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UK - Beringea backs MBO of Path Group
Beringea has backed the ТЃ7m management buyout of Path Group Plc, distributors of consumer electronic accessories. Beringea invested from its ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT funds for this deal.
UK - Endless closes fund on £164m
Endless LLP has reached the first and final close of its new investment vehicle, Endless Fund II, with commitments totalling ТЃ164m. This is in excess of the firmтs original target of ТЃ120m. The close heralds the establishment of the first institutionally-backed...
UK - Nova appoints new investment partner
Nova Capital Management has announced that Mike Nevin has joined the team as an investment partner. Previously chief financial officer of Hi-Tec Sports Group, Nevin started his career with Deloitte, later working in Transaction Services at PriceWaterhouseCoopers....
GERMANY - Neuhaus Partners finances Telcast
Neuhaus Partners has, together with business angels Stefan Wiskemann and Ulrich Brunet, invested an undisclosed sum in media company Telcast Media Group GmbH.
CEE - Penta buys Mecom Group
Penta has acquired Mecom Group, Slovakia's largest meat processing company. Last Wednesday, Penta submitted a request for approval to the Slovak Antitrust office.
EUROPE - New fund Vitruvian closes on EUR 925m
New middle-market private equity firm, Vitruvian Partners, has closed its maiden fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership (VIP), on EUR 925m, exceeding its EUR 900m target.
GERMANY - Target Partners announces first closing of Fund II on EUR 61.5m
Target Partners, a Munich-based venture capital firm, today announced the first closing of its new fund, Target Partners Fund II, on EUR 61.5m. Private individuals, family offices and institutional investors made commitments, including Morgan Stanley,...
FINLAND – Martin Grotenfelt to become partner at Intera Equity Partners
Martin Grotenfelt has join Intera Equity Partners as a partner. He joins the firm from Altor Equity Partners where he has worked on deals including Dynapac, PaloDEx and PIAB. Prior to joining Altor in 2003, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group in...
FRANCE – LBO France backs Tiama's acquisition of SGCC
LBO France has backed a secondary LMBO deal in which its portfolio company Tiama Group acquired SGCC Group. The deal saw Atria Capital Partners exit its 90% share in SGCC. SGCC’s entire management team led by Luc Boulant joined Tiama’s management team...
UK - Ingram Forrest makes two new appointments
Ingram Forrest Corporate Finance, the independent corporate finance arm of Barber Harrison & Platt, has announced two new appointments. Don Gray who was previously a corporate finance director in the firm has recently been promoted to partner and John...
SWEDEN - Northzone Ventures and Skirner buy Nordstjernan's stake in Climatewell
Skirner and Northzone Ventures have agreed to takeover Nordstjernan’s stake in Climatewell, a Swedish cleantech compnay, for SEK 100m.
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital invests EUR 5m in Keybroker
Investor Growth Capital, the venture capital arm of Investor AB, has injected EUR 5m in Keybroker, a Swedish search marketing company.
UK - Infinity Asset Management clinches three deals
Infinity Asset Management has clinched three investment deals in as many weeks. Infinity, a Manchester-based private equity house which launched in February 2007 with a fund of ТЃ20m, has invested undisclosed sums in three UK businesses. These are: construction...
SPAIN – La Caixa backs pharmaceutical company Omnia Molecular
Caixa Capital Semilla, the venture capital branch of La Caixa has closed an initial EUR 600,000 round of financing for antibiotics firm Omnia Molecular.
SPAIN – Mercapital still involved in pharmaceuticals auction
Mercapital is believed to be the only private equity operator still bidding for the Spanish branch of US Bentley Pharmaceuticals. The auction process began some six months ago.
GERMANY - CGS Management buys Rieter Automatik GmbH
CGS Management has acquired the pelletizing machinery business Rieter Automatik GmbH from Rieter Holding AG with retroactive effect as of January 1, 2008 for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND - Zurmont Madison Private Equity acquires SMB SA
Zurmont Madison Private Equity L.P. has acquired the metallurgy specialist SMB SA as part of a succession solution for an undisclosed sum. In the course of the change of ownership, Raymond-Jean Lacoste will join the company as of mid-March as the new...
FRANCE – Sofinnova becomes shareholder in PC30
Sofinnova Partners has taken a shareholder participation in Paris Stock Exchange-listed IT solutions company PC30.
UK - TLcom Capital reaches first close of second fund on EUR 50m
TLcom Capital has reached the first close of its second fund with the backing of IDeA, European Investment Fund, Access Capital Partners and Finlombarda. London-based venture investor TLcom's new fund, TLcom II, held a first close on EUR 50m and is targeting...
UK - H.I.G. backs £25m facilities management deal
HIG Europe, the European affiliate of HIG Capital has invested in Europa Facility Holdings (Europa), a facilities management company, as part of the first step in a buy-and-build strategy. The overall value of the transaction was ТЃ25m. As part of this...
UK - Montagu bid for Biffa safe after Terra Firma and Suez pull out
Montagu Private Equity's recommended offer for Biffa, the waste disposal group, is to go ahead uncontested after Terra Firma, which was thought to be preparing a counterbid alongside French utility group Suez, backed away from the deal. The Montagu-consortium...
GERMANY – Index Ventures & Wellington Partners invest $80m in Adconion
Index Ventures led a series-C round of funding for online advertising networks business Adconion Media Group, and was joined by existing investor Wellington Partners, with the total sum amounting to $80m.
AUSTRIA/FRANCE - 21 Centrale Partners and Quadriga inject capital into Palmers
21 Centrale Partners and Quadriga are backing Austrian women's underwear manufacturer Palmers Textil AG to acquire French company Lejaby SAS, for EUR 32.5m in cash, from US-based The Warnaco Group. A further interest-free note of EUR 12.5m is due by the...
UK - Charterhouse to acquire Giles from Gresham for £185m
Insurance broker Giles is to be acquired by Charterhouse in a ТЃ185m secondary buyout from Gresham Private Equity. Gresham bought Giles in July 2006 in a ТЃ45m deal.