Benelux
GLOBAL - Bear Stearns acquires Macquarie arm
LSE-listed fund-of-funds Bear Stearns Private Equity (BSPEL) has offered A$115.5 for Macquarie Private Capital Group (MPCG), an ASX-listed private equity fund-of-funds.
NETHERLANDS - Emerald leads EUR 15m investment in EWT
A consortium led by Emerald Technology Ventures has acquired an equity position in privately-held Emergya Wind Technologies, a Dutch wind turbine manufacturer. In December 2007, Ludgate Environmental had invested EUR 1.43m in the company. According to...
Bowmark Capital Survey
UK lower mid-market defies the gloom
NETHERLANDS - Prime Technology invests EUR 6.5m in eBuddy
Prime Technology Ventures has invested EUR 6.5m in eBuddy, a provider of web and mobile instant messaging, in second-round funding. In 2007, Lowland Capital Partners had provided a EUR 5m Series-A financing round to the company.
BELGIUM - KBC and Defiac acquire Dark
KBC Private Equity and Defiac have acquired Dark, a Belgian lighting manufacturer.
European LPs: optimism, naivety or realism?
Despite the recent credit crisis, there appears to be relative optimism among European LPs compared with their North American and Asian counterparts. Would the immaturity and naivety of the European private equity industry be the cause of this so called...
Q&A - 2008 faces slowdown, not a crash
DLA Piper's Erwin Simons speaks to Domitille Lainey about the state of the Benelux private equity market at the beginning of 2008
Maintaining momentum
Benelux has managed to weather the storm whipped up by the summer's credit crunch. Last year's results show the region's stability (91 deals in 2006 against 97 in 2007). The average deal value figures in 2006 exceeded those for 2007 (EUR300.5m against...
BELGIUM - Iris Capital injects EUR 10m in Clear2Pay
A consortium led by Iris Capital has injected EUR 10m in Clear2Pay, a financial technology company.
EUROPE - Investcorp Technology Fund exceeds target by $100m closing on $500m
Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP) has completed the fundraising for its latest vehicle Investcorp Technology Partners III (ITP Fund III) raising $500m. The final close exceeded the fund's initial target of $400m and beats the $300m raised for ITP Fund...