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FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its management team
CapMan Plc Group has strengthened its management group and organisation. Kaisa Arovaara, has been appointed as CFO of CapMan and member of the management group responsible for the new internal services unit. Partner Jerome Bouix will transfer to head...
FRANCE - 21 Centrale Partners appoints two new associates
21 Centrale Partners has appointed Caroline Giral and Antoine Vigneron to the position of associate.
FINLAND - HgCapital acquires Mondo Minerals
HgCapital has acquired Mondo minerals, a talc mining group, from Omya in a move to continue to expand the company. Mondo was established in 1998 as a merger of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch talc mining companies.
CEE - AIG Investments appoints new managing director of AIG Capital Partners
AIG Investments has appointed Serkan Elden as managing director of AIG Capital Partners and President and CEO of AIG Blue Voyage Advisors. Elden will be based in Istanbul to lead AIG Capital Partners’ investment activities in Turkey and its surrounding...
UK - Blenheim Advisers acquired by Houlihan Lokey
Blenheim Advisers, the independant leveraged debt advisory firm, has been acquired by investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
RUSSIA - Mint Capital invests in human resources management company
Mint Capital has made a direct equity investment in UCMS Group EMEA Ltd. The investment value was several million dollars and the investors acquired a less than 25% minority stake. Company management and founders hold the remaining stake. Ulf Persson,...
FRANCE - AGF Private Equity appoints two investment directors
AGF Private Equity has announced the appointment of Olivier Thévenet and Jean-Philippe Boige as investment directors.
FRANCE - Sofinnova Partners names new vice president, Asia
Sofinnova Partners has appointed Chika Yoshinaga to join the firm as vice president, Asia.
NORWAY - HitecVision recruits new partner
HitecVision has appointed Atle Eide as a new partner. Eide has for the past four years been the CEO of Marine Harvest and one if its predecessors Pan Fish ASA. During his time as CEO, he led the turnaround and development of the company from a financially...
UK/US - Carlyle appoints David Marchick as global head of regulatory affairs
The Carlyle Group has announced the appointment of David Marchick as managing director and global head of regulatory affairs.
ITALY - Euraleo takes 40% stake in Intercos
Euraleo has purchased a 40% stake in cosmetics producer Intercos S.p.A. from investment fund Equinox.
FRANCE - BNP Paribas makes two new appointments
BNP Paribas Private Equity has announced the appointment of Xavier Caron and Jean-Marc Rivet-Fusil to their fund-of-funds team.
FRANCE - Apax announces partnership with CEO of U10 Group
Apax Partners has signed an agreement with Thierry Lièvre, founder and CEO of distribution industry supplier U10 Group, and will invest funds into the firm's holding company.
FRANCE - European Capital acquires minority stake in listed-hearing aids business
European Capital has acquired a 39% stake of the holding controlling Audika, a hearing aids brand listed on Euronext Paris.
SPAIN - Vector Capital buys minority stake in security business
Shortly after its launch , Vector Capital has purchased a 14.7% stake in Blindados Grupo Norte, a business active in the security and transport of valuable goods.
GERMANY - Ganymed increases series-C financing
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG has announced a second closing of EUR 3.5m to its series C funding, bringing the total for the round to EUR 37.2m.
FRANCE - Global IRR of French private equity since 1988 is 12.1%
New figures published by the French private equity trade body AFIC and Ernst & Young reveal details of the industry's overall performance since 1988.
UK - Balderton Capital appoints new partner
Venture firm Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe) has announced the appointment of Tim Bunting as partner.
UK - Sovereign Capital appoint Tim Whittard to investment team
UK Private equity buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital has announced the appointment of Tim Whittard to its investment team.
UK - Monument Group hires Janet Brooks
Monument Group (UK) Ltd, a London affiliate of Boston-based private equity placement agent Monument Group, Inc., has appointed Janet Brooks.
UK - Graphite backs gas portfolio company's £22m acquisition
Graphite Capital has backed the £22m acquisition of Global Gas Supplies by Dominion Gas, an independent supplier of industrial gases to the offshore industry. Graphite supported the £30m BIMBO of Dominion in June 2007. Funding for the latest deal includes...
GERMANY – Granville Baird sells TEAM BS for EUR 71m
Funds advised by Granville Baird have fully exited their stake in TEAM BS Management Holding to Randstad Group for a total consideration of EUR 71m. Minority shareholder and CEO Dirk Schmitt also exited his stake.
UK - LDC invests to fund expansion of drinks manufacturer
Mid-market private equity house LDC has invested an undisclosed amount to fund the continuing expansion of drinks manufacturer Intercontinental Brands.
UK - Hermes acquires Symington's food manufacturers
Hermes Private Equity has acquired food manufacturers Symington's from. Hermes backed management buy-in vehicle BPG Acquisitions Ltd which was led by new Symington's new CEO, David Salkeld, former CEO of Arla Foods Plc. The deal was supported by debt...