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UK - Lyceum Capital appoints investment executive
Mid-market growth investor Lyceum Capital has hired Martin Wygas to its investment team.
FRANCE - Oddo keeps Faith with EUR 1.5m investment
Oddo has provided Faith Connexion, a clothing company, with in a second round of investment worth EUR 1.5m.
FRANCE - CDC Capital Investissement appoints Pancrazi
CDC Capital Investissement has recruited Jacques Pancrazi as deputy director general.
FRANCE - Newfund agrees buyout of 118000
Newfund has completed its third deal with the management buyout of 118000, a phone service and internet company, from German telecommunications business Telegate.
AUSTRIA – MIG & EdRIP co-lead EUR 4m PDC Biotech round
MIG Verwaltungs AG and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) have co-led a EUR 4m series-A funding round in biotechnology start-up PDC Biotech GmbH.
GERMANY – HTGF invests in enexion GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds has participated in a first round of funding for software company enexion GmbH.
UK - WestBridge backs e2train MBO
WestBridge Fund Managers has backed the management buyout of e-learning business e2train. No financial details have been disclosed.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE and Soridec back Aquafadas with EUR 1.2m
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Soridec have provided Aquafadas, a software company, with an investment of just over EUR 1m.
UK - Close Brothers CF appoints support services head
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has appointed Will Thompson to head of its support services sector team.
FRANCE - Advent to sell Monext
Advent International looks set to exit its investment in electronic payment company Monext, which it spun out from Experian France in 2008, in a trade sale to Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.
FRANCE - Perfectis-backed Maxiper acquires TEA
Perfectis Private Equity-backed marketing business Maxiper has purchased outsourced telephone assistance business TEA - BGME Group.
FRANCE - Duke Street loses control of Navimo
Duke Street Capital-backed Navimo, a producer of yachting accessories, has completed a restructuring that sees the private equity sponsor lose its majority interest in the business.
UK - Atlas exits Koodos
Atlas Venture has exited online discount fashion retailer Koodos Ltd through a trade sale to software development company e-trader.
Distressed to impress
As the downturn continues to plague corporations and private equity firms worldwide, turnarounds are predicted to rise in the next year. Deborah Sterescu looks at what this means for the UK market
Q&A - Sergio Jovele - Vice president, Partners Group
Deborah Sterescu speaks to Sergio Jovele, vice president of Partners Group, about portfolio diversity, secondaries and the importance of delving into details
Not all megafunds are evil
Moody's research sheds positive light on erstwhile barbarians
Private equity bounces back
A year after the Lehman Brothers collapse and things are looking up, as Q3 value totals are the highest they have been in a year
Bridging the gap between profits and responsibility
As the topic of social and sustainable investing becomes increasingly popular, Deborah Sterescu speaks to Michele Giddens, co-founder and executive director of Bridges Ventures, about the need to invest responsibly ..
Postponed casualties
At the beginning of this year, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) issued the headline grabbing statistic that 20-40% of buyout firms would go bust. Everyone was talking about it at first. But as the year draws to a close, the predicted industry shake-out...
Up-tick ... tick ... tick
The tides seem to be turning. European private equity activity is on the up and the DACH region has seen the largest recovery, giving some credibility to economists' claims that Germany is positioned well for a running start from the bottom (see cover)....
Italian private equity
Following a difficult start, private equity in Italy has experienced fast growth in the past 10 years
Care for a top-up?
Fundraising remains as challenging an activity now as it was 12 months ago. Many signs of life have been in the form of top-up funds - a signal that many LPs are not only honouring their commitments but also supporting their GPs. By Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Mid market valuations take the plunge
Francois Rowell speaks to Gilles Mougenot, president of Argos Soditic, about the results of the H1 2009 Argos Mid-Market index