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AUSTRIA – Darby commits EUR 20m to DDSG Cargo buyout
Darby Converging Europe Mezzanine Fund has committed EUR 20m to a EUR 100m leveraged buyout of river transportation company DDSG Cargo Group by East Point Holdings, a Serbian-controlled conglomerate.
SWITZERLAND – PregLem raises CHF 32m
Sofinnova Partners together with NeoMed Management and MVM LifeScience Partners has co-led a CHF 32m series-A financing round in biopharmaceutical company PregLem.
GERMANY – Bain Capital buys yacht manufacturer
Bain Capital has acquired Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH from the founding families Herrmann and Meltl for an undisclosed amount.
GERMANY – Terra Firma sells 50% of Tank & Rast
Terra Firma has sold 50% of German motorway service operator Tank & Rast to RREEF, the global alternative investment management business of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division. The transaction value has not been disclosed. The financial investors...
UK - Duke Street and Europa in £260m buyout of Channel Islands group
Duke Street Capital and Europa Capital have made a recommended offer for Jersey-based company C.I. Traders Ltd. The proposal values the business at approximately ТЃ260m and includes funds provided by Uberior Co-Investments Ltd, a Bank of Scotland-owned...
UK - Balderton Capital backs online debt management start-up
Balderton Capital has provided Wonga, a start-up online service for same day personal debt management, with $6m of early-stage funding. The investment will be used to accelerate platform and product development, with the goal of establishing Wonga as...
UK - Members of Technology Strategy Board announced
The eleven board members who will sit on the new Technology Strategy Board have been announced. The Technology Strategy Board, currently a DTI advisory body, will become operational as an executive non-departmental public body from 1 July 2007. The newly-appointed...
FRANCE - Alyotech receives backing from Iris and CDC Entreprises
Iris Capital and CDC Entreprises have committed up to EUR 10m for technology consultancy group Alyotech.
NL - Candover expected to make EUR 1.5bn cash offer for Stork
Candover has expressed its intention to make a EUR 1.5bn public offer for all the shares of Dutch industrial conglomerate Stork. London Acquisition B.V., a holding company controlled by Candover funds, and Stork issued a joint press release, which states...
UK - Rutland expands team with appointment of Liam Camburn
Rutland Partners has appointed Liam Camburn to its investment team. Camburn qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen following which he joined their private equity transaction services team. This team ultimately transferred into KPMG....
FRANCE - Chausson Finance appoints Galileo's Christophe Viet as Partner
Venture corporate financier Chausson Finance has appointed former venture capital investment professional Christophe Viet as partner.
UK - Moulton to feature in next Treasury Select Committee
The concluding part of this summer's Treasury Select Committee trilogy is to feature Jon Moulton. He will appear alongside Peter Taylor of Duke Street Capital, a representative from CVC and Blackstone's David Blitzer before the group of MPs next Tuesday....
CEE - Mid Europa Partners completes first ever leveraged buyout in Serbia
Mid Europa Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Serbia Broadband (SBB) from SEEF I fund, managed by Bedminster Capital Management. The deal represented the first leveraged buyout in Serbia.
SPAIN - Banesto Enisa Sepi Desarrollo invests in Global Events ID
Madrid-based private equity firm Banesto Enisa Sepi Desarrollo has acquired 25% of event organiser Global Events ID Corporation.
UK - Dunedin backs £16m MBO of Fernau Avionics
Dunedin has backed the ТЃ16m management buyout of navigational equipment manufacturer Fernau Avionics from Canadian-based Glendale International Corp. Dunedin invested ТЃ8m in return for a majority stake in the newco.
SWITZERLAND - Capvis exits ETAVIS
Capvis has sold the ETAVIS Group to the French Vinci Group for an undisclosed amount. The strategic buyer is acquiring a 95% stake in ETAVIS, while the management retains a 5% holding.
UK - 3i set to profit further from NCP Services exit
Three months after selling the car park arm of NCP, 3i is to see further realisations from the divestment of NCP Services. Macquarie Infrastructure acquired NCP Car Parks in March 2007 in a ТЃ790m transaction generating returns of 3x for 3i. 3i is now...
UK - Exponent portfolio company Trainline makes £18.7m acquisition
Exponent Private Equity portfolio company Trainline, an online retailer of train tickets, has acquired Advanced Smartcard Technologies Plc (AST). The public-to-private deal values the share capital of AST at ТЃ18.7m. AST was founded in 2000 and listed...
NL - Alta Partners leads EUR 15m round for biotechnology company
Alta Partners has led a EUR 15m funding round for Groningen-based Kiadis Pharma B.V. Existing investors also participated in the deal, amongst those was Esprit Capital Partners, investing a further EUR 0.5m from the Esprit-run Prelude Trust Plc.
SWITZERLAND - Advent appoints Rudi Pauwels to life sciences team
Advent Venture Partners has appointed Rudi Pauwels as venture partners in its life sciences team. Pauwels will work with Advent Ventures’ portfolio companies to help maximise their potential and with the Investment Team to source, assess and manage new...
BULGARIA - GED acquires FAMA
Spanish private equity management company GED has acquired Bulgarian dairy company FAMA. The transaction value has not been disclosed. GED has is to incorporate a new management team including Julio Muñoz, the former general manager of the Spanish dairy...
NORWAY - Cubera acquires Swedish tail end fund
Cubera Private Equity has acquired seven portfolio companies from the Swedish private equity fund Servisen private equity fund II.
FRANCE - Lovells poaches Eversheds partner
Law firm Lovells has recruited Pascal de Moidrey for its Paris private equity practice.
FRANCE - Bluekiwi Software receives EUR 4m from Sofinnova Partners
Sofinnova Partners has invested EUR 4m in Blukiwi Software, a developer of collaborative software solutions for corporate environments.