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ITALY - MPS Venture and Consilium exit M.F.U
Mps Venture SGR and Consilium SGR have announced the divestment of M.F.U. SpA. The value of the exit proceeds is undisclosed. M.F.U specialises in the supply of integrated logistic solutions. The purchaser is the Anixter Group, a multinational leader...
NL-Newion Investments realises investment in Wisdom Group
Newion Investments has realised its investment in Wisdom Group, comprising Wisdom TMLC and The Missing Link, via a trade sale to Ordina. No financial details have been disclosed, but the acquisition price is in the range of 0.8 - 1.5x the company's turnover....
SPAIN - Nazca backs MBO of law information business
Private equity firm Nazca Capital has completed the acquisition of 100% of Corporación Empresarial El Derecho SA alongside its management. The deal value has not been disclosed.
SWEDEN - Opica's offer becomes unconditional
Opica AB, a company jointly owned by Apax Europe VI, Nordic Capital Fund VI and Apax France, has announced that all conditions to the offer for Swedish healthcare group Capio have been satisfied and that the offer therefore has become unconditional.
ITALY - SanPaolo IMI Fondi Chiusi has closed another deal
SanPaolo IMI Fondi Chiusi, the private equity arm of the homonymous bank, has recently closed a new expansion deal in the specialty chemicals sector.
NL- Fortis Private Equity acquires Innovative Medical Solutions BV
Fortis Private Equity has acquired all shares in Innovative Medical Solutions BV (IMS) alongside the company's management.
ITALY - AIFI releases private equity results for Q1 and Q2
The Italian private equity and venture capital association (AIFI) has recently released the industry results for the first half of 2006, marked by a lack of mega deals. Between January and June 2006, players invested a total of EUR 826m in 119 deals....
NORWAY/UK - HitecVision opens office in Aberdeen
Norwegian HitecVision Private Equity has announced that it will open an office in the UK energy capital Aberdeen. It has appointed a new partner, Mike Hill, formerly a director at 3iтs oil and gas team, to drive its international growth.
UK - Aberdeen Asset Managers sells interest in Mining Communications
Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital has sold its interests in Mining Communications Ltd to a consortium of investors including Aspermont, an Australian publisher, and other existing executives and shareholders in Mining Communications. The sale has...
NORWAY - Reiten & Co completes two new investments
Reiten & Co has announced two new investments in Norwegian Malthus and Airlift. It will aquire 75% of the shares in Malthus, a Stavanger-based supplier of modular structures to industry.
SWITZERLAND – IMI raises EUR 15m
Global Life Science Ventures and Abingworth Management have led a second financing round for Swiss-based IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG. Existing investors PolyTechnos and Quantum Technology Partners also participated in the EUR 15m round.
UK - Ingenious appoints Peter Shawyer as non-executive director
Ingenious, the media investment and advisory group, has appointed Peter Shawyer as a non-executive director to the board and a director of Ingenious Ventures Ltd. Shawyer was previously managing partner at Deloitte & Touche and is currently a non-executive...
DENMARK - EQT Opportunity acquires Bodilsen
EQT’s special situations fund, EQT Opportunity Fund, has acquired 100% of the Danish furniture manufacturer Bodilsen from Bodilsen Holding A/S, a company listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. EQT Opportunity Fund will pay DKK 1m for the shares of Bodilsen....
FRANCE - XAnge announces eco-friendly shift
XAnge has announced that its portfolio will now include companies in the renewable energies, sustainable growth and eco-technologies sectors.
UK - Barclays Ventures backs youtravel.com
Barclays Ventures has invested a significant minority stake in youtravel.com, a new internet travel business. The investment forms part of a deal valued at over ТЃ15m. youtravel.com, which launched this week, is targeted primarily at travel agents, offering...
UK - Smedvig portfolio company Lovejuice appoints new managing director
Lovejuice, a portfolio company of Smedvig Capital, has appointed Andrew Shanahan as the new managing director. Shanahan joins from Pret a Manger. During his time as development director at Pret, he delivered 13 new shops from site identification to design...
GERMANY – Warburg Pincus acquires easycash
Warburg Pincus has acquired the leading German point of sale network service provider easycash from First Data International. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval of the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) and the deal value has not...
GERMANY – STAR exits BUS Group for EUR 330m
STAR Capital Partners Limited has sold its stake in recycling business BUS Group to trade buyer Befesa Medio Ambiente SA for EUR 330m. The transaction represents the third exit from the financial investor’s STAR 1 Fund.
TURKEY – Advent International and Turkven acquire Roma Plastik
Financial Investors Advent International and Turkven Private Equity have acquired Turkish company Roma Plastik in a management buyout for EUR 56m. The company is currently one of the world’s top five manufacturers of edge bands for furniture and Turkey’s...
NL- PPM Oost invests in TeleMetronics
TeleMetronics Biometry has received a second round of financing from PPM Oost, Technofonds Flevoland and Wageningen Business Generator. The company has developed a system to monitor the health of animals. With this technology, hart rate, body temperature...
ROMANIA – GED sells its stake in Continental Hotels
Spanish private equity management company GED has sold its 20.11% equity stake in Romanian hotel chain Continental Hotels to the current management, RED Group.
GERMANY - VC investments drop significantly
According to VC-Panel, German venture capital investments have dropped to EUR 58m in the third quarter of this year, after averaging EUR 100m for the previous two quarters. The state funded High-Tech Gründerfonds and KFW Bankengruppe also invested EUR...
SWITZERLAND – NovImmune raises SFr 58m
Geneva-based drug development company Novlmmune has announced the closing of a Series B private financing round. New investor BZ Bank led the SFR 58m financing round. Pictet Private Equity Investors SA as well as previous investors Lombard Odier Darier...
IRELAND - 3V raises EUR 20m from Atlas and Benchmark
3V Transaction Services Ltd, the pay-as-you-go VISA voucher company, today announces it has raised EUR 20m in Series-A funding from Atlas Venture and Benchmark Capital Europe. The proceeds will be used to launch its innovative pay-as-you-go 3V VISA Voucher...