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EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
FRANCE - EdRIP leads buyout of Captain Tortue
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Defi Gestion and BNP Paribas Développement have backed the owner buyout of children and women's pret-a-porter brand Captain Tortue.
UK - Kelso floats Sepura
Kelso Place Asset Management has floated Cambridge-based radio terminal supplier Sepura on the London Stock Exchange for proceeds of £42m.
SWEDEN - Arthur D. Little makes new appointment
The corporate adviser group, Arthur D. Little has recruited Hans Nyctelius MD, MBA to the venture capital and private equity team in life science and operational management.
CEE - Advent International announces new Ukraine team
Advent International has appointed Tamas Nagy and Natalie Polischuk as the first members of its Kiev team.
CEE - Enterprise Investors appoints two new partners
Enterprise Investors has appointed Monika Nachyla as a new partner, and promoted Christian Nacu, the head of the firm's Romania office, to partner.
NL - ING joins Agendia's pool of backers
ING is the latest investor to back molecular diagnostics company Agendia BV. The bank has joined existing investors Gilde Healthcare Partners , Van Herk Biotech BV and Global Life Sciences Ventures on the company's fourth financing round, valued at...
UK – Bridges invests in Newcastle building
Bridges Ventures has invested £750,000 in The Sheffield Insulation Unit, an industrial building in Newcastle.
FRANCE - Cita Gestion backs horse riding equipment business
Unquote" has learned that Cita Gestion has invested EUR 1m in Bordeaux-based Freejumpsystem, alongside its previous inevstors regional funds Fa Dièse and SFFP.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole Private Equity invests in temporary work agency
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and regional fund Sofipaca have invested less than EUR 10m in equity in exchange for a minority stake in Proman, a temporary work agency.
FRANCE - Naxicap backs ip-label
Naxicap Partners has backed the leveraged buyout of ip-label, a company which measures the perceived quality of digital services and applications.
SWEDEN - Syntune AB receives SEK 47.8m from InnovationsKapital et al.
InnovationsKapital has led a SEK 47.8m financing round of financing for Syntune AB, a developer of lasers. Other investors who participated in the round were Teknoinvest, Vision Capital and existing private investors.
BELGIUM - Consortium invests EUR 4m in SteelThermHex
Finindus, Gemma Frisius Fonds KU Leuven, Allegro Investment Fund, KBC Arkiv and a number of private investors have together invested more than EUR 4m in SteelThermHex, a young Flemish enterprise specialised in the production of sandwich panels with a...
GERMANY - LRP Capital's portfolio company makes acquisition
CS Consulting AG, a portfolio company of LRP Capital, has acquired Berlin based MDE. The acquisition is a further step in developing CS Consulting AG from a regional leader in IT consulting for banks and insurance companies, to a national leader in its...
NORWAY - NorgesInvestor creates Nordic music chain
NorgesInvestor has together with Pål Asplin created a new retail chain for music instruments, Music Retail Holding (MRH). Pål Asplin presented the idea for NorgesInvestor to acquire the four largest stores and create one holding company. The investor...
FRANCE - Dailymotion raises EUR 25m from AGF-led syndicate
Unquote" can exclusively reveal details of France's largest venture deal of year - the EUR 25m second round of financing for video-sharing website Dailymotion.
UK - Imperial Innovations Group invests in Molecular Vision
Imperial Innovations Group has invested EUR 500,000 in handheld diagnostics device developer Molecular Vision.
FRANCE - Pragma and EdRIP back buyout of Nasse-Demeco
Pragma Capital and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners are backing the buyout of removal services group Nasse-Demeco.
FRANCE - Cinven and Altice to acquire Completel for EUR 724m
Cable group Altice and buyout house Cinven have announced they plan to acquire Euronext-listed B2B telecommunications operator Completel, in a deal valuing the company at EUR 724m.
EUROPE - Bear Stearns Private Equity seizes the moment
In an interview with unquote", Bear Stearns Private Equity director Greg Getschow explains that market upheaval can be good for business and how GPs will have to rediscover the essence of private equity. The last few weeks have been a challenging...
FINLAND - CapMan acquires two commercial properties in Finland
CapMan Real Estate I fund has acquired two commercial properties in Helsinki. The two buldings have a total lettable space of around 16,900 m².
SPAIN - TPG-led consortium to lower bid for Iberia
It is widely reported that the consortium led by Texas Pacific Group (TPG) will lower its intended bid of EUR 3.6 per share for Spanish airline Iberia.
ITALY - Private equity heavyweights court Wind
Blackstone is said to be a frontrunner in the much commented acquisition process of Wind. Buyouts houses Apax, Texas Pacific Group and Permira are also rumoured to have shown interest.
UK - NVM invests £3.35 in Promatic Group
NVM Private Equity has backed the £7.5m management buyout of Promatic Group, a clay pigeon trap business. Based in Cheshire, Promatic designs and fabricates its own branded clay pigeon launchers, supplying the sporting and leisure markets in the UK and...