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GERMANY - HTGF et al. invest EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and BioM AG have invested EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience GmbH.
UK - Jefferies moves London office
Placement agent Jefferies Helix will be moving its London offices effective 20 July 2009.
UK - Sovereign hits first close for £350m fund
Sovereign Capital has held a first close of its third fund, Sovereign Capital Limited Partnership Fund III, at around 40% of its £350m target. The sizeable first close is already 27% larger than its predecessor, despite today's extremely difficult fundraising...
ITALY - Apax and Cinven interested in Kedrion
Reports suggest that Apax Partners and Cinven are among the private equity firms interested in taking over the 40% stake in pharmaceutical business Kedrion held by Investitori Associati.
FRANCE - Delta Partners invested EUR 2.75m in SpineGuard
Delta Partners has invested close to EUR 3m into medical equipment company SpineGuard in an extension to the business' first round of funding. Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Innoven Partenaires had originally co-led an $11m investment into the firm...
UK - Inflexion completes HKI exit
Inflexion Private Equity has completed its exit of Healthcare Knowledge International (HKI), after selling its Iberian division, IASIST SA, to trade buyer UBM Limited for an undisclosed value. Inflexion has made a total return of 2.7x money on its original...
UK - Edwards Angell launches PE practice in London
Law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has launched a private equity practice in London, which will be headed up by ex-Campbell Hooper partner David Ramm.
FRANCE/ITALY - 21 Centrale Partners strengthens team
21 Centrale Partners has recruited Marco Guglielminetti and Nicolas Marien to its investment teams in Italy and France respectively.
GERMANY - Oaktree and DIC team up for Almatis
According to reports, US loan-to-own investor Oaktree Capital has joined forces with Dubai International Capital (DIC) in a bid to acquire a majority interest in alumina maker Almatis, a portfolio company of DIC that is currently undergoing a debt restructuring.
FRANCE/GERMANY - Gores-backed Sagen buys Gigaset assets
Sagem Communications, backed by US investor Gores Group, has acquired the broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications GmbH, a subsidiary of industrial holding Arques AG and Siemens AG.
SPAIN - Debaeque invests EUR 2.75m into Apesoft
Venture capital house Debaeque has invested close to three million into software firm Apesoft.
US/Hungary – VCs float LogMeIn at $342m cap
US/Hungarian remote-services technology business LogMeIn has floated on Nasdaq at a market capitalisation of $342m, generating an exit for backers Prism VentureWorks, Polaris Venture Partners, 3TS Capital Partners, Integral Capital Partners and Intel...
EUROPE - EVCA placement code highlights need for transparency
In response to the ongoing reverberations relating to the New York kickback scandal the EVCA has published a draft code of conduct for placement agents, which highlights the need for greater transparency within the sector.
SWEDEN - Bank takes over ex-Nordic Capital owned Plastal units
Swedish bank Handelsbanken, which underwrote Nordic Capital's EUR 352m buyout of automotive industry player Plastal Holding in 2005, has now taken over the Belgian, Norwegian and Swedish units of the group which went bankrupt in March this year.
GERMANY - Target Partners hires associate
Target Partners has appointed Felix Schollmeier to the position of associate.
UK - ICG launches £351m capital raising
Mezzanine specialist Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is to raise £351m in a 7-for-2 rights issue.
SPAIN - Adara and Neotec back AlienVault
Adara Ventures and Neotec have invested an undisclosed sum into software company AlienVault.
SWITZERLAND - Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital lead CHF 23m round for Symetis SA
Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital have co-led a CHF 23m round for medical technologies company Symetis SA.
NETHERLANDS - Holland Venture launches EUR 70m fund
Holland Venture Partners has set up NPE Holland Venture Partners Fund I, a EUR 70m fund sponsored by Natixis Private Equity.
GERMANY - BPE's Premiumcommunications acquires adm
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) portfolio company Premiumcommunications Group, a call centre services business, has acquired sector player adm group for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs EUR 20m Neoen investment
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and energy investment company Louis Dreyfus have invested EUR 20m into renewable energy producer Neoen.
UK - Chrysalis backs Escape Studios
Venture capital trust Chrysalis has invested an undisclosed sum into computer graphics school Escape Studios.
NETHERLANDS - 3i and H.I.G provide EUR 17.2m new equity for VNU Media
3i-backed VNU Media has finally reached an agreement with its lender over its EUR 100m debt. The firm has been in talks with banks since January this year.
UK - AGF et al. invest $4.5m in Vivacta
Existing investors AGF Private Equity, HBM Bioventures, Spark Ventures and Viking Technologies have invested $4.5m into Vivacta, a UK-based blood-drop test developer.