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CapMan invests in Bank Evropeiskij
CapMan has invested in the Russian-based Bank Evropeiskij through its CapMan Russia fund.
Venture: Aggressive investing needed in recession
Venture capital was, like other forms of investment, hit hard by the recession, with both volume and value falling during 2009. John Bakie speaks to Intel Capital’s president, Arvind Sodhani, who says innovation does not stop for a recession, and believes...
Energy Ventures appoints two
Venture capital firm Energy Ventures has appointed Shantanu Agarwal and Kristian Lier to join its oil & gas team.
HitecVision acquires Tampnet
HitecVision has signed an agreement to acquire Tampnet AS, a subsidiary of Statoil.
NextStage invests €8.2m in Groupe ACR
Nextstage has provided spare auto parts distributor Groupe ACR with €8.2m.
Solvency II: Doubts cast over private equity risk measures
The scramble for cash among GPs is set to heat up as they prepare for another reduction in capital allocations – this time from European insurers - as regulators work on plans forcing them to hold additional cash as a buffer against private equity risk....
HTGF et al. in €2m evocatal series-B
Three years after receiving a round of seed finance, Düsseldorf-based industrial biotech group evocatal GmbH has raised a €2m round of early-stage funding.
Iñigo Erlaíz to head new Gómez-Acebo & Pombo private equity practice
Madrid-based law firm Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has signalled its intention to ramp up the firm’s penetration into the Iberian private equity space by appointing Iñigo Erlaíz as head of a new standalone private equity practice.
CVC pursues giant Spanish infrastructure buyout
CVC is understood to be closing in on a deal with the majority shareholders of Spanish infrastructure business Albertis over a potential buyout that would value the firm at more than €25bn.
AXA Private Equity sells Trecobat shares
AXA Private Equity has sold its 46.5% stake in home building group Trecobat to the company's management team.
MB Funds invests in Suomen Transval
MB Funds has invested in Suomen Transval Oy, making the investor the main shareholder in the company.
Gresham-backed JGG buys Addis & Co
Gresham-backed James Grant Group (JGG) has acquired specialist accountancy company, Addis & Co - its latest acquisition in its buy-and-build strategy.
Avenir Entreprises et al. back Société Hôtelière Côte Rôtie
Avenir Entreprises, Sofival, BNP Paribas Développement, Garibaldi Participations and Risque & Sérénité have funded the buyout of eight hotels on behalf of Société Hôtelière Côte Rôtie (SHCR).
Consolidation: Building for the future
The financial services industry has been abuzz with talk of consolidation in recent weeks, following news of Resolution’s acquisition of AXA’s UK life business. While Clive Cowdery’s listed consolidation vehicle is slowly assembling some of the...
Sovereign Capital’s LM acquires two funeral businesses
Sovereign Capital-backed LM Funerals has acquired Chris White Funeral Directors Limited and Pomphrey and Mercer Funeral Directors.
Crédit Agricole PE et al. invest €7.5m in EyeTechCare
Crédit Agricole PE and insurance company SHAM have provided medical devices developer EyeTechCare with a €7.5m round of funding.
TPG and Goldman Sachs acquire Ontex for €1.2bn
TPG and GS Capital Partners have agreed to buy hygienic disposables specialist Ontex from Candover.
West Capital puts Office up for sale
West Capital is looking to sell shoe retailer Office for an estimated €170m.
STING invests SEK 2m in ENCare
STING has injected SEK 2m in Swedish MedTech company ENCare.
Former SAP CEO to launch tech fund
Former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker is planning to launch a new private equity fund focusing on investments in European software, telecommunications and IT companies.
Segulah acquires European Travel Interactive
Segulah has acquired European Travel Interactive AB (eTRAVELi) from Norvestor Equity in a secondary buyout.
PAI Partners sells Kwik-Fit Insurance to Fortis
PAI Partners has sold the Insurance branch of Kwik-Fit to Fortis UK for £215m.
Apax acquires BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium
Apax has agreed to acquire BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium from BNP Paribas.
CapMan acquires INR and Aspen
CapMan has acquired INR from Accent Equity and Aspen from Valedo Partners in secondary buyouts.