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EUROPE - WINNERS ANNOUNCED for Nordic unquote” Private Equity Awards
Nordic unquote” is delighted to announce the winners of its second awards for Nordic Private Equity, held last night at the Grand Hotel, Stockholm. The event immediately followed on from a day-long Congress dedicated to discussing developments in the...
NETHERLANDS - Englefield Capital acquires Mirror Control International
Englefield Capital has acquired Mirror Control International (MCI), the mirror control division of Eaton Automotive. Landsbanki provided Englefield Capital with a financing package worth $122m.
UK/EUROPE - Bank of Scotland merges UK and European leverage finance teams
Bank of Scotland Corporate has merged its UK structured finance and acquisition finance teams with its European leveraged finance business to create a single leveraged finance business that will operate on a pan-European basis.
EUROPE - NEXT WEEK: Nordic unquote” Congress & Awards
Join unquote” next Tuesday evening in Stockholm for the second annual Nordic Private Equity Awards. The event brings together industry luminaries to celebrate innovation and accomplishment in the Nordic private equity market. Places are still available...
EUROPE - NEXT WEEK Nordic unquote” Congress & Awards
Join unquote” next Tuesday evening in Stockholm for the second annual Nordic Private Equity Awards. The event brings together industry luminaries to celebrate innovation and accomplishment in the Nordic private equity market. Places are still available...
NETHERLANDS - AAC Capital wine portfolio company makes acquisition
AAC Capital Partners portfolio company Baarsma Wine Group Holding has acquired Italian wine brand Canei from Pernod Ricard. Winetracks International, a business unit of Baarsma, will manage the worldwide distribution and marketing of Canei from the beginning...
BELGIUM - Waterland portfolio company Senior Living Group acquires Psychogeriatrisch Centrum
Waterland Private Equity portfolio company Senior Living Group (SLG) has acquired Psychogeriatrisch Centrum (PGC). The SLG portolio now has seventeen facilities and an authorised capacity of 2600 beds with the addition of four nursing homes following...
GLOBAL - Carlyle and Apollo in $1bn joint venture
The Carlyle Group has joined forces with Apollo Group Inc to form Apollo Global Inc, a $1bn venture designed to make investments in the international education sector.
BELGIUM - KBC Private Equity acquires Di Legno Interiors
KBC Private Equity has invested in Di Legno Interiors alongside the company's current shareholder and managing director Koen Vanbrabant and commercial director Ben Soers.
BELGIUM - Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx to float
Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx is going to raise new funds through an IPO and apply for admission of its shares to trading on Euronext Brussels this year, subject to market conditions. J.P. Morgan Securities and KBC Securities are...
EUROPE - WINNERS ANNOUNCED for Deutsche unquote” Private Equity Awards
Deutsche unquote” is delighted to announce the winners of the first ever awards for German Private Equity, held last night at the Renaissance Zurich Hotel, Zurich. The inaugural event immediately followed on from a day-long Congress dedicated to discussing...
EUROPE - Private equity beware the peeping Toms
In today's environment of increasing calls for transparency, one must discern between reasonable requests for information, and those that simply satisfy curiosity or are driven by an ideological agenda, according to Allianz Capital Partners CEO Thomas...
EUROPE - EVCA concerns over Walker review
EVCA has responded forcefully to the ending of Sir David Walker's consultation period into transparency and disclosure in UK private equity.
NL - Flevoland Technofund and REOF Fund invest in WunderWorks
Flevoland Technofund and REOF Fund have invested in WunderWorks BV, a company providing software and solutions focused on improving multi-user interaction and communication, in a seed financing round.
EUROPE – THIS THURSDAY - Deutsche unquote” Congress & Awards – 11 October
unquote” is delighted to announce its second annual Deutsche unquote” Private Equity Congress & Awards this Thursday, 11 October 2007, in Zurich. The Congress brings together industry experts to discuss how to stay ahead of the game in this dynamic...
NETHERLANDS - LSP invests in Skyline Diagnostics
Life Sciences Partners and the Erasmus MC Biomedical Fund have co-led a series-A funding round for Skyline Diagnostics BV. No financial details have been disclosed. The new capital will enable the company to bring its first product, the Acute myeloid...
EUROPE - Fundraising for corporate venturing reached EUR 412m in 2006
European venture independent fundraising reached EUR 412m in 2006, the highest level since the 2000 boom, according to data collected for EVCA's Corporate Venturing Survey. The industry body released the figures at its 10th annual forum taking place in...
EUROPE - EVCA Venture forum sets out venture strategy
EVCA announced a venture capital Action Plan and 100 days of activities as part of its strategy for European venture, at its 10th Annual Venture Capital Forum, held in Stockholm today. The meeting of venture industry figures from across Europe is the...
BELGIUM - GIMV completes MBI of Le Cobourg
GIMV has backed the management buy-in of Le Cobourg, a Belgian producer of traditional salads. The financial details were not disclosed. It is understood that GIMV has taken a 90% stake in the newco. The new management team hold the balance.
NL - Former Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm joins Permira
Gerrit Zalm, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the Netherlands, has joined Permira as an adviser. He will provide advice on business issues, the economy and the socio-political environment.
BELGIUM - KBC Private Equity invests EUR 3m in VMD
KBC Private Equity has invested EUR 3m in VMD to enable it to acquire Laboratoires Biové. VMD and France-based Laboratoires Biové are both manufacturers of veterinary medicines.
NL - HgCapital acquires Fabory for EUR 345m
HgCapital has acquired Fabory (formerly Borstlap Group), a distributor of industrial fastners, from AAC Capital Partners (formerly ABN AMRO Capital) in a deal which values the company at EUR 345m. Bank of Scotland provided a financing package to support...
NL - Gilde company Ablynx awarded EUR 1.9m grant
Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx has been awarded a grant worth EUR 1.855m by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT). The grant will enable Ablynx to accelerate the speed of exploring...
EUROPE - HgCapital strengthens renewable energies team
HgCapital has announced the appointment of Jean Pararnaud and Jens Thomassen as associate directors and the internal promotions of Emma Tinker and Rob deLazlo.