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UK - ABN AMRO appoints country executive in Jersey
ABN AMRO Bank in Jersey have promoted former head of private banking, Patrick Crowley, to country executive.
DENMARK - SEED Capital and Novo invests into Epitherapeutics
SEED Capital Denmark and Novo have invested into Epitherapeutics, a cancer drug developer in the field of epigenetics.
SWITZERLAND - Partners Group closes two new mandates for total of CHF 500m
Partners Group has closed two private equity mandates totalling CHF 500m.
UK - PwC: lenders will become sponsors
According to a statement issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), banks are likely to find themselves becoming the 'reluctant new private capital', as they are forced to participate in corporate restructurings for troubled corporate clients and convert...
UK - Investcorp Technology Partners invests £28m into TDX
Investcorp Technology Partners, the Technology-focused private equity arm of Bahrain-based asset management firm Investcorp, has completed an investment of £28m into consumer debt management business TDX Group, taking a 40% stake in the business.
UK - AnaCap hires four ex-Lehman employees
AnaCap Financial Partners ("AnaCap"), a specialist private equity group focused on European financial services, has appointed four new investment professionals to its London-based team, all of which were formerly employed at collapsed investment bank...
AUSTRIA - RECAP acquires Fastbox Denzel Group
RECAP Restructuring Capital has wholly acquired car servicing company Fastbox GmbH from Denzel AG for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND - New Value backs CHF 7m Bogar expansion
New Value AG portfolio company Bogar AG, which is active in the animal health and nutrition industry, has completed a capital increase worth CHF 7 million.
GERMANY - Leonardo Venture has moved
Leonardo Venture has moved offices.
UK - UMIP invests in Nano ePrint
Nanoelectronics company Nano ePrint has attracted an undisclosed sum of funding from the UMIP Premier Fund, a vehicle that invests in businesses emerging from the University of Manchester in partnership with prolific venture investor MTI Partners.
UK - BayTech VC makes £3.5m investment into smartfundit.com
BayTech Venture Capital has invested £3.5m into smartfundit.com, an online finance exchange.
UK - Braveheart leads £900,000 follow-on investment for Biopta
Braveheart Investment Group Plc has led a £900,000 follow-on financing round for pharmacology services provider Biopta Ltd, alongside Scottish Enterprise, which invested through the Scottish Co-investment Fund, TRICapital Limited, company directors and...
IRELAND - Apax interested in Bank of Ireland
According to reports, private equity firm Apax Partners is examining the possibility investing in Bank of Ireland.
PORTUGAL - Amorin launches EUR 100m private equity fund
Market rumour suggests that the Amorim Group, established by the Amorim family, has launched Amorim Global Investors, a EUR 100m private equity fund.
NORWAY - Borea increases stake in Software Innovation to 38%
Borea, through Borea Opportunity IV AS, has increased its stake in software developer Software Innovation ASA (SOI) to 38.02 % in a deal worth around NOK 46m.
SPAIN - Tvikap postpones second close
Tvikap, a hybrid private equity and opportunistic fund, has postponed its fundraising due to current market conditions.
FRANCE - I-Source et al. invest EUR 4.3m into Advestigo
Return investors I-Source, EonTech Ventures and CapDecisif have invested EUR 4.3m into digital asset management company Advestigo.
UK - YFM invests more than £200,000 into Break30
The Yorkshire & Humber Equity Fund, a regional venture capital fund managed by YFM Group, has made an investment of £202,500 into Break30, a developer of technology designed to improved golf putting skills.
UK - Hotbed members back HealthFund with £1.45m
Members of Hotbed, the UK's largest syndicator of private investors, have completed a £1.45m investment into innovative health insurance start-up business HealthFund.
UK - Catalyst promotes Clapp
Growth capital firm Catalyst Investors has promoted Todd Clapp to general partner.
UK - TTP to manage £30m technology fund
TTP Ventures has been selected to manage a new £30m Enterprise Capital Fund (ECF), which is specifically designed to invest in early stage IT and clean technology businesses.
CEE - BMB Group acquires EMP Global
Emerging market-focused private equity firm EMP Global has been acquired by alternative asset management firm BMB Group.
UK - BVCA names advisory board
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has launched a Research Advisory Board to provide guidance and advice to the private equity industry.
GERMANY - Marfin Investment Group acquires 49.99% of FAI for EUR 15m
Marfin Investment Group Holdings SA has agreed to acquire 49.99% of Flight Ambulance International Rent-a-Jet Aktiengesellschaft from its main shareholder Axtmann Beteiligungs GmbH for EUR 15m.