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GERMANY - Wellington Partners invests EUR 8m into Experteer
Wellington Partners, via Wellington Partners Ventures III, has invested EUR 8m into career service Experteer GmbH.
IRELAND - Roche et al. invest additional EUR 3.3m into Opsona
Roche Venture Fund and Enterprise Ireland have invested more than €3m into biotechnology company Opsona Therapeutics in an extension to the company's series-B funding round, bringing the total to in excess of €21m.
BELGIUM - Capital-E backs EUR 1.11m CMOSIS funding
Capital-E portfolio company CMOSIS has raised just over EUR 1m in a series-B financing round subscribed to by existing shareholders and management.
SPAIN - Daiwa takes over Atlas Capital
Following the acquisition by Daiwa SMBC of UK-based Close Brothers Corporate Finance, the Japanese bank has purchased Spanish corporate financier Atlas Capital.
ITALY - Clessidra to acquire Cavalli stake
Market rumour suggests that this summer could see private equity firm Clessidra finalise the acquitision of a 20% stake in fashion house Roberto Cavalli.
SWEDEN - Sixth Swedish pension fund buys Arvika from administration
The Sixth Swedish Pension Fund (AP6) has acquired Arvika Gjuteri, a manufacturer of parts for trucks, agricultural and construction equipment that recently went into administration.
GERMANY - Buyout houses bid for Springer
Six bidders have entered the second round of bidding to acquire a EUR 500m stake in Cinven and Candover-backed publisher Springer Science and Business Media, with four comprising major buyout houses.
GERMANY - NORD Holding backs Unicor acquisition
NORD Holding has backed portfolio engineering company Unicor GmbH in acquiring the machinery business of Königsberg-based Fränkische Rohrwerke.
GERMANY - TCW leads EUR 70m agri funding
TCW Group has led a EUR 60m equity investment into biogas company agri capital, alongside returning investors Altima Partners, Green Partners, Halcyon and Ludgate Environmental Fund, with Ecofin providing a EUR 10m mezzanine loan.
GLOBAL - SVG Capital makes two executive hires
Listed fund-of-funds SVG Capital has appointed Lynn Fordham as CEO of the company and Tony Dalwood as CEO of SVG Advisers.
Patrick Lissague, UFG Private Equity
Francois Rowell speaks to Patrick Lissague, director general of UFG Private Equity, and finds that small companies are yet to feel the full extent of the current economic turmoil