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FRANCE - Pragma and EdRIP back buyout of Nasse-Demeco
Pragma Capital and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners are backing the buyout of removal services group Nasse-Demeco.
FRANCE - Cinven and Altice to acquire Completel for EUR 724m
Cable group Altice and buyout house Cinven have announced they plan to acquire Euronext-listed B2B telecommunications operator Completel, in a deal valuing the company at EUR 724m.
EUROPE - Bear Stearns Private Equity seizes the moment
In an interview with unquote", Bear Stearns Private Equity director Greg Getschow explains that market upheaval can be good for business and how GPs will have to rediscover the essence of private equity. The last few weeks have been a challenging...
FINLAND - CapMan acquires two commercial properties in Finland
CapMan Real Estate I fund has acquired two commercial properties in Helsinki. The two buldings have a total lettable space of around 16,900 m².
SPAIN - TPG-led consortium to lower bid for Iberia
It is widely reported that the consortium led by Texas Pacific Group (TPG) will lower its intended bid of EUR 3.6 per share for Spanish airline Iberia.
ITALY - Private equity heavyweights court Wind
Blackstone is said to be a frontrunner in the much commented acquisition process of Wind. Buyouts houses Apax, Texas Pacific Group and Permira are also rumoured to have shown interest.
UK - NVM invests £3.35 in Promatic Group
NVM Private Equity has backed the ТЃ7.5m management buyout of Promatic Group, a clay pigeon trap business. Based in Cheshire, Promatic designs and fabricates its own branded clay pigeon launchers, supplying the sporting and leisure markets in the UK and...
FRANCE - AGF and Ventech reinvest in Viadeo
AGF Private Equity and Ventech have invested an additional EUR 5m in professional networking website Viadeo (formerly known as Viaduc).
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco reaps 2.8x return on its first exit
Fundo Caravela, the private equity fund managed by Inter-Risco, has sold semiconductor manufacturer Chipidea to US-based sector player MIPS Technologies.
SWEDEN - Accent Equity sells EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital
Accent Equity has sold EuroFlorist, a flower delivery service provider, to Litorina Kapital. Accent has sold all its shares, while the founder Peter Jungbeck and the management are retaining stakes in the business.
SWEDEN - Norvestor acquires two online travel agents
Norvestor IV. L.P has acquired two Swedish online travel agents, Seat 24 Travel AB and SRG Online through newco European Travel Interactive AB (ETI).
SWITZERLAND - Sonic Emotion receives $1.4m series A financing
VI Partners, Emertec Gestion and Züricher Kantonalbank have injected $1.4m in Zürich-based 3D sound perception solutions provider Sonic Emotion.
DENMARK - iMotions Emotion Technology attracts $2.7m
iMotion Emotion Technology has attracted $2.7m from a number of business angels and previous investors, such as InVenture Capital and MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
FRANCE - New food-oriented firm emerges
Céréa Capital, a new investment firm which backs agricultural or food-related businesses, has already completed two buyouts and is currently negotiating its third.
UK - Graphite exits PIFC Group
Graphite Capital has realised its investment in PIFC Group, an employee benefits consultancy. The business has been acquired by Thinc Group Holdings Ltd, part of the AXA Group for an undisclosed sum. At the time of the sale, PIFC had reduced its pre-tax...
GERMANY - The Carlyle Group sells Personal & Informatik AG
The Carlyle Group has sold its 66.54% stake in Personal Informatik AG (P&I), a German human resources & software and service vendor provider, to 35 institutional investors in Europe and United States in a book-building process managed by Berenberg Bank....
FRANCE - Computer services business RBS receives EUR 3m
OTC Asset Management, CM-CIC Capital Privé and Sigma Gestion have invested EUR 3m in RBS, a Strasbourg-based information systems consultancy and solution provider.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital takes Nefab private for SEK 1.184bn
NPNC Interessenter, a company jointly owned by Nordic Capital and the Nordgren/Pihl family, has made a public cash offer for the shares in Nefab AB. The bid to delist the company values it SEK 1.184bn. Nefab delivers complete packaging solutions to international...
FRANCE - Opinion poll specialist sold in secondary buyout
Ixen (formerly known as Natixis Industrie) has backed the secondary buyout of opinion polls specialist BVA from Edmond de Rothschild Invetsment Partners and Equity Vision.
FRANCE - Acto and fund-of-fund Quilvest back buyout of Ubiqus
Unquote" can exclusively reveal that Acto (Finama Private Equity) has backed the leveraged buyout of professional conference organiser Ubiqus, alongside its LP Quilvest, which made a direct co-investment.
SWEDEN - Protego opens Swedish office
Protego Real Estate Investors has opened an office in Stockholm to further expand its European operations. The opening of the office follows the launch of its EUR 1.65bn Nordic Retail Fund in June. The vehicle will invest in a diversified portfolio of...
UK - Beringea invests £2m in MBO of The Vending Corporation
Beringea has completed the management buyout of The Vending Corporation, a distributor of chilled beverage and snack vending machines. Beringea invested ТЃ2m through ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT, for a significant minority equity stake. The...
SPAIN - Panrico sells 50% its shares in Dunkin Donuts
Dunkin Brands has purchased 50% of the Spanish operations of Dunkin Donuts, held until now by Apax-owned industrial baker Panrico.
UK - Lord Browne resigns from Apax
Lord Browne has resigned from his position as chairman of the Apax Partners Advisory Board to take a position with US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings. Browne, former BP chief executive, has joined Riverstone as managing director and managing partner...