avoid defaulting on its loan covenants.
Scope invests EUR 7m into Footbalance
Swedish growth investor Scope has backed the Finnish producer of moulded insoles Footbalance.
Q&A: Secondary chances
Hanspeter Bader, head of private equity at Unigestion, talks with Mareen Goebel about the secondaries space and current issues with fundraising
Entrepreneurs sour towards private equity model
Despite research suggesting that a large number of entrepeneurs will look to private equity as a source of capital in the coming months, anecdotal evidence reveals a far more negative attitude towards the industry. Deborah Sterescu investigates.
BC and AXA’s Medica set to become latest listing
French care home business Medica’s flotation could be a sign that the IPO market is in rude health.
Hamilton Bradshaw backs DRC Group BIMBO
James Caan's privae equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw has backed the BIMBO of medical recruitment specialist DRC Group.
Amadeus Capital further invests in seed round for Ambient
Amadeus Capital Partners has invested an additional amount of seed capital in Ambient Industries, a mobile software company.
Amplio invests in solar project
Dedicated environmental investors The Amplio Group has completed and connected two plants of 1MW each expecting to connect four additional 1MW plants by the end of the month.
Miura makes add-on acquisition for Grupo Atrezzo
Miura Private Equity has acquired merchandising business Marcelo Vilá.
Advent latest to hunt on Warsaw Exchange
Advent's EUR 100m buyout of WsiP marks the second take-private in two months from one of Europe's busiest stock markets. But why are investors choosing Warsaw? Kimberly Romaine reports
Apax, Permira exit could herald new look IPO
As buyers shop around for bargains, Apax- and Permira-backed New Look is seeking a lucrative £1.7bn flotation. Could this be the first in a wave of IPOs, asks Deborah Sterescu.
Argos Soditic reaps more than 4.5x on Dinno Santé exit
Argos Soditic, FHH Conseil and the management have sold their 100% stake in Dinno Santé to the healthcare business of Air Liquide and in doing so have realised over 4.5x return.
Lion Capital acquires debt of portfolio company La Senza
Majority owner Lion Capital has reportedly acquired 100% of La Senza's long-term debt.