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UK - Barclays Ventures expands investment team
Barclays Ventures has expanded its investment team with three new hires. Eddy Dempsey has been appointed senior associate director whilst Rachel Boomgaardt and James Savage join as investment managers. All three will be based at Barclays Ventures' head...
SPAIN - Carlyle, BC Partners and Eurazeo chase Applus+ deal
Carlyle, BC Partners and French buyout house Eurazeo are reported to have all made bids for vehicle inspection group Applus+.
SPAIN - MCH beats Magnum on competition for Eptisa
Engineering business Eptisa has received a bid of EUR 90m from MCH Private Equity, according to press reports.
NL - Stirling Square sells Schoeller Arca Systems to One Equity Partners for EUR 428m
Stirling Square Partners has sold its controlling stake in Schoeller Arca Systems to One Equity Partners. At the time of the deal, the company had an enterprise value of EUR 428m. The founding family Schoeller and the management will keep their respective...
SPAIN - Apax promotes Oriol Pinya to CEO
Apax Partners has promoted Oriol Pinya to the position of chief executive of the firm's operations in Spain.
UK - ECI-backed wireless networks company makes £24m acquisition
ECI Partners portfolio company Aerial Facilities (AFL) has acquired its Swedish-based competitor, Avitec AB for up to ТЃ24m. Avitec was formerly owned by CapMan, 3i and a number of private investors. AFL designs, manufactures and installs specialist products...
FRANCE - De Agostini buys Marathon from Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint and the management of TV producer Marathon have sold their entire stake in the company to Italian group De Agostini.
UK - 3i acquires financial adviser Bestinvest
3i has acquired independent investment managers and financial adviser Bestinvest. The terms of the acquisition are not disclosed. The deal enables the founder of Bestinvest to realise some value from the company which he established in 1986. Financial...
FRANCE - Dailymotion raises extra EUR 20m
Video sharing website Dailymotion has received EUR 20m in a second round of funding, according to French press reports.
UK- Private Advisors opens London office and hires Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen
Private Advisors , a private equity and hedge fund investment firm specialising in advising institutional investors and wealthy individuals, has opened a London office. Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen has also been hired as the chief executive officer of Private...
UK - YFM Group Backs £21m buyout of The RMS Group
YFM Group has completed its biggest single deal with ТЃ5.5m of funding to support the ТЃ21m buyout of shipping and logistics specialist RMS Group. YFM has invested from several of its managed funds: the Chandos Fund, Partnership Investment Finance, and...
UK - Pret in private equity sights
Sandwich shop chain Pret A Manger has had unsolicited approaches from Lion Capital, Bridgepoint and PPM according to press reports over the weekend. Pret was prepping for an IPO, after hiring investment bank NM Rothschild early this year to advise on...
UK - Maximilian Bleyleben is promoted to partner at Kennet Partners
Kennet Partners, the technology growth investor, has promoted Maximilian Bleyleben to partner. In his new role, Bleyleben will continue to originate and manage growth equity investments and buyouts in the software, IT services and digital media markets...
UK - 3i invests in listed Venture Production
3i, alongside ArcLight Capital Partners, has invested in oil and gas firm Venture Production. The total investment of over ТЃ200m consists of newly issued convertible unsecured bonds, the conversion of one of ArcLight's existing joint investments with...
UK - Noble Denton acquires Poseidon Maritime
HitecVision portfolio company Noble Denton, the global offshore and marine cosulting firm, has acquired Poseidon Martime, a marine service company, for ТЃ2.4m. The acquistion will create a major marine and marine safety consultancy service, primarily...
BELGIUM - Candover sells Bureu van Dijk Electronic Publishing to BC Partners
Candover has sold Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing(BvD EP), an electronic publisher of business information, to BC Partners. The deal is expected to complete in October 2007, subject to regulatory approval. The exit represents a return of 2.3x Candover's...
UK - Accel, Advent and Atlas back Ubiquisys with $25m series-B funding
Accel Partners, Atlas Venture and Advent Venture Partners have been joined by Google on a $25m series-B funding round for Ubiquisys Ltd. Ubiquisys is a pioneer of intelligent 3G femtocell access points for the residential market. The Ubiquisys ZoneGate...
RUSSIA - Mint Capital invests $8m in Russian beauty salons chain Mone
Mint Capital has agreed to make an $8m direct equity investment in Russian hairdressing and beauty salons chain Mone. The deal gives the private equity house a more than blocking stake in the company. Two of Mint Capital's representatives will join Mone's...
CEE - Equest Investment Balkans acquires stake in Romanian electronics retail business
Equest Investment Balkans has acquired a 75% stake in Domo Retail S.A., a Romanian consumer electronics and household appliances retailer, through its 75% owned subsidiary Lynx Property B.V. A shareholders agreement will require Domo's founding shareholders...
NORWAY - VIA Travel set for record year
FSN Capital-backed travel agency VIA Travel is set to deliver record-breaking results for its investors ahead of an expected IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2007. It is anticipated that the business will list with a value of NOK 1.3bn. FSN Capital...
NL - Bain Capital's SigmaKalon receives EUR 2.2bn offer from trade buyer
Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon Group has received a EUR 2.2bn offer from Pittsburgh-based paint company PPG Industries . Bain Capital carved out Dutch paint maker SigmaKalon from TotalFinaElf for approximately EUR 1bn in 2003. Bain Capital...
GERMANY – HgCapital acquires SLV Group
HgCapital has acquired German lighting producer SLV Group from its founders. The transaction is executed on the basis of an enterprise value of EUR 320m and still requires the approval of the German Federal Cartel Office.
SPAIN - BuyVIP receives second round of funding from 3i
A 3i-led consortium has invested EUR 7m in a second round of funding for e-commerce community BuyVIP. 3i invested EUR 5.75m, with Active Capital Partners and several business angels providing the balance.
ITALY - Finlombarda and Innogest invest EUR 1.5m in IT security business
Finlombarda Gestioni and Innogest Capital Fund have announced their joint investment in HT S.r.l, a Milan-based firm focused on the development and trading of innovative IT security intelligence products and services.