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Apax bids for Utimaco Safeware
Apax Partners has bid €17.10 per share for Utimaco Safeware AG using its shell company Shield Bidco Limited.
Alven Capital et al. back Novapost with €1.7m
Electronic payslips company Novapost has secured €1.7m from Alven Capital and existing individual investors.
Barclays Private Equity puts Schneider Gruppe on the block
Barclays Private Equity is looking to exit its portfolio company Schneider Gruppe.
Marketing investments: Privately-owned publicity
There is an old saying that any publicity is good publicity. This may hold true, but with several private equity investments in publicity-focused firms this year, is publicity good business? John Bakie investigates
NORD Holding takes a stake in Avista Oil AG
NORD Holding has taken a stake in Avista Oil AG for a double-digit million euro amount.
IK Investment Partners acquires majority stake in Agros Nova
IK Investment Partners has agreed with Agros Nova to acquire a majority stake in the company.
AUCTUS adds SSTH to Career Partner
AUCTUS portfolio company Career Partner Group has acquired a majority stake in the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) based in Chur.
EVCA elects Fricke as chair
Uli Fricke has been elected chairwoman of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA).
Butler Capital invests in Groupe Christian Bernard
Butler Capital Partners (BCP) has acquired an undisclosed stake in French jeweler Christian Bernard.
Deutsche Beteiligungs acquires FDG group
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired a 79.6% stake in French category management group FDG from its founding families.
Phoenix-backed Precise Media buys MediaGen
Precise Media Group has acquired media monitoring specialist MediaGen, with the support of Phoenix Equity Partners.
Private equity derivatives: Hedging your bets
Derivatives have come to be accepted as a way of life for many asset classes, including publicly traded equity. However, the emergence of the products in the private equity space has raised some eyebrows. Questions have been raised over whether they can...
NORD Holding backs MBO of Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH
NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH, backing the company's MBO as part of a succession solution.
eCAPITAL funds svh24.de with €4m
Venture firm eCAPITAL has provided €4m for the expansion of online tool company svh24.de GmbH.
Perfectis sells Philippe Manutention to Groupe Manuloc
Perfectis Private Equity has sold its majority stake in forklifts distributor Philippe Manutention to industrial group Manuloc.
NextStage et al. invest €3m in Port Adhoc
French marina services operator Port Adhoc has raised €3m in a new round of fundraising led by Nextstage.
Brit Insurance shares jump after declining private equity offer
Brit Insurance shares jumped 20% this morning after the firm rejected a private equity approach, according to reports.
Palamon hires Hauptmeier to London office
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Dietrich Hauptmeier as associate principal.
Xange Private Equity funds Iptego
XAnge Private Equity has invested in Iptego, a software developer for the telecommunications industry.
Nexit Ventures back Octoshape
Nexit Ventures has invested €4m in Danish mobile video delivery company Octoshape.
Private equity LPs flock to the Nordic region
The Nordic private equity model is becoming increasingly attractive, according to industry experts. Rikke Eckhoff reports from the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress in Stockholm.
SEB Venture Capital leads investment in Coresonic
SEB Venture Capital has invested €1.5m in Swedish technology firm, Coresonic.
Swedish Central Bank chief warns on continued threats
Lars Nyberg, deputy governor of the Swedish Central Bank, said the Swedish economy is not out of danger, in his keynote speech at the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress 2010. Viktor Lundvall reports.
New Value invests €1.5m mezzanine in ZWS
Listed investor New Value has invested €1.5m mezzanine in ZWS Zukunftsorientierte Wärme Systeme GmbH.