Benelux
NETHERLANDS - Summit Partners invests in Flow Traders
Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in Flow Traders, an electronic trading firm.
GLOBAL - Intel defies economic downturn
Despite the global credit meltdown and resultant sombre sentiment in the investment markets, Intel Capital has invested more than $60m across ten deals in the last couple of weeks.
EUROPE – Björn Savén as executive chairman of Industri Kapital
Industri Kapital has appointed BjУЖrn SavУЉn as executive chairman.
The end of the golden age?
People in the industry talk about 2005, 2006 and 2007 as years of splendorous wonders that brought fantastic investment opportunities with amazing returns, essentially due to easy access to debt. The credit crunch last summer has seriously cooled down...
Not mezz-ing around
Now that the door has firmly shut on cheap debt and new types of junior products, mezzanine has a way into capital structures again. But it still faces competition and challenges in today's market. Linn Ronning speaks to mezzanine specialists to find...
EUROPE - Mezz cashes in on new markets
One manтs loss is another manтs gain and nowhere is this clearer than in the subordinated debt market right now. Anecdotal evidence suggests the layer is set for its headiest days yet, with mezzanine now accounting for up to 2x EBITDA on average in a...
NETHERLANDS - NIBC and Fortis sell Sandd
NIBC Capital Partners and Fortis Private Equity have sold their minority stake in Sandd to investment fund Trimoteur, the existing majority shareholder from which they purchased their collective interest in 2005.
BELGIUM - Tate & Lyle et al invest EUR 3.5m in Fugeia
Tate & Lyle Ventures and Agri Investment Fund have invested EUR 3.5m in Fugeia, a newly formed functional food technology business with a focus on gut health.
NETHERLANDS - Cinven-backed Ziggo to acquire T-Mobile unit
Cable television company Ziggo, which is backed by Cinven and Warburg Pincus, is said to be interested in acquiring the Dutch fixed-line broadband internet unit of T-Mobile.
NETHERLANDS - NVP set to discuss tax rate increase
The Dutch Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (NVP) is arranging talks with the Ministry of Finance and Parliament over proposals to increase corporate tax rates to as much as 52%, which would apply to the private equity industry.
NETHERLANDS - Egeria takes stake in Morssinkhof Rymoplast
Egeria has taken a stake in Dutch mechanical plastics recycler Morssinkhof Rymoplast.
NETHERLANDS - Rabo acquires Oskomera
Rabo Participaties has acquired a substantial stake in Oskomera for an undisclosed sum.
NETHERLANDS - Forbion and Inventages back AM-Pharma with EUR 7m
Existing investors Forbion Capital Partners and Inventages Venture Capital have backed AM-Pharma, a Dutch biopharmaceutical company, with a EUR 7m investment. The funding represents the first close of a series-C financing round targeting EUR 30m.
NETHERLANDS – Rabo Ventures et al invest EUR 300m in Econcern
Rabo Ventures and Delta Lloyd have formed a joint venture with existing investor SHV that has injected EUR 300m into sustainable energy company Econcern. All together the three firms hold a 50% stake in the company.