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UK - DIC consider new Liverpool FC approach
Dubai International Capital (DIC) is contemplating a new approach for Liverpool FC after it lost out to Tom Hicks and George Gillet in the bidding for the club last year.
FRANCE – CDC Innovation leads EUR 5m financing round in Aldebaran Robotics
CDC Innovation has led a EUR 5m series–A round of financing for Aldebaran Robotics’ NAO robot. I-Source Gestion also participated in the deal. The Parisiam start-up company develops 60cm tall humanoid home robot companions.
UK - Wellcome Trust invests £3.5m in Novacta Biosystems
The Wellcome Trust has provided Novacta Biosystems, an anti-infective therapeutics company, with a ТЃ3.5m award and investment. The deal sees medical research charity Wellcome take a minority stake in the business which previously received ТЃ900,000 of...
UK - Bryan Garnier makes two new hires
Investment bank Bryan Garnier has strengthened its UK corporate finance operations with two new appointments.
SPAIN - Nazca Capital backs logistics players
Nazca Capital has invested in logistics company Transportes García Villalobos (GyV) and Plataforma Frigorífica.
UK - Babcock & Brown sets sights on Forth Ports
Babcock & Brown (B&B), the Australian infrastructure fund, has bought a 20% stake in listed-ports operator Forth Ports. The Scottish-based business operates ports in Edinburgh, Dundee and London. According to some reports B&B's acquisition could be followed...
GERMANY - L-EA and SEED fund Trivid with EUR 2-5m
L-EigenkapitalAgentur and SEED have invested a total of EUR 2-5m in Trivid GmbH, a provider of online video and content solutions in a Series A round. L-EigenkapitalAgentur has acquired the bigger stake in the company, with the total of equity held by...
A Year of two halves
Daniel Morland of Close Brothers Corporate Finance assesses the state of the debt market at the end of what turned out to be a turbulent year
Chin up
The new year has seen the broadsheets bust out tales of evaporating dealflow. According to non-specialist publications, the private equity industry has ground to a halt. While stories of doom and gloom about an asset class that has hitherto been very...
Coller Capital Research
LPs sceptical about buyout returns
UK/SPAIN - LCA invests £2.5m into Classical Renaissance
Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd (LCA) has completed an investment of ТЃ2.5m, provided in the form of a profit participating loan, into Classical Renaissance EspaУБa SL. As part of the deal, LCA will recieve an equity stake in Classical Renaissance Ltd, the...
ITALY - Palamon sells media player Today Spa
Palamon Capital Partners has exited printed media company Today Spa.
ITALY - Private equity houses bid for Interbanca in EUR 1bn deal
Clessidra, Apax, Investitori Associati, Permira, JC Flowers, Advent International and Carlyle are the potential bidders preparing to present non-binding offers for Italian bank Interbanca.
FINLAND - Nordic Venture Partners invests in SANAKO
Nordic Venture Partners has invested EUR 5m in SANAKO, a provider of technology for live language learning.
DENMARK - ISS exit on the cards
EQT and GS Capital Partners–backed ISS, the Danish hygiene services company, could soon be ready for a trade sale or listing.
SPAIN - Berquet Desarrollo Empresarial backs internet player
Berquet Desarrollo Empresarial has provided internet music portal Nvivo.es with a first round of funding.
UK - Apax and Permira hang onto New Look
Reports suggest that Apax and Permira plan to continue to own clothes retailer New Look for some time. The private equity backers had planned to sell the company in mid-2007 but struggled to find appetite for the ТЃ1.8bn asking price. In late 2006, the...
UK - Catapult backs Kyoob with £500,000
Catapult Venture Managers has invested ТЃ500,000 into Kyoob Space Ltd, a company that designs, manufactures, hires and sells premium end relocatable buildings for the temporary accomodation market.