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AXA PE kicks it up a gear in 2012
AXA Private Equity (AXA PE) may have mainly attracted attention last year with the start of its spin-off from French insurer AXA, but the firm is letting its deal teams do the talking in 2012. Greg Gille reports
DZ Equity Partner and WGZ merge PE operations
German GPs DZ Equity Partner and WGZ Initiativkapital have combined their private equity operations to become vR Equity Partners.
Equistone out of exclusive talks for Explore Learning
Equistone Partners Europe is no longer in exclusive talks for the buyout of Explore Learning, a UK-based firm offering maths and English tuition to 5-14-year-olds, two sources close to the situation told unquote".
Cinven acquires Mercury Pharma from HgCapital
Cinven has acquired UK-based speciality pharmaceutical company Mercury Pharma in a £465m secondary buyout from HgCapital.
EQT's ISS receives €500m investment
EQT-backed cleaning firm ISS has received a €500m investment from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and KIRKBI Invest A/S.
PE firms lose Fondiaria to Italian inner circle
PE firms lose Fondiaria
Exponent backs MBO of Fintrax Group
Exponent Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Irish payment processing company Fintrax Group in a deal valued at €170m.
LDC’s WRG acquires Canyon
LDC portfolio company WRG Creative has acquired live communications agency Canyon.
212 leads round for Hemenkiralik.com
212 Ltd has led a funding round for Turkish online accommodation site Hemenkiralik.com.
KPN calls off BASE sale
Dutch telecommunications company KPN has stopped the sale process of its Belgian mobile business BASE, citing pricing disagreements.
BaltCap backs Amateks with €800,000
Baltics-based private equity house BaltCap has invested €800,000 in Latvian metal components producer Amateks.
Ubiquisys raises a further $19m
UK-based 3G technology company Ubiquisys has raised $19m in an oversubscribed round from existing investors, as well as new Chinese investors Mobile Internet Capital and Nissay Capital.
Albion's Bravo Inns makes 30th bolt-on
Bravo Inns, a British pub operator backed by Albion Ventures, has acquired Accrington's aptly named Albion Hotel.
Maven appoints Robertson as investment manager
Maven Capital Partners has hired Alan Robertson as a new investment manager in the firm's Edinburgh office.
NorthEdge recruits ISIS director
NorthEdge Capital has appointed James Hall as director in its Leeds office.
Flood of businesses for sale expected
Sale flood expected
Advent in talks to buy Douglas stake
Advent International is said to be in talks with German perfume and books retail group Douglas to acquire a stake in the business.
Genesis buys Czech GAME subsidiary
Genesis Capital has acquired the Czech subsidiary of troubled UK video games retailer GAME Group.
Khosla leads series-A for ParStream
Khosla Ventures has led a $5.6m funding round for German data analytics platform ParStream.
Lloyds sells £1bn private equity portfolio to Coller
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to sell a portfolio of private equity investments worth £1.05bn to Coller Capital.
PE allocation boosts Oxford University returns
Oxford University’s Endowment Fund (OEF) says strong private equity fund performance helped it outperform its benchmark.
Albion injects £1.3m into Welsh hydropower project
UK-based VCT investor Albion Ventures has invested £1.3m to fund a hydropower project in Wales, in partnership with Welsh developer Dragon Hydro Limited.
Pamplona looking to buy Ruetgers from Triton
Pamplona Capital Management is in advanced talks to acquire German chemicals business Ruetgers from fellow private equity house Triton, according to reports.
Elbrus Capital Fund II gets $50m injection from EBRD
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed to invest up to $50m in Russia-based Elbrus Capital Fund II.