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Southern Europe unquote" February 2011
Investindustrial and Palladio Finanziaria have acquired 50.68% of Italy’s biggest racetrack and sports betting manager, Snai, for €136m.
UK & Ireland unquote" 24 January 2011
Mark Florman will succeed Simon Walker as chief executive of the British Venture Capital Association, the lobbying group revealed last week.
SEED Capital et al. invest DKK 5.5m in Trustpilot
SEED Capital and existing shareholders have injected DKK 5.5m in Danish consumer website Trustpilot ApS.
Lundbeckfond Ventures et al. invest €11.4m in Nexstim
A consortium of investors led by Lundbeckfond Ventures has invested тЌ11.4m in Finnish medical equipment company Nexstim.
South Africa congress looks ahead
unquoteтs 4th annual South Africa Private Equity Congress kicks off in two weeksт time, and will see many of Africaтs biggest investors come together to discuss the issues facing this up-and-coming market.
Global Equity Partners appoints Alexandra Nagl
Global Equity Partners has appointed Alexandra Nagl to its investor relations team.
Spain welcomes Extremadura Avante
The founders of private equity firm Extremadura Avante have applied to Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores to approve its creation.
Conor Venture Partners invests €1m in Sensinode
Conor Venture Partners has backed Finnish IP-based software developer Sensinode Ltd with a тЌ1m investment.
Carlyle buys AlpInvest
Carlyle Group has acquired AlpInvest Partners as part of a joint venture with AlpInvestтs management team.
Ventizz sells ersol Thin Film
Ventizz Capital Partners has sold 49.9% of ersol Thin Film GmbH to Robert Bosch GmbH. The company was renamed Bosch Solar Thin Film GmbH following the deal.
Cognetas set to sell three German firms
Cognetas is said to be considering the sale of several portfolio companies. The companies are auto supplier KSM Castings, garden pond equipment producer Oase and advertising agency Commarco.
Equitrust sells telerob for €78m
Equitrust AG has sold its majority stake in German bomb disposal technology company telerob to UK corporation Cobham.
Riverside invests in Orliman
Global private equity firm The Riverside Company has invested in Spanish company Orliman, a Valencia-based manufacturer of non-invasive orthopaedic products.
Cipio hits €137m final close for Fund VI
Direct secondaries specialist can now invest in US.
Incitia et al. sell Arctic Silicon for $12m
Incitia Ventures, Proventure and company founders have sold their stakes in Arctic Silicon Devices AS (ASD) to Hittite Microwave Corporation for approximately $12m.
Deal activity down but buyouts surge ahead
Private equity deal activity fell for a second consecutive quarter at the end of 2010 despite widespread optimism over the marketтs outlook, according to figures from the latest unquoteт Private Equity Barometer.
Investindustrial and Palladio-backed Global Games acquires Snai
Investindustrial and Palladio Finanziaria-backed Global Games is poised to acquire 50.68% of Italian company Snai from Snai Servizi at a price of €2.36 per share.
Foresight, Clearwater team up to offer £20m VCT
Foresight Group, an independent alternative asset manager, has teamed up with Clearwater Corporate Finance to launch a ТЃ20m venture capital trust (VCT) to invest in UK businesses seeking under ТЃ10m of capital.
Equita buys Schock
Equita has acquired German sink manufacturer Schock GmbH together with the management from investment company Capital Management Partners (CMP).
One Equity Partners acquires Smartrac
The private equity arm of JPMorgan, One Equity Partners, has acquired 87% of the shares in Netherlands-based Smartrac N.V.
Hannover Finanz backs Biesterfeld Vermögensverwaltung
Hannover Finanz has backed Biesterfeld Vermögensverwaltung in the form of a silent partnership.
Polish telco on the block for €4bn
A bloated price may mean this telco is headed for the stock exchange
Permira and AXA to make €500m bid for Opodo
Permira and AXA Private Equity are set to make a €500m joint bid tomorrow for Opodo, the online travel unit of Amadeus IT Holding.
Axcel sells EskoArtwork for €350m
Axcel has sold its stake in Belgian company EskoArtwork to US-based Danaher Corporation for €350m.