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FRANCE - ABN Amro Capital backs tertiary LBO of Outinord
ABN Amro Capital has acquired a majority stake in steel formworks solutions provider Outinord from Siparex and Spef Venture, for an undisclosed sum.
UK - BDO appoints 13 new partners
BDO Stoy Hayward has announced the appointment of 13 new partners, with effect from 1 July 2006.
FRANCE - New law office: cabinet Bremond
Guilhem Bremond, former head of the turnaround division of cabinet Veil Jourde, has announced the creation of cabinet Bremond.
FRANCE - Ipnotic Telecom raises EUR 9.6m
A syndicate of investors including Turenne Capital, CM-CIC Capital Privé, CDC Entreprises Innovation and A Plus Finance have injected EUR 9.6m in a first round of financing for Ipnotic Telecom
UK - Regent Inns to stay independent
According to today's Times, rumoured talks between Alchemy Partners and Regent Inns, the operator of the Walkabout and Jongleurs chains, have fallen through.
UK - Prudential to sell PPM to PPM management
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph today Prudential is set to sell its private equity division to the company's management team. PPM Capital has about EUR 2bn of funds under management and hopes that the buyout will be completed by the end of...
ITALY - Barclays Private Equity acquires ULKA
Barclays Private Equity has acquired ULKA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche SpA, a manufacturer of solenoid pumps for coffee machines from entrepreneur Giampiero Rossi for an undisclosed sum. The company, founded in 1975, generated total revenues of EUR 46m...
NORWAY - Norvestor's Panorama buys Boor
Panorama AS has bought the silverware supplier Boor AS for an undisclosed sum. Boor sells Norwegian silverware designs such as Telesølv, Odel and Juvel produced by Boor’s affiliated company, Bordsølv Design AS.
GERMANY - KKR sells mannesmann plastics machinery
KKR and Siemens have agreed to sell Munich-based mannesmann plastics machinery to Madison Capital Partners. US-based Madison, together with the company's management, will purchase 100% of the shares in the world's largest plastics and rubber processing...
UK - Photo-Me likely to be private equity target
The Surrey-based photobooth maker, Photo-Me, has confirmed that it has hired JPMorgan Cazenove as a financial adviser according to the Times. The shareprice of the group has suffered in recent months, closing on Friday at 86p compared to 132p last November,...
FRANCE - Viaduc receives EUR 5m from French investors
Viaduc, the French leading online professional contacts exchange, has gathered EUR 5m from AGF Private Equity and Ventech.
ITALY - Barclays Private Equity Acquires ULKA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche SpA
Barclays Private Equity has acquired ULKA Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche SpA, a manufacturer of solenoid pumps for coffee machines, from entrepreneur Giampiero Rossi for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Sovereign Capital recruits Phil Hinson
Sovereign Capital has appointed Phil Hinson as an assistant director. Hinson has spent the last six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance where he was a founding member of the business services sector team, focusing primarily on the facilities...
UK - 3i backed TransMedics participates in first ever UK beating heart transplant
TransMedics, which received financial backing from 3i in 2003, has participated in the UK's first beating heart transplant.
UK - Skype investor joins Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital Europe, the early-stage technology venture capital firm, has announced that Klaus Hommels has joined the firm as its first European venture partner. Hommels will work with the firm on both new opportunities as well as Benchmarkтs current...
UK - Jonathan Bell joins LDC in Manchester
LDC has boosted its Manchester new business team with the appointment of Jonathan Bell.
UK - Blackstone to float Southern Cross Healthcare Group
The recently volatility of the markets has not deterred Blackstone from their intention to float Southern Cross. Blackstone is hoping the sale will value Britain's biggest care home group which it has owned since 2003 at about ТЃ550m, according to The...
UK - Nigel Beer joins Hotbed board
Nigel Beer, a former divisional CEO at KPMG, has joined the board of Hotbed, the private investor network. During his time at KPMG, Nigel was a partner and head of its corporate finance division in London and was also a member of its national corporate...
UK - Secondary buyout of Azzurri Communications
3i announces today that it has sold its 75% stake in Azzurri Communications, the leading UK converged voice and date communications company, to a secondary buyout vehicle backed by Prudential Ventures (PPM) in a deal valuing the company at ТЃ182.5m. 3iтs...
NL- Gilde and Van Herk Groep support third financing round for Agendia
Van Herk Group and Gilde Healthcare have provided third round financing to Dutch biotech company Agendia BV. The funds raised will be used to accelerate development of microarray-based late stage products into diagnostic tests for breast cancer and other...
UK - Pi Capital appoints Peter Brooks
Pi Capital has announced the appointment of Peter Brooks as a managing director and partner. Until October 2005, Peter Brooks was the managing partner of Sovereign Capital Partners. He joins fellow Pi partners David Giampaolo and Paul Thomas on 10 July...
NORWAY - HitecVision and Four Seasosns invest in Vector
HitecVision Private Equity and Four Seasons Venture have made an investment in pipe connector specialist Vector International AS.
NORWAY - NVCA recruits new secretary general
The Norwegian Venture Capital Association has appointed Knut Traaseth as its new secretary general. Starting today, Traaseth is joining from GCI Monsen where he has worked as director of investor relations and financial market communication. Prior to...
NETHERLANDS - Fidelity tenders VNU shares
Fidelity has given up its resistance to the EUR 29.50 per share bid by Valcon for VNU and has tendered its shares. It is understood that before this announcement, Fidelity had already reduced its share capital to below 15%.