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Carlyle Group's Marle International acquires Deloro Stellite
Marle International, a French medical equipment business backed by The Carlyle Group, has acquired ATS Sferic, the non-core medical division of Deloro Stellite, owned by Duke Street Capital.
Duke Street’s partial exit reaps 9x EBITDA
Deloro Stellite, the specialist engineering group owned by Duke Street Capital, has sold its non-core medical division, ATS Sferic, to French medical products business Marle International, backed by The Carlyle Group.
French mid-cap: AtriA merges with Naxicap
Troubled French mid-cap GP AtriA Capital Partenaires has merged with counterpart Naxicap.
CAPE exits Proman in sponsorless OBO
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) and Sofipaca have sold their minority stake in French temporary work agency Proman back to the group's owners.
Growth funding: is it all downhill from here?
Expansion and early-stage deal numbers declined steadily in Q3 2011, leaving the industry expecting a grim final quarter of the year. Anneken Tappe reports
CDB names Permira its latest strategic partner
Permira has signed a memorandum of understanding with CDB Capital to become the Chinese Development Bank’s sole European private equity partner. Kimberly Romaine reports
Latour Capital buys four Veolia subsidiaries
Latour Capital has wholly acquired Proxiserve, along with Prochalor, Semcra and Thop, four business units of French utilities group Veolia Environnement.
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CAPE invests €1.5m in viavoo
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has invested €1.5m in French CRM software developer viavoo.
Mega-buyouts fail to recover in 2011
This week, KKR announced what is likely to be one of the last large-cap deals of the year with its $1.12bn secondary buyout of Capital Safety Group (CSG). But how has 2011 as a whole stacked up in the mega-buyout arena? John Bakie investigates
Credit Agricole Private Equity raises cleantech fund
Credit Agricole Private Equity has raised €120m for its Capenergie II Renewable Energy Fund.
MML bolsters teams in London and Paris
MML Capital Partners has announced three new hires to its investment teams in London and Paris.
Alven's JolieBox gets first UK bolt-on
French online cosmetics retailer JolieBox, backed by Alven Capital, has acquired UK-based competitor Boudoir Privé.
Eurazeo PME appoints new board member
Euraeo PME (formerly OFI Private Equity) has appointed Emmanuel Laillier to its board of directors.
Avenir Entreprises injects €1.5m in M Energies
Avenir Entreprises has invested €1.5m in French heater servicing company M Energies.
Carlyle spin-out Resource doubles fund in top-up
The appeal of a handful of firms belies the dearth of LP appetite for private equity.
Getting your sums right; Investing in education
The Swedish model of free schools has made its way to the UK, but dressed in a different uniform. While investors flock around Swedish schools, chasing students to boost income, the British version leaves no room for profits. So what attracts private...
Alven Capital hires new investment director
French VC Alven Capital has appointed Raffi Kamber as investment director.
Up to half of FoFs to disappear
Consolidation is hotting up. But not all are created equal and as some outfits vanish, others will emerge. Kimberly Romaine reports.
Perceva Capital backs bolt-on for Shark
Perceva Capital has supported motorcycle helmet supplier Shark's add-on acquisition of Holding Trophy.
New corporate venture fund launched in France
French corporations SNCF, Orange, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Total have launched the €30m Ecomobilité Ventures vehicle.
Two bolt-ons for PAI-owned Kiloutou
French construction equipment rental company Kiloutou, a portfolio company of PAI Partners, has acquired two competitors.
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PAI Partners has sold a further 15 million shares in listed Danish food ingredients company Chr Hansen, raising DKK 1.73bn (c€232.5m). The shares were priced at DKK 115 per unit, an improvement on the DKK 90 share price achieved at the time of last...