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GERMANY - PEF donates to two German charities
The Private Equity Foundation has donated to two Germany-based charities, taking the funds' total investment in the country to EUR 400,000.
SWITZERLAND - Emerald promotes Charles Vaslet
Emerald Technology Ventures has promoted Charles Vaslet to partner.
GERMANY - Earlybird leads azeti investment
Earlybird has led a first round of financing for software company azeti Networks GmbH, alongside NRW Bank.
SWITZERLAND - Astorg acquires Metalor
Astorg Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in metals refiner Metalor Technologies International from a group of Swiss private investors.
SWITZERLAND - Astorg acquires Metalor
Astorg Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in metals refiner Metalor Technologies International from a group of Swiss private investors.
GERMANY - HTGF and Bayern back H C Carbon with EUR 600,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested EUR 600,000 into H C Carbon Company, a specialist refiner of carbon additives.
GERMANY - TPG drops out of Springer race
According to reports, TPG Partners has dropped out of the sales process to acquire a 49% stake in academic publisher Springer Science and Business Media, which is being sold by Cinven and Candover.
UK - Imperial Innovations leads £2m Cell Medica funding
Imperial Innovations Group has led a funding round worth close to £2m for cellular therapeutics company Cell Medica, alongside private investors.
GERMANY - Montagu and Nordic Capital interested in easycash
Montagu Private Equity and Nordic Capital are said to be among the six bidders in the second round of the auction for payments processing company easycash, which is being sold by Warburg Pincus and is thought to be worth between EUR 240-270m.
DENMARK/SWITZERLAND - Blackstone-backed Nycomed bids for EUR 4.5bn Solvay
Reports suggest that Nordic Capital- and Blackstone-backed pharmaceuticals business Nycomed has made a takeover approach for the drug division of publicly listed chemical and pharmaceutical company Solvay SA, with the offer thought to be valued at around...
FRANCE - BC Partners looking to float Medica
BC Partners is thought to be preparing a floatation of home care portfolio company Medica, expected before the end of the year.
UK - Frog Capital leads £5m investment into eCommera
Growth capital investor Frog Capital has led a £5m second round of financing for eCommera, a provider of e-commerce services to the retail industry, alongside West Coast Capital.
UK - Octopus Ventures backs £5m GetOptics buyout
Octopus Ventures has backed the £5m merger of contact lens businesses GetLenses and PostOptics, creating the new entity GetOptics.
UK - Blackstone sells Cineworld stake
Blackstone has sold close to two thirds of its 57% stake in UK cinema chain Cineworld, prompting a sharp drop in the company's share price of 13 pence.
GERMANY - Private equity circles Primondo
According to press reports, Cerberus, Golden Gate and Sun Capital Partners are among potential suitors for Primondo GmbH, which is being sold by administrator Klaus Hubert Görg.
FRANCE - AXA PE abandon Avera pursuit
AXA Private Equity has pulled out of a possible deal to acquire state-backed Areva's power distribution unit.
FRANCE - Ventech and Auriga invest EUR 2m into BonitaSoft
Ventech and Auriga Partners have invested EUR 2m into software company BonitaSoft.
Q&A - Neil Harper
Head of European Investments, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
Playing a long game
The current market requires patience and adaptability. Kimberly Romaine reports
Covenants: need or greed?
Covenants have long formed a part of the funding documentation for any leveraged buyout. The heady days saw them loosen up a bit, with a handful of Europe's largest deals even being structured with none at all (in the US this number was much higher)
Covenant amendment and maturity extension: the new refinancing?
Corinna Mitchell. a partner of Dechert LLP, outlines the options for companies inching towards default, and suggests the quickest solutions may not be best for the long-term health of the company