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GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis
Neuhaus Partners together with KfW Bankengruppe has invested an undisclosed amount in buildings and construction projects database provider Emporis.
GERMANY - Zurmont Madison acquires Röder Group
Zurmont Madison Management AG has acquired a 75% stake in tent systems provider Röder Group from the company’s management for an undisclosed amount. Röder Zeltsysteme und Service AG is headquartered in Büdingen, near Frankfurt/Main, and focuses on...
GERMANY – JC Flowers favoured to acquire WestLB stake
According to German press, US financial investor JC Flowers is currently favoured to acquire the stake in German regional lender WestLB, currently owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
GERMANY - Macquarie-led consortium snatches real-estate web portal
Australian investment group Macquarie and media business Publishing & Broadcasting have acquired 66.22% of property internet portal Immobilien Scout GmbH, in a deal valuing the business at EUR 540m.
GERMANY - Invision and TVM Capital invest EUR 9m in Netviewer
Invision Private Equity AG and TVM Capital are taking a EUR 9 million stake in Karlsruhe-based Netviewer GmbH, a web conferencing and remote access vendor.
AUSTRIA - gamma capital partners hire new mobile and internet partner
Austrian venture capital firm gamma capital partners has appointed Markus Wagner as partner.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
GERMANY - LRP Capital's portfolio company makes acquisition
CS Consulting AG, a portfolio company of LRP Capital, has acquired Berlin based MDE. The acquisition is a further step in developing CS Consulting AG from a regional leader in IT consulting for banks and insurance companies, to a national leader in its...
EUROPE - Bear Stearns Private Equity seizes the moment
In an interview with unquote", Bear Stearns Private Equity director Greg Getschow explains that market upheaval can be good for business and how GPs will have to rediscover the essence of private equity. The last few weeks have been a challenging...
SWITZERLAND - Sonic Emotion receives $1.4m series A financing
VI Partners, Emertec Gestion and Züricher Kantonalbank have injected $1.4m in Zürich-based 3D sound perception solutions provider Sonic Emotion.
GERMANY - The Carlyle Group sells Personal & Informatik AG
The Carlyle Group has sold its 66.54% stake in Personal Informatik AG (P&I), a German human resources & software and service vendor provider, to 35 institutional investors in Europe and United States in a book-building process managed by Berenberg Bank.
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners receives EUR 11.3m funding
Swiss biotechnology company Molecular Partners has received EUR 11.3m financing from Index Ventures, BB Biotech Ventures, Endeavour Vision and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. The new funds are intended to allow the company to advance its portfolio...
SWITZERLAND - Pevion Biotech raises EUR 22m
BZ Bank, BB Biotech Ventures, Bachem and CC Private Equity Partners have participated in a EUR 22m series-A financing round of Swiss bio-pharmaceutical company Pevion Biotech. The investment will be used to advance vaccines in clinical development and...
GLOBAL - Carlyle postpones IPO
The Carlyle Group has put back plans for an IPO until 2008, David Rubenstein said in an interview with Financial Times Deutschland. He blamed the delay on the uncertainty in the debt and equity markets and also said that he expected one quarter of agreed...
GERMANY - HgCapital exits Schenck Process via sale to Industri Kapital
Industri Kapital has acquired Schenck Process, a provider of industrial weighing, feeding, screening and automation equipment, from HgCapital. HgCapital bought Schenck in 2005 from D ürr AG and has grown the workforce to approximately 1,800 employees....
GERMANY - Carlyle and Advent exit HT Troplast
The Carlyle Group and Advent International have sold HT Troplast to Bahrain-based investment firm Arcapita for an undisclosed amount. In January 2005, Carlyle and Advent had acquired the company from RUETGERS AG.
EUROPE - European private equity leaps on cleantech
The concern with environmental issues and the consequent demand for solutions related to the generation of renewable energy and waste management has made cleantech a sought-after sector for European GPs. Dealflow in the sector has seen a noteworthy increase...
AUSTRIA –Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik changes hands
Invest Equity and Nord Holding have exited their stakes in manufacturer of high pressure compressor systems, Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik AG, for an undisclosed amount to Equita. RW Baird & Co ran the auction process.
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners AG raises CHF 18.5m
Index Ventures has led a CHF 18.5m series-A financing round for biotechnology company Molecular Partners AG. Other investors contributing to the round include BB Biotech Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Endeavour.
GERMANY - DZ Equity Partners invests in MK Metallfolien GmbH
Frankfurt-based DZ Equity Partners has acquired a minority stake in MK Metallfolien GmbH. The transaction value has not been disclosed. The founder of the company, Gerd Cloppenburg, remains invested and holds a majority stake. The new capital will be...
GERMANY - VTC Industrieholding exits TAKRAF
German industrial group VTC Industrieholding GmbH has announced the sale of TAKRAF GmbH to Milan-based Tenova, a fully-owned subsidiary of Techint Group. The deal value has not been disclosed and the transaction is subject to the approval by antitrust...
GERMANY - BayBG invests in B2B online retailer
BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has invested EUR 1m in Mercateo AG. The new capital will be used to further develop and optimise the company’s software. For this purpose it will employ 10 new software developers.