Region
Unquote has a long history of delivering in-depth coverage for each European market, from individual deals to fundraising and region-specific trend analysis. Click on the following links to access content for a specific region:
UK & Ireland DACH Nordic France Southern Europe Benelux CEE
UK - BVCA calls for more favourable treatment of private equity
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has called on the Chancellor to improve the tax and regulatory environment for private equity and venture capital in the pre-budget report on Monday, or risk potentially losing investors...
FRANCE - Demeter et al. back EUR 20 Solairedirect investment
Demeter Partners, Schneider Electric Ventures and TechFund have backed a EUR 20m capital increase in portfolio company Solairedirect, a renewable energy producer, alongside insurance companies Macif, AGPM, UMR and Ofivalmo Partners.
SPAIN - Inveralia divests Grupo Zena
Inveralia has sold its minority stake in restaurant group Zena to an undisclosed strategic investor.
SWEDEN - Scope supports Pocketstället
Scope, through Scope Growth II LP, has invested an undisclosed sum into Swedish book distributor, P Pocketstället AB.
ITALY - Cape buys Duplomatic for EUR 3.5m
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) has wholly acquired industrial manufacturer Duplomatic Automazione from AXA Private Equity in a leveraged buyout valued at around EUR 3.5m.
GERMANY - Buchanan Capital Partners becomes Aheim Capital
Following the successful raising of its first fund and several acquisitions, the three managing directors of Buchanan Capital Partners have recently acquired the remaining shares in the business from minority investor Buchanan Capital Holding AG, and...
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco-backed NewCoffee acquires New Espresso Co
Platform business NewCoffee Co, which is owned by Inter-Risco, Inovacapital and Iberpartners, has acquired New Espresso Co, the Horeca subsidiary of coffee manufacturer Lavazza in Portugal.
EUROPE - IPEV reaffirms commitment to fair value
At a press conference in London this afternoon the International Private Equity & Venture Capital Valuation board (IPEV) emphasised its support of the fair value methodology as the best measure of assessing the value of private equity portfolio companies...
SPAIN - Talde invests EUR 1m into Neos Surgery
Talde Capital, through its fund Sendogi Capital, has invested EUR 1m into neurosurgery devices specialist Neos Surgery.
ITALY - Argos and MPS acquire Renel Care
A consortium led by Argos Soditic and MPS Venture has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Sorin business unit Renal Care.
ITALY - Leonardo walks away from BS deal
Banca Leonardo has decided not to honour its contract to acquire a 20% stake in BS Private Equity (BSPE).
GERMANY - HTGF et al. backs United Maps
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and SpaceTec Capital Partners have made an undisclosed investment into cartography start-up United Maps GmbH.
UK - KKR appoints director of European corporate affairs
KKR has appointed Ludo Bammens as director of European Corporate Affairs.
AUSTRIA - Gilde Buy Out Partners acquires Powerlines
Gilde Buy Out Partners has agreed to acquire technical infrastructure services company Powerlines Group in a secondary buyout from Invest Equity for an undisclosed amount.
UK - Impax hires two
Impax Group has appointed Victor Juttmann and Caroline Barraclough as investment manager and marketing manager respectively.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital closes on EUR 4.3bn
Nordic Capital has held a final close of its seventh fund, Nordic Capital VII, having secured EUR 4.3bn in total commitments.
The value of 'fair value'
Private equity firms are facing a difficult and potentially painful year-end accounting process as they adapt to the increasing requirements of fair value reporting, but there could be rewards in store for those that meet the challenge. By Ashley Wassall...
The wheel turns...
With pressure mounting on both GPs and LPs alike as the post-crunch economic decline stagnates the primary market, the cycle seems once more to have turned in favour of secondaries players. Ashley Wassall reports.
How to Pick Winners
Despite the age-old adage that backing sound management is paramount, a new study reveals that people are less important than the product.
Movers and shakers
Despite the current economic turmoil and subsequent downturn in deal activity, several areas of the private equity industry have witnessed a recruitment boom in the last month. Is this a sign of better things to come? Ashley Wassall reports.
UK - Nova appoints new board member
Nova Capital Management has appointed David Carman to its board.
GERMANY/UK - Riverside-backed Sage makes fourth acquisition
Riverside Company-backed international communications company Sage Holdings has acquired Capital Precision, a UK-based provider of capital markets intelligence.
FINLAND - Sofinnova et al. inject EUR 40m into Blyk
Existing investors Sofinnova Partners, IFIC, Goldman Sachs and private individuals have invested EUR 40m into Finnish mobile network for young people, Blyk.
IRELAND - Irish goverment in talks with private equity
The Irish government has been reported as being in talks with private investors from outside the country regarding a possible investment into its banking sector, with US-based JC Flowers thought to be amongst the interested parties.