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AXA PE invests €330m in Enovos
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 23.48% stake in Luxembourg-based utility company Enovos from ArcelorMittal for €330m.
Sator and Palladio make new bid for Fondiaria
Private equity funds Palladio Finanziaria and Sator have made a bid of up to €400m each to take control of troubled Italian insurer Fondiaria-SAI, rivaling plans for a merger with Italian financial services company Unipol.
Maven appoints new investment director
Maven Capital Partners has hired Ben Bolt as investment director.
UK & Ireland unquote" May 2012
Business now needs to fuel future growth in order to get the UK's economy moving again, according to the latest Ernst & Young's Item Club.
EADS CEO Louis Gallois to join FSI board
Louis Gallois, the CEO of European aerospace and defense corporation EADS, is due to join the board of French sovereign wealth fund Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement (FSI), according to French daily newspaper Les Echos.
Gresham appoints investment manager
Mid-market GP Gresham Private Equity has appointed Adam Rudd as investment manager in its Manchester office.
eCAPITAL invests in HTGF portfolio firm Smart Hydro Power
eCAPITAL has led a €2.7m capital increase for High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) portfolio company Smart Hydro Power.
Law firm e|n|w|c in merger with Taylor Wessing
Austrian law firm e|n|w|c has merged with international counterpart Taylor Wessing.
Terra Firma's Infinis acquires three UK wind farms
British renewable power generator Infinis, a portfolio company of Terra Firma, has acquired a portfolio of three onshore wind farms from Broadview Energy Limited.
Telefónica launches VC arm in Spain
Telecommunications group Telefónica has launched a venture capital subsidiary, Telefónica Digital Venture Capital.
Syntegra to float Moleskine
Syntegra Capital confirmed yesterday it is looking to float Italian notebook and diary brand Moleskine at the company’s annual results presentation.
Riverside promotes Juan Barnechea
The Riverside Company has promoted Juan Barnechea, who heads the firm’s origination team in Europe, to managing director.
3i looking to sell Enterprise to Ferrovial
3i is planning to sell support services company Enterprise to Spanish infrastructure operator Ferrovial, according to reports.
Finance Wales backs Creo Medical
Finance Wales has made a ТЃ1.36m equity injection into Chepstow-based medical devices company Creo Medical as part of a ТЃ3m funding round.
Polaris-backed Alliance+ bolts on Miljöteamet
Polaris portfolio company Alliance+ has acquired Swedish cleaning services business MiljУЖteamet.
Argos Soditic acquires ASC International House
Argos Soditic has completed the MBO of Swiss education provider ASC International House.
Arkeon backs NOVACYT
French investor Arkeon Gestion has participated in a €1.5m funding round for Vélizy-based cytology company NOVACYT.
Altor exits Meyn to Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary
Altor Equity Partners has divested Dutch food equipment producer Meyn to US-based CTB, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
HTGF et al. invest in fos4X
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and UnternehmerTUM's venture capital arm have invested in fibre-optic measurement business fos4X.
BGF and NVM invest £10m in Wear Inns
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) and previous backer NVM Private Equity have invested a joint ТЃ10m in UK pub chain Wear Inns.
Balderton seeds Archify
Balderton Capital has completed a seed investment in Austrian technology company Archify.
Caixa Capital Risc raises third fund
Caixa Capital Risc has raised its third fund, according to reports in the Spanish press.
LDC-backed A-Gas acquires SA Rural
LDC portfolio company A-Gas International has acquired Australian fumigation products company SA Rural Agencies.
Lyceum sells UK energy consultancy M&C to Schneider Electric
Lyceum Capital has sold Scotland-based energy consultancy M&C to French energy management company Schneider Electric, in a deal believed to be worth ТЃ90m.