Benelux
BELGIUM - SEP leads EUR 26m investment in Kiala
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led a EUR 26m funding round for Kiala, an innovative pan-European delivery solutions business. SEP was joined by several other investors, including funds related to La Poste and TPG (TNT Post Group). GP Bullhound, the...
NETHERLANDS - Shell Technology Ventures partially exits At Balance
Shell Technology Ventures has sold a minority stake in At Balance, a Dutch company that provides technology for drilling oil and gas wells. The transaction will give At Balance access to pressure equipment and services supplied by Smith, a supplier of...
NETHERLANDS - Aescap Venture takes 25% stake in I-Optics
Aescap Venture has taken a 25% stake in Dutch medical technology company i-Optics.
NETHERLANDS – Merger talks between ABP and Cordares
Dutch pension funds ABP and Cordares, are reported to be in negotiations to merge in 2008, a step that would create one of the world's largest pension funds. If the merger takes place, the new company would manage a pension capital of EUR 245bn for up...
BELGIUM - Lion completes EUR 263m Adventure deal
Lion Capital has completed the acquisition of AS Adventure Group, a Belgium-based speciality retailer of outdoor equipment and clothing, in a deal which values the company at EUR 263m.
EUROPE - Family offices back private equity
A new study by the European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (EVCA) and the IMD Business School of Lausanne shows that family offices have become an integral part of the European private equity investor community and that a trend of increasing...
BELGIUM - Gilde portfolio company Ablynx raises EUR 75m in Euronext Brussels
Gilde portfolio company Ablynx has raised EUR 75m in the largest biotech IPO on Euronext Brussels. The IPO was priced at EUR 7 per share. Pursuant to the offering, 10,714,285 new shares, equivalent to EUR 75m will be issued by Ablynx, and additionally,...
BELGIUM - Waterland provides growth capital to medical laboratory group
Waterland Private Equity is to provide growth capital to the medical laboratory group MedHold, formed by the merger of AML-RIATOL and Medisch Labo D. Van Waes. With a turnover of EUR 37m, MedHold will be the second largest Belgian private clinical laboratories...
NETHERLANDS - Permira-backed Provimi divests fish feed business
Permira -backed animal nutrition group Provimi SA has sold the majority of its fish feed activities to Biomar , a Danish supplier of fish feed. Biomar is taking over the fish feed activities in Chile, Denmark and Spain, which represent about 90% of Provimi's...