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Portfolio management

SPAIN - Creditors take over Cinven-backed USP Group

According to reports, Cinven-backed healthcare group United Surgical Partners (USP) has completed a restructuring with its lenders Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland that will see the banks acquire a 65% stake in the business through a debt-for-equity...

  • Portfolio management
  • 15 May 2009
Re-motivating management

The economic situation is affecting existing management shares incentives in companies with no equity value as well as - for those companies that can still use equity as an incentive - some of the more popular plans currently being implemented. Rebecca...

  • Portfolio management
  • 15 May 2009
SPAIN - Quercus-backed Alfanext acquires Música Viva

Audiovisual and stage services Grupo Alfanext, controlled by private equity firm Quercus Equity, has acquired audio and lighting specialist Música Viva.

  • Portfolio management
  • 12 May 2009
FRANCE - CDC-backed Artesys buys Naviline

CDC Capital Innovation-backed Artesys, an information services company, has purchased sector player Naviline from the Soft Company and merged the businesses to create Groupe Artesys.

  • Portfolio management
  • 06 May 2009
UK/NORWAY - Kenda merges three portfolio companies

Kenda Capital has merged three of the portfolio companies in its managed fund Shell Technology Ventures Fund I to create Tendeka, an oil and gas services business.

  • Portfolio management
  • 30 April 2009
MOLDOVA - Horizon Capital-backed GC Prim secures $10m loan

Glass Container Prim (GC Prim), which is backed by Ukraine- and Moldova-based Horizon Capital, has secured a $10m 6-year loan from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank.

  • Portfolio management
  • 16 April 2009
FINLAND - Nexit-backed Limbo to merge with Brightkite

Nexit Venture-backed mobile social networking site Limbo has merged with fellow social networking platform Brightkite. The two communities will operate under the brand name Brightkite.

  • Portfolio management
  • 15 April 2009
UK- Dunedin-backed WFEL secures £18m contract with US Dept of Defence

WFEL Limited, the defence engineering group backed by private equity house Dunedin, has secured an £18m contract with the US Department of Defense to supply it with military bridging systems.

  • Portfolio management
  • 07 April 2009
ITALY - PE-backed Weather Investments to restructure debt

It is understood that telecom holding Weather Investments is looking to restructure a tranche of its debt.

  • Portfolio management
  • 07 April 2009
UK/US - GTCR- backed Boomerang buys Entertainment Rights

Boomerang Media, a media solutions company backed by chicago-based private equity firm GTCR, has acquired the US and UK operations of Entertainment Rights, the company that owns the licensing rights to children characters such as Postman Pat and George...

  • Portfolio management
  • 02 April 2009
GERMANY - Leonardo-backed Rösler miniDaT insolvent

Leonardo Venture portfolio company Rösler miniDaT GmbH, a provider of security systems, has filed a petition with Syke District Court to begin bankruptcy proceedings amidst the imminent insolvency of the company.

  • Portfolio management
  • 01 April 2009
NETHERLANDS - KKR-backed NXP in $600m debt swap

Creditors of KKR-backed Dutch semiconductor business NXP have agreed to swap approximately $600m of loan notes for new secured bonds, in a move which sees the company's debt reduced by around $465m.

  • Portfolio management
  • 31 March 2009
ITALY - Permira-backed SEAT PG to raise EUR 200m

Listed publishing firm SEAT Pagine Gialle, which is backed by a private equity consortium comprising BC Partners, Permira, CVC Capital Partners and Investitori Associati, has launched a rights issue to raise EUR 200m.

  • Portfolio management
  • 31 March 2009
FRANCE - PAI-backed Yoplait buys Dairy Crest’s share of venture

PAI partners portfolio company Yoplait has acquired Dairy Crest's 49% stake in their joint venture Yoplait Dairy Crest for £63.5m.

  • Portfolio management
  • 31 March 2009
ITALY - DGPA-backed Mida acquires MCG Grafica in EUR 2.8m deal

DGPA-backed Mida, a producer of adhesive labels used in the pharmaceutical and related sectors, has acquired MCG Grafica, a manufacturer of labelling sleeves, in a deal valued at just under EUR 3m.

  • Portfolio management
  • 26 March 2009
AUSTRIA/NORWAY - GCP-backed Identec acquires TunnelCom

Gamma Capital Partners-backed Identec Solutions AG, an Austria-based supplier of industrial tracking and tracing solutions, has acquired Norway-based TunnelCom, a provider of automatic tagging solutions for the tunnel, mining, oil and gas industries.

  • Portfolio management
  • 24 March 2009
AUSTRIA - ValueNet-backed Rohe insolvent

According to reports, ValueNet Capital Partners' portfolio company gas station Rohe Group has filed for insolvency.

  • Portfolio management
  • 12 March 2009
SWEDEN - Index- and Sequoia-backed Stardoll merges with Piczo

Online entertainment site Stardoll, which is backed by amoung others Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, has merged with Piczo, a website dedicated to custom web publishing for teenagers.

  • Portfolio management
  • 09 March 2009
SWEDEN - HitecVision-backed Leirvik MT acquires competitor

HitecVision portfolio company Leirvik Module Technology, a supplier of prefabricated living quarters to offshore oil platforms, has acquired certain key assets of Emtunga Offshore, which went into insolvency in December last year.

  • Portfolio management
  • 09 March 2009
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital-backed Plastal files for bankruptcy

Nordic Capital-owned Plastal Holding AB, a supplier of parts to the European automotive industry, has declared insolvency and filed for bankruptcy.

  • Portfolio management
  • 05 March 2009
NORWAY - Herkules-backed NIG goes into administration

Herkules-owned home retailer Nordic Interior Group (NIG) has gone into administration. NIG consisted of three separate business units: TilBords, which was taken over by Herkules Private Equity Fund II last week prior to NIG's liquidation; Festival Engros,...

  • Portfolio management
  • 03 March 2009
UK - VC-backed businesses face funding shortfall

A new survey, conducted by Populus on behalf of the BVCA, has found that the majority of UK-based venture capitalists expect deal activity to decline in 2009, with more than half of those surveyed anticipating a significant slide against 2008.

  • Portfolio management
  • 12 February 2009
UK - 3i-backed Civica makes two acquisitions

3i-owned software solutions provider Civica, through its subsidiary Civica Pty Ltd, has acquired Queensland-based Practical Computer Services Pty Ltd and the local government business of electionz.com, based in New Zealand.

  • Portfolio management
  • 10 February 2009
NETHERLANDS - Mountain Partners-backed Bluehill acquires Yoonison

Business angel network Mountain Partners-backed Bluehill ID has acquired Yoonison BV.

  • Portfolio management
  • 05 February 2009
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