Nordics
Candover reveals full extent of downturn
Pioneering buyout house to downsize fund and cut staff as portfolio halves in value. Ashley Wassall reports
Private equity to be public relations nightmare
Ashley Wassall reports from Geneva
Green machine
Rikke Lilla Eckhoff examines the cleantech sector and discovers that green investing is as much about profits as it is about the planet
PE set to become PR nightmare: EVCA forum
Ashley Wassall reports from Geneva
Point of no return
What determines the future of a portfolio company? GPs with spotless track records are falling into trouble, and the operational expertise and hands-on approach once heralded and admired are no longer sufficient. It seems the industry, as everyone else,...
Reliable support
unquote" data reveals support services as the top-performing sector
GLOBAL - Google launches $100m venture fund
Search engine Google has set up Google Ventures, a $100m venture capital fund designed to invest in early-stage companies.
EUROPE - EVPA hires MD
The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) has hired Beate TrУМck as managing director.
EUROPE - Price joins Candover as general counsel
Philip Price, formerly with hedge fund SRM Global, has joined Candover Investments as general counsel.
SWEDEN - Segulah-backed Nordform to merge with Peab subsidiary
Segulah's portfolio company Nordform, a supplier of pre-fabricated concrete products for infrastructure, is to merge with S:t Eriks, a subsidiary of the construction company Peab. Following the transaction, Segulah will be the majority owner of the new...
EUROPE - Silverfleet's Paramount trouble a blip
Silverfleet Capital has called in debt advisers for its portfolio company Paramount Holdings, a UK-based restaurant group which saw its pre-tax loss increase to ТЃ27m in the year to June 2008, up from ТЃ12m the previous year.
NORWAY - HitecVision sells Technor to Simtronics
HitecVision has sold portfolio technology company Technor AS to listed sector rival Simtronics for a total consideration of NOK 186.9m payable partly in cash and partly in Simtronics shares. Following the transaction, HitecVision will become Simtronics...
FINLAND - Health Cap and LSP back EUR 5.7m Nexstim investment
Existing investors Health Cap and Life Sciences Partner (LSP) have, together The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), invested close to EUR 6m into medical device company Nexstim Oy.