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MCP takes minority stake in LMF
Metric Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik (LMF), an Austrian industrial company.
Photo apps: negative returns or still developing?
As Facebook loses favour with the cool kids, hipsters are turning to Instagram, Snapchat or the latest photo sharing app to get their social network kicks. The question is, how long will consumersт love of photo apps last and are they still worth the...
France's Access holds €190m first close for FoF
French funds-of-funds manager Access Capital Partners has held a first close on тЌ190m for its latest vehicle, Access Capital Fund VI Growth Buy-out Europe (ACF VI).
Acton's Heureka Growth Fund II holds first close
Acton Capital Partners has held a first close for its Heureka Growth Fund II on $110m.
HarbourVest throws Motion lifeline
HarbourVest Partners has extended the life of Motion Equity Partnersт fund to enable it to exit portfolio companies.
PAI reaches halfway line with €1.4bn first close
French private equity house PAI partners is understood to be halfway towards the hard-cap of its latest vehicle, PAI Europe VI.
Delivery Hero raises $88m
Insight Venture Partners has led an $88m series-E round for Delivery Hero, a German online food ordering service.
DN and Holtzbrinck lead $8m round for Quandoo
DN Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures have co-led an $8m series-B funding round for Quandoo, a Berlin-based restaurant reservation software provider.
Adveq promotes three
Funds-of-funds manager Adveq has promoted Viswanathan Parameswar, Sasha Kugler and Patrick Küntscher to the role of executive director.
2013 buyouts: overall value stabilises around €75bn
The overall value of European private equity-backed buyouts has hovered around the тЌ75bn mark for the third year in a row, with last year's deals totalling тЌ74.7bn.
Apollo raises $17.5bn for Fund VIII
Apollo Global Management has bucked the trend of large-cap players downsizing their funds compared to pre-crisis efforts: the firm has amassed $17.5bn for its latest global vehicle after a little more than a year on the road.
Palamon promotes three
Palamon Capital Partners has promoted Julian Carreras, Pascal Jean-NoУЋl Noth and Gary Pritchard to partners.
Capvis Equity IV hits €720m hard-cap
Capvis Equity Partners has held a final close for Capvis Equity IV on its €720m hard-cap.
Seventure raises €62m towards new life sciences fund
French GP Seventure Partners has held a first close on тЌ62m for Health for Life Capital, a new vehicle with a тЌ120m target.
Snow & Alps secures €1m
Snow & Alps, a reservation system for ski and outdoor holidays, has received €1m in funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).
Mutual understanding: Private equity and the UK government
PE and the State
Ventech supports Picanova
French investor Ventech has made a multi-million euro investment in German customised wall decor company Picanova.
Blacklane drives off with fresh investment
Berlin-based chauffeur portal Blacklane has raised a double-digit million euro funding round.
Carlyle and Vitol invest in Varo Energy
Carlyle has teamed up with Vitol Group to invest in Varo Energy, in a move to create a midstream energy business in north-west Europe.
Montagu picks up CEFS from UBS
Montagu Private Equity has acquired Corporate Employee Financial Services International (CEFS International) from UBS.
Are European GPs ready to embrace the robotics revolution?
As robotic solutions creep into our everyday lives, Kim Richters looks at private equityтs relationship with the increasingly important sub-sector.
Returbo secures debt and equity round
Online deal platform Returbo has raised debt financing from investment firm Harbert European Growth Capital Fund (HEGCF) and Generis Capital, as well as equity from BDMI, the venture investment arm of media publisher Bertelsmann.
Q&A: KKR's Silke Scheiber
Q&A: KKR
Saints Capital buys Star Ventures' portfolio
Secondaries investor Saints Capital has bought 20 separate assets from Germany- and Israel-based venture capital firm Star Ventures.