Benelux
NETHERLANDS - Buyout groups line up for $1bn sale of Exact software
According to reports, Exact Software, a company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, is being auctioned off for $1bn. It is understood that Candover, HgCapital, Hellman & Friedman and Providence Equity Partners have expressed interest in acquiring the company....
A Year of two halves
Daniel Morland of Close Brothers Corporate Finance assesses the state of the debt market at the end of what turned out to be a turbulent year
UK/SPAIN - LCA invests £2.5m into Classical Renaissance
Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd (LCA) has completed an investment of ТЃ2.5m, provided in the form of a profit participating loan, into Classical Renaissance EspaУБa SL. As part of the deal, LCA will recieve an equity stake in Classical Renaissance Ltd, the...
UK/FRANCE - Platina announces EUR 75m close of fourth fund
Platina Finance Ltd has announced an intermediary close of its fourth fund, the European Renewable Energy Fund 1 LP (EREF), on EUR 75m. The fund was launched in October 2007 and is targeting a final close of EUR 250m by the end of 2008.
BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 1m in Tailormade
KBC Arkiv has invested EUR 1m in Tailormade Logistics and Tailormade Transport, two Flemish companies specialising in integrated logistics services. This is a follow-on investment to the EUR 1m KBC Arkiv already invested in both companies in July 2006....
NETHERLANDS - Ludgate Environmental Fund invests EUR 791,968 in STX
Ludgate Environmental Fund has announced that it has made a further investment into Dutch environmental trading and broking company, STX Services.The first investment, as announced on 21st December 2007, was the purchase by LEF of 2,432 shares for EUR...
NL - Main Capital acquires Dutch VoIP provider Zetacom
Main Capital Partners fund Main Capital II has wholly acquired Zetacom in a management buyout. Parcom Ventures has sold its stake in the company.
2007 had its up and downs
The year had a promising start when Belgian drug developer Movetis raised EUR49m in a financing round led by Sofinnova Partners and Life Sciences Partners. Bridgepoint acquired educational publisher Wolters Kluwer Education in March for EUR774m, while...