Deals
UK - WHEB Ventures invests in PassivSystems
WHEB Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount into home energy management company PassivSystems.
Steadfast-backed MPS acquries Butina
Steadfast Capital-backed Meat Processing Systems (MPS) has acquired a majority stake in Butina A/S.
UK - SEB Venture Captial et al. exit ShoZu
SEB Venture Capital, Atlas Ventures, Crescendo Ventures and TTP Ventures have all exited their stake in mobile phone application developer ShoZu, via a trade sale to messaging software provider Critical Path for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Lyceum Capital acquires McKinnon & Clarke for £22m
Mid-market investor Lyceum Capital has acquired McKinnon & Clarke (M&C), one of the largest energy procurement and compliance specialists in Europe, for £22m.
UK - Goldman Sachs et al. sell SpinVox to Nuance
Goldman Sachs Private Equity, GLG Partners, Blue Mountain Capital and Toscafund Asset Management have all exited their investment in SpinVox, a provider of voice-to-screen messaging solutions, via a trade sale to Nuance Communications in a deal valued...
UK/GERMANY - GI Partners sells Acentic for £30m
GI Partners has sold its 65% stake in entertainment company Acentic GmbH to Philweb Corporation for a total consideration of £30m, including debt.
Second chance saloon
Predictions a year ago of a boom in secondaries transactions proved premature, as a dearth of draw-downs provided a stay of execution to liquidity-starved LPs. Twelve months on, there is a similar anticipation of a wave of secondaries sales, but will...
NORDIC - EQT Infrastructure acquires Swedegas
Sweden-based private equity investor EQT has, via its Infrastructure Fund, acquired Swedegas from EON Ruhrgas, Statoil, DONG Energy and Fortum.
UK - Seventure backs EUR 1m Carbon Hub investment
Seventure Partners has invested EUR 1m into Carbon Hub, a developer of web-based carbon management solutions, alongside individual angel investors.
GERMANY - Nord invests in KiKxxl
Nord Holding has invested an undisclosed sum in call centre services provider KiKxxl in an owner-buyout.
UK - Inflexion backs Griffin
Inflexion Private Equity has invested an undisclosed amount into specialist travel business Griffin Global Group, to back the acquisition of the estate of a deceased founder.
UK - Bridgepoint sweetens takeover offer for Care UK
Bridgepoint has reportedly upped its offer for care home operator Care UK to between 450-500 pence per share, valuing the business at between £275-300m.
FINLAND - Sentica acquires health care provider Pihlajalinna
Finnish private equity house Sentica Partners has acquired a majority stake in Pihlajalinna Oy, a health care services provider, for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Accor board splits company in two
Colony Capital- and Eurazeo-backed Accor has backed the board's decision split the company into two separate entities, based around its hotel business and its prepaid services division, with both companies to be listed separately on the Paris stock market.
EUROPE - Environmental infrastructure: high returns, low risk?
Combining the low risk profile of traditional infrastructure investing with the potentially high returns from clean tech investing can prove a winning formula, argues Jamie Richards, partner at Foresight Group, in a recent video interview with unquote"...
GERMANY - HIG Capital acquires Witex
HIG Capital has agreed to acquire flooring materials company Witex from JP Morgan Chase for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Maven makes Monumental investment
Maven Capital Partners, via its Capital for Enterprise Fund, has invested £2m into online games provider Monumental Games.
UK - Barclays Ventures-backed Four Seasons completes add-on
Barclays Ventures has injected fresh capital into portfolio company Four Seasons Group (FSG), a specialist air conditioning building services firm, to support its acquisition of heating, ventilation and air conditioning business JCW for an undisclosed...
UK - Matrix backs £12m CB Imports MBO
Matrix Private Equity Partners has backed the £12m management buyout of CB Imports, an importer and distributor of artificial flowers.
UK - Matrix backs £12m CB Imports MBO
Matrix Private Equity Partners has backed the £12m management buyout of CB Imports, an importer and distributor of artificial flowers.
SPAIN - Aurica sells Telstar stake
Aurica, the private equity arm of Banco Sabadell, has divested its 20% stake in Telstar, a developer of atmospheric technology solutions in the life sciences sector, in a buy-back by the founding family, which is now the sole shareholder in the business.
GERMANY - SET et al. EnOcean backers in EUR 8m round
Existing investors Atmos, BayTech Venture Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, SET Venture Partners, Siemens Technology Accelerator, Siemens Venture Capital and Wellington Partners, and strategic investor Kathrein group, have invested EUR 8m in self-powered...
FINLAND - CapMan Technology takes 34% stake in Profit Software
CapMan, via its CapMan Technology 2007 fund, has acquired a 34% stake in Profit Software Oy, a supplier of product-based IT software to the insurance and financial sector.
GERMANY - BWK sells EGO to owners
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has sold its 20% stake in industrial components maker EGO Group to the owning families Blanc and Fischer.