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GERMANY - CornerstoneCapital AG acquires Stanniolfabrik Eppstein
CornerstoneCapital has acquired a majority stake in technical metal foils producer Stanniolfabrik Eppstein from JL Goslar Group for an undisclosed amount, alongside co-investors including Columbus Investment AG and company CEO Dirk Mälzer.
GERMANY - Hannover Finanz acquires Giesserei Industrie Holding Isselburg
HANNOVER Finanz has acquired a 70% stake in foundry Giesserei Industrie Holding Isselburg GmbH for an undisclosed amount, with the management continuing to hold the balance of the equity.
SWITZERLAND - Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures sells Plazes AG
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures has sold its stake in mobile social navigation startup Plazes AG to Nokia for an undisclosed amount. Plazes had raised VC funding from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures as well as Esther Dyson, Marc Andreessen and Martin...
SWITZERLAND - Aescap backs second closing of CHF 32m Vivendy funding round
Aescap Venture has joined the existing investor base consisting of BioMedInvest, LSP Life Science Partners and TVM Capital in a second closing of a CHF 32m series-A financing round for Vivendy Therapeutics.
EUROPE - EVCA publishes study on global scenario for private equity
A new report by the EVCA, Global Scenarios for Private Equity and Venture Capital, presents four potential scenarios for global economic development over the coming decade and the impact these will have on the development of the private equity industry....
AUSTRIA - Buy_Out CE II acquires Chemson Polymer-Additive
Buy_Out Central Europe II Beteiligungs-Invest AG has acquired Chemson Polymer-Additive AG, a manufacturer of polymer additives that are used during production of PVC, for an undisclosed amount.
EUROPE - Jonathan Russell appointed new EVCA chairman
The board of the EVCA has elected Jonathan Russell, managing partner of buyouts at 3i, as its new chairman for the year 2008-2009.
UK - EVCA final figures show record investment in 2007
The EVCA has released its final figures for private equiity activity in 2007, with the report showing that a record EUR 73.8bn was invested across Europe, EUR 2.6bn higher than in 2006.
GERMANY - Earlybird invests in Smoodoos.com
Earlybird has invested in just us & friends GmbH, operator of childrens online portal www.smoodoos.com. This makes Earlybird the first institutional investor following an earlier seed financing provided by Business Angels Tino Schöninger and Yulian Patzelt...
GERMANY - Lonestar and Ripplewood still bidding for German bank IKB
According to reports, the three bidders still in the race for troubled German bank IKB, which is expected to fetch a purchase price of EUR 500m, include private equity firms Lonestar and Ripplewood. The third suitor is Swedish bank SEB, said to be the...
AUSTRIA - Morgan Stanley and BAST invest in Breitenfeld
Morgan Stanley Private Equity and BAST Investment Group have acquired a 38.5% stake in specialty steel producer Breitenfeld AG from the majority shareholders Fides Privatstiftung and Fortis Privatstiftung, who recently bought back the shares owned by...
GERMANY - Equita acquires Karl Eugen Fischer Holding from Halder
Equita GmbH & Co Fonds 3 KGaA has purchased a majority participation in Karl Eugen Fischer Holding GmbH, through a secondary buyout from funds managed by Halder Beteiligungsberatung for an undisclosed amount.
GERMANY - BPE makes tender offer for Computerlinks
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) has announced a tender offer to shareholders of IT services provider Computerlinks AG. The acquisition vehicle Platin 274.GmbH, in which a fund managed by BPE holds an indirect participation, intends to offer to Computerlinks'...
GERMANY – Granville Baird said to exit Balzac Coffee
According to reports, Granville Baird, along with other existing stakeholders, is in advanced talks to exit coffee house chain Balzac Coffee. The interested parties are said to be strategic investors from France and the UK.
EUROPE - Lazard recruits Wouter Gabriels
Lazard has recruited Wouter Gabriels as managing director in investment banking in Europe.
GERMANY - 3i sells German portfolio to Heidelberg Capital
3i Group Plc has sold a portfolio of 23 minority stakes in German companies to Heidelberg Capital for an undisclosed sum. This represents the second portfolio of investments 3i has divested in the last two months as part of its plan to sell off small...
GERMANY - Watson Farley to merge with Oldenbourg Plus
UK law firm Watson Farley & Williams is to merge with German private equity boutique Oldenbourg Plus, which will give the firm its first office in Munich.
SWITZERLAND/FRANCE – Argos Soditic divests food companies after one month
Argos Soditic has agreed to sell Roland Murten AG and Cansimag France SA to Swiss food company Cornu SA for an undisclosed amount. This follows just one month after Argos Soditic acquired the two businesses, together with a third company, Kägi Söhne AG,...
SWITZERLAND – BayTech leads USD 3m funding round for Ads-Click
BayTech Venture Capital has led a USD 3m second funding round for online advertising company Ads-Click. An initial investment of USD 4m investment was concluded in March 2007.
BENELUX/GERMANY - Waterland closes EUR 800m fund
Waterland has closed Waterland Private Equity Fund IV (WPEF IV) on EUR 800m, three months after its launch.
GLOBAL - 3i Infrastructure raises fresh funds
Despite the current sombre economic backdrop, 3i Infrastructure has launched a ТЃ114.6m new share issue to increase its warchest for investing in global infrastructure assets. The firm is issuing just over 108 million new shares at a price of 106 pence...
EUROPE - Industri Kapital re-brands as IK Investment Partners
Industri Kapital has changed its name to IK Investment Partners (IK) to mark the evolution of the firmтs investment and geographic focus.
GLOBAL - TPG en route to closing record buyout fund
TPG Capital's latest fund is well on course to top Blackstone Group's record USD 21.7bn offering last year, reports suggest. The news comes just a day after it was reported that China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange has invested more than USD...
GERMANY - TVM Capital leads funding round for Winbox
Lead investor TVM Capital and angel-entrepreneur Robert Schneider have completed a first round of financing for Winbox Technologies AG, a provider of OEM technology solutions for Windows-based TV-centric consumer electronics.