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Emergency exit
LPs have little to lose (and lots to gain) by defaulting on initial capital calls. All the talk nowadays is on finding the quickest and least painful way out; of deals (for stressed GPs that are willing to accept low pricing) and of funds, with limited...
Finding your way out
Doing deals is tough in the current market; exiting may be even tougher
CEE - Bancroft completes Frost acquisition
Bancroft Private Equity has acquired a 94.36% stake in Slovakia-based ice cream producer Frost.
NORWAY - Norvestor acquires Intelecom for NOK 173m
Norvestor has obtained acceptance from shareholders representing 97.3% of the share capital of communications company Intelecom Group ASA for its NOK 6 a share takeover offer, which values the business at NOK 173m, and has initiated a compulsory squeeze-out....
CEE - Mid Europa Partners increases stake in Falcon Group
Mid Europa Partners has completed the acquisition of an additional stake in Falcon Group from Lehman Brothers, taking its ownership in the business to 74.6%.
ITALY - Alpha appoints new associate
Independent private equity house Gruppo Alpha has appointed Marco Bernardi as associate to its Italian buyout and development capital team.
GLOBAL - PIP to raise £49.5m from issue of loan notes
Quoted private equity fund-of-funds Pantheon International Participations Plc (PIP), which is managed by Pantheon Ventures Ltd, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with institutional investors to raise up to ТЃ49.5m through the issue of...
UK - Sovereign-backed Renovo makes second acquisition
Maintenance services provider Renovo Services Group, which is owned by UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital, has completed its second add-on acquisition with the purchase of Quadron Property Services Ltd, a provider of building fabric maintenance...
UK/US - Accel raises more than $1bn
Global venture capital firm Accel Partners has closed two news funds, Accel London III and Accel Growth Fund, on $480m and $525m respectively.
SWEDEN - Ledstiernan appoints new CEO
Swedish private equity firm Ledstiernan has promoted CFO Fredrik Lindgren to CEO.
UK - Close Growth Capital moves
Close Growth Capital has moved to Baker Street.
UK - ECI closes ninth fund on £430m
UK mid-market buyout house ECI Partners has held a first and final close of its ninth fund, ECI 9, on ТЃ430m just three months after its launch.
SWEDEN - EQT abandons Q-Med bid
EQT has announced that it is abandoning its SEK 3.9bn takeover offer for Swedish biotechnology firm Q-Med.
UK - ATEP leads £2.6m Digital Healthcare funding
Alliance Trust Equity Partners, the private equity arm of investment trust Alliance Trust Plc, has led a ТЃ2.6m funding round for Digital Healthcare, a specialist provider of retinal screening software, alongside YFM Group, Noble Group and Paris-based...
UK - Cyrte Investments backs RDF Media acquisition
Dutch investor group Cyrte Investments, through its fund Dasym Investments III BV, has backed the management buyout of AIM-listed television production company RDF Media Plc.
SPAIN - Doughty Hanson interested in Trapsa
According to reports, Doughty Hanson is among the parties interested in acquiring bus company Trapsa.
SWITZERLAND - Novartis and NeoMed co-lead CHF 10m Diagnoplex funding
Novartis Venture Fund and NeoMed have co-led a CHF 10m funding round for Diagnoplex, a developer of blood-based molecular cancer diagnostics, alongside Initiative Capital Romandie.
GERMANY - HTGF backs CAVI
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in multimedia company CAVI Int GmbH, which integrates complex online shopping systems into online videos, alongside SundayVentures and Omnis Mundi.
GLOBAL - Allocation concerns dominate LPs
According to the latest Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer , produced in association with private equity consultancy IE Consulting, limited partners are increasingly concerned about their private equity allocation, with two-thirds of respondents...
FINLAND - Via Venture et al. sell OptoGaN to Russian industrial investor
Via Venture Partners, VNT Management and Finnish Industry Investments Ltd, have wholly exited light emitting diodes (LED) chip company OptoGan Ltd to a group of Russian industrial investors led by the private investment fund ONEXIM Group.
EUROPE - Study reveals positive impact of private equity on employee relations
A new study, conducted by the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR) in association with the EVCA, has revealed that private equity ownership rarely harms employee relations and, in many cases, actually has a positive impact.
SPAIN - Clave Mayor and Caja Burgos back Gadea
Clave Mayor, through its Seguranza fund, and Caja Burgos have each acquired an 8.5% stake in life sciences firm Gadea Pharmaceuticalas part of a capital increase.
UK - Greenpark Capital appoints new investment director
Secondaries specialist Greenpark Capital has appointed Matthew Arkinstall as investment director. He will be responsible for deal sourcing and execution.