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FRANCE - CIC LBO Partners backs buyout of Emeraude
CIC LBO Partners has won a Lincoln-run auction to acquire chemical company Emeraude.
UK - Braveheart appoints new non-executive director
Braveheart Investment Group Plc has appointed Ken Brown as non-executive director with effect from 12 September. Brown joins the AIM-listed technology commercialisation and investment management company from Kenmore Property Group where he was finance...
SPAIN – Caixa Penedès launches private equity arm
Following the footsteps of its competitors Caixa Catalunya and La Caixa, Caixa Penedès has launched its own private equity arm.
GERMANY – BWK acquires stake in BKtel-Group
BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired a 49% stake in optical systems provider BKtel for an undisclosed amount.
DENMARK - Montagu-backed LOGSTORE enters joint venture
Montagu-backed LOGSTORE, has entered into an agreement with Empower, the Dubai-based cooling company to create UAE’s largest pre-insulated pipe factory. The joint company will be called Empower LOGSTORE.
SWITZERLAND – AFINUM buys Pinova AG
AFINUM Management GmbH has wholly acquired Pinova AG from its founders for an undisclosed amount. The institution made the investment through its fund AFINUM Fünfte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG.
FRANCE - Iris Capital exits Vox Mobili
Iris Capital and other investors have sold Vox Mobili to OnMobile. Vox Mobili, a software solutions provider specialising in personal mobile data management, was set up in 2000 with financing led by Iris Capital and including several other European venture...
UK - Octopus acquires Smollensky's restaurant group
Octopus Private Equity has supported the acquisition of London restaurant group Smollensky’s. Octopus has committed £6m alongside senior debt from Alliance & Leicester to support the acquisition. Octopus is backing restaurateur Paul Lilley, whose past...
FRANCE - Charterhouse refinanced Elior and Nocibé in the summer
Details of two recaps of Charterhouse portfolio companies, which took place this summer, have emerged.
CEE - Mid Europa completes Aster recapitalisation
Mid Europa Partners has completed the recapitalisation of its portfolio company Aster, a Polish cable broadband operator. In the financing Aster raised EUR 415m through a combination of senior, mezzanine and pay-in-kind facilities from both new and existing...
FINLAND - Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska supports BioCis Pharma with EUR 1.5m
Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska Development III AB, an affiliated company of Karolinska Holding AB, have invested EUR 1.5m in BioCis Pharma, a therapy company. The investment round will be used to fuel the speed of product development and begin...
FRANCE - Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners announces promotions
As of September 1, Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has promoted Thomas Mitard, Hervé Fonta and Sylvie Vergès.
FRANCE - CDC and Banexi Ventures invest additional EUR 5m in Kewego
CDC Entreprises, investing on behalf of government initiative France Investissement, and first-round backer Banexi Ventures Partners (BVP) have invested EUR 5m in online corporate video specialist Kewego.
UK - Octopus Investments acquires majority stake in Katalyst Ventures
Octopus Investments has acquired a majority stake in Katalyst, the private investor group. The deal brings together Octopus' strengths in VCT fund management alongside Katalyst's skills in identifying strong, early-stage investment opportunities and helping...
FRANCE - Elaia Partners invests EUR 1m in climate risk management business
Elaia Partners has invested EUR 1m of series-A funding in climate risk managment company Climpact.
UK - BOSIF backs SBO of M&H Plastics from CCMP Capital
Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance has backed the secondary management buyout of Maynard & Harris Plastics (M&H) from CCMP Capital. CCMP completed the deal on behalf of JP Morgan Partners, CCMP having spunout of JP Morgan Partners in August 2006. The...
SPAIN - Kennet Partners makes first investment from new fund
Kennet Partners has led a EUR 7m series-A funding round for European Telemedicine Clinic (TMC), a teleradiology service provider. The deal represents Kennet's first investment from its new fund, Kennet III LP, and provides an exit for previous investors...
FRANCE - OFI Private Equity succesfully delists IMV Technologies
OFI Private Equity has acquired 96.45% of artificial insemination products manufacturer IMV Technologies, giving the private equity firm a large enough shareholding to delist the business from Euronext Paris.
FRANCE - XAnge invests in IPS alongside MBO Partenaires
XAnge has taken a 22.6% stake in fire equipment maintenance business IPS, alongside existing investor MBO Partenaire, which retains 35.1% of the equity.
UK - TA Associates to float SmartStream
TA Associates is to float its software portfolio company SmartStream next month. The IPO is seeking to raise £100m, of which £30m will be from TA's sale of a 20% shareholding in the company as it plans to reduce its stake to approximately 60%.
UK - Barclays Ventures sells ARM back to management
Barclays Ventures has sold its shareholding in Advanced Resource Managers Ltd (ARM) to the existing management team. The exit will generate an IRR of 25% for Barclays Ventures. Established in 1996, ARM is a technical recruitment and training consultancy...
FINLAND - CapMan invests EUR 8m in Mawell
CapMan Technology 2007 Fund has invested approximately EUR 8m in Mawell, a software provider used in many Finnish and Swedish hospitals. As a result of the investment, CapMan becomes the largest shareholder in the company.
UK - Mayer Brown appoints new senior corporate partner
Law firm Mayer Brown has announced that William Charnley will join the firm's Corporate Group as senior partner from McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP on 1 October 2007.
SWEDEN - Danske Venture Partners sells Netgiro for $27m
Danske Venture Partners has sold Swedish Netgiro to US e-commerce provider Digital River for $27m in cash. According to press reports British rival Datacash had previously agreed an offer of EUR 10.25m in February. The purchase was put on hold due to...