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UK - DFJ Esprit-backed PacketExchange acquires Mzima
DFJ Esprit- and Bank of Scotland Growth Equity-backed PacketExchange, the internet exchange services provider, has acquired network services provider Mzima Networks for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Blackstone applies for British banking license
Blackstone has reportedly applied for a British banking license as part of its plans to open a new bank called The Home and Savings Bank.
UK - Gala's junior lenders could sell off debt
Junior lenders of Permira-, Cinven- and Candover-backed Gala Coral, the British gaming company, are reportedly considering selling off their debt rather than pursuing a debt for equity swap that would see them gain a considerable stake in the beleaguered...
NORDIC - CapMan promotes in Oslo and Stockholm
Nordic private equity group CapMan has appointed Espen Stenumgård partner in the group's buyout team, while Mikael Moll in the public markets team has been promoted to investment manager.
SWEDEN - Ratos appoints Johansson deputy CEO and COO
Swedish listed private equity firm Ratos has promoted investment director Leif Johansson to deputy CEO and COO, replacing Thomas Mossberg, who has reached his contractual retirement age and will be transferred to the position of senior adviser.
EUROPE - EVCA appoints Roberts to chief commercial officer
EVCA has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly created position of chief commercial officer.
EUROPE - Law firms Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg to merge
European law firms Die Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg have agreed to merge, effective 1 April 2010.
GERMANY - HTGF and Life Science Fonds Esslingen invest in Amedrix
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Life Science Fonds Esslingen have jointly invested a total of EUR 700,000 in the medical implants developer Amedrix GmbH.
UK - CBPE Capital meets revised target; closes eighth fund on £405m
CBPE Capital has now confirmed that it has closed its latest fund, CBPE Capital Fund VIII, on £405m, below its initial £500m target, but still greater than its predecessor vehicle which closed on £360m in 2004.
UK - Balderton-backed Codemasters to undergo restructuring
Computer games developer Codemasters, owned by UK venture investor Balderton Capital, is reportedly close to agreeing a restructuring that will see its private equity owners inject fresh equity into the business, while seeing its stake diluted.
SWEDEN - Sunstone in EUR 12.5m FlatFrog funding
Financial investor Invus and strategic backer Promethan have co-led a financing round for technology business FlatFrog Labratories, in which existing investor Sunstone Capital also participated, worth EUR 12.5m.
UK - NESTA makes two new hires
NESTA, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, has appointed Dr Mike Lynch as chair of its investment committee and Matthew Mead as managing director of investments.
UK - Mosaic-backed Preston's Fish up for sale
Mosaic Private Equity-backed Preston's Fish Insurance has been put up for sale for a price tag thought to be around £30m, and is said to be attracting interest from regional investors Gresham and LDC.
GLOBAL - Hermes creates PE advisory service for responsible investing
Institutional investor Hermes has established a service designed to advise private equity firms on implementing responsible investment principles and good corporate governance, hiring Tom Rotherham as associate director of the new business.
US/EUROPE - Atlas Venture to consolidate in Boston
Atlas Venture has announced that during 2010, the firm will streamline all of its operations from a new office in Boston.
EUROPE - Exciting times for venture
Venture's simple business model of providing equity without relying on cheap finance or financial chicanery stands it in good stead for the future, argues Index Ventures' Ben Holmes in a recent video with unquote's Rikke Eckhoff.
GERMANY - Triangle and ERP invest EUR 2.5m in TakWak
Triangle Venture Capital and ERP Startfonds have invested in TakWak, a spinout from FG Microtec, in a funding round worth EUR 2.5m.
GERMANY - Odewald-backed walter services makes acquisition
walter services Holding, which is backed by Odewald & cie and caption, has agreed to acquire SEB Card Service from Swedish banking group SEB.
UK - CBPE nears £400m close for eighth buyout fund
Close Brothers Private Equity is reportedly near a £400m close for its maiden fund, below its initial £500m target.
UK - YFM invests £120,000 into New Net Technologies
YFM, alongside management, has invested £120,000 into software company New Net Technologies in a second round of financing for the business.
UK - Finance Wales invests £315,000 into Ocelus
Finance Wales has invested £315,000 in drug company Ocelus as part of a second funding round worth close to £500,000.
UK - Moulton appointed non-exec chairman of finnCap
Private equity veteran Jon Moulton has been appointed non-executive chaiman of finnCap, the specialist growth company adviser and broker.
UK - ICG close to securing 25% stake in CPA
Ripe from its largest ever capital gain on the £975m Apax-Marken deal at the end of December, ICG is reportedly close to acquiring a 25% stake in CPA Global, the Jersey-based patent and legal services firm, in a £400m deal.
UK - ISIS realises part of its investment in Traveljigsaw through refinancing
ISIS Equity Partners has realised part of its investment in online travel agent Traveljigsaw through a multi-million pound refinancing, which sees Yorkshire Bank more than double the facilities available to the business.