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UK - gateway2investment expands focus to bridge 'investment gap'
Gateway2investment, the start-up investment programme which currently focuses on technological investments, is expanding its service to encompass all sectors of the economy.
UK - Graphite sells hotel chain for £44m
Graphite Capital has sold budget hotel group Golden Tulip to Whitbread Plc for ТЃ44m. Golden Tulip manages five 3-star Tulip Inn hotels and one 4-star Golden Tulip hotel in the UK with a total of 770 rooms. It also has nine more hotels in the planning...
DENMARK - DSM Venturing leads EUR 6.8m investment in Upfront Chromatography
DSM Venturing has led a EUR 6.8m investment round together with existing investors, InnovationsKapital and NBGI Ventures, in Upfront Chromatography, a Danish biotechnology company. The new funding will be used to scale up the sales force, especially in...
UK - Lyceum sells NBG for £91m
Lyceum Capital has wholly exited its stake in National Britannia Group, a specialist provider of health and safety compliance services, in a trade sale to Connaught Plc worth ТЃ91m.
UK - Pension Corporation makes play for telent Plc
Pension Corporation has made a 600p per share offer for telent, the only part of former industrial giant Marconi that remains independent. The deal represents a market capitalisation of ТЃ389m and has been recommended by telent's board. The trustees of...
GERMANY - Doughty Hanson appoints new principal
Doughty Hanson and Co Real Estate have announced the appointment of Martin Brendal as a principal.
UK - Octopus opens office in Leeds
Octopus Private Equity has announced the opening of its first regional office in Leeds.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 10m in Coresonic
Industrifonden has invested SEK 10m in Coresonic, a Linköping-based semiconductor company. The investment will be used to develop the company’s products and further penetrate the market.
FRANCE - Close Brothers mandated to sell Pizza Pino
Astorg Partners has reportedly mandated corporate financier Close Brothers to sell its portfolio company Pizza Pino.
NL - Gilde company Ablynx awarded EUR 1.9m grant
Gilde Healthcare Partners portfolio company Ablynx has been awarded a grant worth EUR 1.855m by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT). The grant will enable Ablynx to accelerate the speed of exploring...
GERMANY - Oaktree acquires European spirits business of Eckes & Stock
Oaktree Capital Management has acquired the European spirits business of Eckes & Stock GmbH. The acquisition completed in late July 2007. Macfarlanes provided legal advice to Oaktree.
FRANCE - Banque de Vizille invests in Dorthz
CIC Banque de Vizille has acquired 20% of Dorthz, a newly-created group comprising building materials manufacturer Eurodorthz and retailer CFC.
UK - Synergis appoints new director
Synergis Technologies Ltd has announced the appointment of Fiona Sterns as a director to the Synergis Board.
UK - Scottish and Southern Energy invests £2.7m InSource Energy
SSE Venture Capital Ltd, Scottish and Southern Energy's new corporate venturing vehicle, has invested ТЃ2.7m and acquired a 40% stake in InSource Energy, a bio-waste-to-energy business created by the Carbon Trust.
SPAIN - Demeter Partners opens Madrid office
French cleantech firm Demeter Partners has officially launched its operations in Madrid.
UK - Arts Alliance completes £50m exit from PrePay Technologies
Venture Capital firm Arts Alliance has fully exited its stake in PrePay Technologies Ltd through a ТЃ50m trade sale to Accor services, a subsidiary of quoted French company Accor.
SPAIN - Suan Biofarma launches and closes first investment
Pharmaceutical player Suanfarma has submitted its fund Suan Biotech to the approval of regulator CNMV, press agencies report. It is understood that the fund will have total funding of EUR 25m and will invest in the biotech and pharma sectors.
EUROPE - HgCapital strengthens renewable energies team
HgCapital has announced the appointment of Jean Pararnaud and Jens Thomassen as associate directors and the internal promotions of Emma Tinker and Rob deLazlo.
US/UK - Bridgepoint sells JDR Cable Systems to Vision Capital for £90m+
Bridgepoint has sold oil services company JDR Cable Systems to Vision Capital for a consideration believed to be over ТЃ90m. Bridgepoint acquired JDR in 1998 for ТЃ36m and subsequently moved its headquarters from Aberdeen to Houston, US.
UK - Montagu exits IT software insurance company in £276m deal
Montagu Private Equity has realised its investment in Open International, the specialist software supplier to insurance brokers. Montagu acquired the Worcester-based business in March 2006 for ТЃ182m and sold it to privately-owned insurance group Towergate...
FRANCE - CMS Bureau Francis hires new counsel and future partner
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has announced the appointment of Daniel Gutmann as counsel and Stéphane Austry as a future partner in its tax practice.
SWEDEN - InnovationsKapital invests in Apptus
InnovationsKapital has invested in Apptus, a Swedish search and database technology company. The investment will be used to scale up operations and take aggressive measures with the intention of becoming an international player in search technology.
FRANCE - European Capital invested EUR 22m in Global Design Technologies
European Capital has announced it provided a EUR 22m second-lien to back the $343m acquisition of Franco-American aerospace and power generation supplier Global Design Technologies by Bridgepoint.
NL - iRex technologies holds first close of EUR 6m financing round
Electronic paper solutions provider iRex Technologies has held the first close of a EUR 6m financing round led by Main Capital Partners. Existing shareholders ABN Amro Capital and management have also contributed to the round. The new capital will be...