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Mercapital exits Bodegas Lan
Spanish private equity house Mercapital has sold Spanish wine producer Bodegas Lan to Portuguese wine group Sogrape.
CVC exits StarBev in €2.65bn trade sale
CVC Capital Partners has sold CEE-focused brewer StarBev to NYSE-listed Molson Coors Brewing Company for €2.65bn.
NVM backs MBO of Volumatic
NVM Private Equity has injected ТЃ6m to back the MBO of Coventry-based cash handling firm Volumatic Limited from hazard detection company Halma plc.
Bowmark Capital sells Data Explorers to Markit
Bowmark Capital has sold securities data provider Data Explorers to financial information provider Markit.
Business Growth Fund backs Mexican street food
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ3.25m in Manchester-based Mexican street food chain Barburrito.
Symphogen receives second tranche of €100m investment
Danish biotech company Symphogen has received a second tranche from the тЌ100m investment it received in 2011.
RIT sells Agora Oil and Gas for $450m to Cairn Energy
RIT Capital Partners have exited Norwegian oil and gas company Agora for a total of $450m, with ТЃ73m in total profits.
EQT invests in German online retailer
EQT Expansion Capital II has bought a minority stake in German online retailer Internetstores for €30m.
UK & Ireland unquote" April 2012
This yearтs Budget, delivered on 21 March by chancellor George Osborne, had few surprises, with even Osborne describing it as тfiscally neutralт.
State-funded FSN PME invests €1m in TalentSoft
FSN PME, the French State's €400m venture fund, has made its second investment by providing €1m to HR solutions software developer TalentSoft.
Business Growth Fund: Myth versus reality
The newest kid on the block т made up of lots of the old boys in the industry т is struggling to make friends. People say the Business Growth Fund (BGF) is too big and too threatening. But is the BGFтs reputation warranted? Kimberly Romaine investigates...
OpCapita acquires GAME for £1
OpCapita has acquired GAME Groupтs UK business for a nominal ТЃ1. The turnaround investor has acquired the firmтs 333 remaining stores, and paid a reported ТЃ50m for the company's ТЃ85m debt, but has not bought any of GAMEтs overseas assets.
AAC abandons fundraising efforts in the UK
AAC has stopped its efforts to raise a ТЃ300m fund in the UK, leading to suggestions the British office of the firm is winding down.
Grahame Cook is new chairman of Epi-V
Specialist oil and gas investment fund Epi-V has appointed Grahame Cook as its new chairman.
PE-owned SPIE in €375m high-yield refinancing
French engineering group SPIE, acquired by a consortium of private equity houses last year, has priced a €375m high-yield bond to refinance the debt structure put in place at the time of the buyout, according to reports.
PE firms in 2nd round for Triton's Bravida
Four private equity firms have entered a second round of bids for Triton portfolio company Bravida, reports suggest.
EQT buys Anticimex from Ratos
EQT has acquired 100% of the Anticimex Group from Ratos in a tertiary buyout.
Idinvest and Entrepreneur Ventures invest in animation house
Idinvest Partners and Entrepreneur Ventures have invested $5m in French animation house Cyber Group Studios.
Robert Easton named BVCA chairman
Carlyle's Robert Easton has taken over as chairman of the British Venture Capital Association, replacing Amadeus' Richard Anton.
Accel Partners backs Hailo
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-A funding round for London-based mobile taxi app Hailo.
Orlando buys Paper Systems
Orlando Management AG and Kieran Investment GmbH & Co have acquired the Paper Systems division of Hamburg-based business Körber.
Celtic Therapeutics sets up $50m antibody drug company
Celtic Therapeutics has launched an Antibody-Drug-Conjugate (ADC) business, Switzerland-based ADC Therapeutics, with $50m of capital.
JAG Shaw appoints new lawyer
Boutique law firm JAG Shaw, which specialises in private equity and venture capital, has hired Susanna Stanfield as a lawyer in its London office.
LDC reaps 3.8x money on Eveden Group exit
LDC has sold its stake in lingerie and swimwear business Eveden Group to Japanese listed trade player Wacoal Holding Corporation.