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IRELAND - Balderton portfolio company alphyra to merge
Balderton Capital portfolio company alphyra Holdings Ltd, a consumer payments and cash distribution company, is to merge with AIM-listed Cardpoint Plc. The merged entity, named Payzone, will be domiciled in Ireland and listed on AIM.
SPAIN – Mercapital attempts turnaround for Abaco
Cinema chain Abaco Group, controlled by Mercapital, still expects to reach an agreement with creditors on the renegotiation of its debt.
CEE - Argan Capital to sell Polish juice producer Hortex for EUR 300m
It is widely reported that Argan Capital , formerly the private equity arm of Bank of America before spinning out in 2006, is looking to sell Hortex, a Polish juice and frozen food producer. The private equity house had been considering floating the...
SWEDEN - Verdane Capital VI acquires three telecom companies
Verdane Capital VI KS has acquired three telecom companies, Ukvio, Itesco and Ahhaaa, from Inbox Investment AB for an undisclosed sum. Verdane Capital’s holding in the companies ranges from 6% to 33%.
ITALY - Partners Group announces joint venture for alternative investments
Partners Group has teamed up with the Italian merchant banking boutique Poli e Associati and other professionals to form Perennius Capital Partners SGR.
UK - Bridgepoint sells Protocol Skills to CBPE
Bridgepoint has sold Protocol Skills, a business training company, to Close Brothers Private Equity. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
NL - Former Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm joins Permira
Gerrit Zalm, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the Netherlands, has joined Permira as an adviser. He will provide advice on business issues, the economy and the socio-political environment.
UK - Lord Browne joins board of 3i-backed Foster + Partners
Lord Browne, former CEO of BP, has joined the board of 3i portfolio company Foster + Partners. Browne joins the architectural practice as a senior non-executive director. Until August 2007, Lord Browne was chairman of the Apax Partners Advisory Board....
UK - TA Associates delays SmartStream float
The bookbuilding period on TA Associate's flotation of software portfolio company SmartStream has been extended until next week. Conditional trading was expected to start today. News of the delay follows a reduction in the price of the offering by ТЃ100m...
BELGIUM - KBC Private Equity invests EUR 3m in VMD
KBC Private Equity has invested EUR 3m in VMD to enable it to acquire Laboratoires Biové. VMD and France-based Laboratoires Biové are both manufacturers of veterinary medicines.
ITALY - Clessidra backs acquisition of logistics player
Through its portfolio company Elia, buyout house Clessidra backed the acquisition of logistics business Ambrosetti Autologistic.
UK - Sovereign Capital completes portfolio acquisition
Sovereign Capital portfolio company Alkare Holdings Ltd, a Swansea-based residential health provider for people with mental health needs and learning difficulties, has completed the acquisition of Cardiff-based Positive Lifestyles Ltd for an undisclosed...
RUSSIA - Aurora Russia invests a further £10m into Kreditmart
Aurora Russia has invested a further £10m into Kreditmart, a finance company that distributes mortgages, equity release loans and other consumer finance products. The company was set up by Aurora Russia, which invested £12.5m in 2006.
NORDIC - unquote" Private Equity Congress & Awards – 30 October
unquote” is delighted to announce its 3rd annual Nordic unquote” Private Equity Congress & Awards on 30 October 2007, in Stockholm.
CEE - Enterprise Investors partially exits Magellan in an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Enterprise Investors ' Polish Enterprise Fund IV has partially exited its stake in Magellan in an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
FRANCE - Banexi CP takes 35% of France Géothermie
Banexi Capital Partenaires has backed the owner buyout of France Géothermie, a manufacturer of geothermic and aerothermic pumps.
FRANCE - Bongrain sells its Gastronomie division to 21 Centrale Partners
21 Centrale Partners has secured the spin-off of Euronext-listed food producer Bongrain's non-dairy activity.
FRANCE - Barclays Private Equity wins Karavel-Promovacances auction
Barclays Private Equity has backed the management buyout of online tour operator Karavel-Promovacances from Opodo, which is re-focusing on selling flights.
UK - Barclays realises IRR of 22% from MBB of Benlowe Group
Barclays Ventures has exited its stake in joinery products manufacturer Benlowe Group in a deal which has generated returns of 2.16x the investment and an IRR of 22%.
NL - HgCapital acquires Fabory for EUR 345m
HgCapital has acquired Fabory (formerly Borstlap Group), a distributor of industrial fastners, from AAC Capital Partners (formerly ABN AMRO Capital) in a deal which values the company at EUR 345m. Bank of Scotland provided a financing package to support...
UK - Imperial Innovations takes 38% stake in EVO Electric
Imperial Innovations has invested ТЃ375,000 as part of a ТЃ1.5m round of funding in EVO Electric Ltd, a developer of electrical motors and generators, and increased their stake in the company to 38%.
UK - Graphite achieves 3x return from Golden Tulip sale
Graphite Capital has wholly exited its stake in the UK subsidiary of budget hotel group Golden Tulip in a trade sale to Whitbread plc worth ТЃ44m; generating a return of 3x its investment.
UK - Kolade tells conference it's time to separate fact from fairytale
Wol Kolade, chairman of the BVCA, today called on the private equity industry to fight back against the myths that surround it. Speaking at the Capital Creation conference in Monte Carlo, he said it was time to тseparate the facts and figures from the...
RUSSIA - DFJ and VTB team up to launch Russian venture capital fund
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), the international high-technology venture capital firm, has partnered with Russian commercial banking group VTB to form a new Russian venture capital fund, DFJ-VTB Aurora. The team will manage a family of funds, which are...