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FRANCE - Banexi, Naxicap and BNP Paribas back D'Haussy's
Groupe Eppe has sold D'Haussy to a syndicate of investors composed of Banexi Capital Partenaires, Naxicap Partners and BNP Paribas Développement, with management retaining a 12% stake.
FRANCE - Banexi Capital Partenaires takes majority stake in Numalliance
Banexi Capital Partenaires has invested from its fund Middle Market Fund III to take a majority stake in Numalliance
UK - Seven Hills Venture Partners appoints non-executive chairman
Seven Hills Venture Partners, the Edinburgh-based life sciences development company, has appointed Jeremy Delmar-Morgan as non-executive chairman.
DENMARK - Agillic secures DKK 38m funding
Amadeus has led a DKK 38m first round of funding in Danish Agillic Aps. Vækstfonden and Mike Frayne also participated in the round.
GERMANY - Peter Schwanitz appointed managing director of VCM.
Peter Schwanitz, has been appointed as managing director of VCM Capital Management, Germany’s longest-established fund-of-funds management group for venture capital, mezzanine and buyout investments. He will be responsible for the group’s buyout segment,...
NORWAY - Northzone's Owera to deliver system to Telenor
Owera has announced that it will be entering into an agreement with Telenor to upgrade their existing provisioning system, xAPS. Once improved, the system will include TR-069, a new and advancing protocol for provisioning.
UK - Rutland floats H&T on AIM
Rutland Partners has realised its investment in H&T Group Ltd for cash through an AIM listing. The enterprise value of H&T on flotation is ТЃ91.9m and the market capitalisation is ТЃ54.2m. The proceeds received by Rutland, after costs and managementтs...
UK - Apax and Permira to refinance New Look?
The Sunday Times reports that Apax Partners and Permira are likely to enjoy a ТЃ350m windfall in a refinancing of New Look, the retailer in which they own a controlling stake.
UK - Advent-backed Sport Five in line for £480m sale
Weekend press reports suggest that the sports agency handling the distribution of television rights to the Euro 2008 football tournament is to be sold for up to ТЃ480m.
NL- Petroplus to consider listing
Carlyle-owned Petroplus is reportedly considering a flotation that could see the oil company valued at around £500m.
UK - Challenge Fund invests in cancer research
Sentinel Oncology has received a financial boost from the Challenge Fund Trading Company, part of Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds (CESF).
SWITZERLAND - GLSV enlarges investment team
Global Life Science Ventures has announced the further strengthening of its investment team. Dr Stephen McCormack has joined the company as principal, with Dr Kuno Jung as investment manager.
NETHERLANDS - Valcon raises bid for VNU
Valcon Acquisition BV, has raised its bid for Dutch media giant VNU NV to EUR 29.50 per share in an effort to overcome shareholder resistance to the deal.
SWEDEN - Industri Kapital reduces shareholding in Oriflame Cosmetics
Industri Kapital has sold 4.3 million Swedish Depositary Reciepts (SDRs) in Oriflame Cosmetics SA at an approximate price of SEK 280 per SDR. The shares, which represented 7.2% of the company, were sold primarily to Swedish and international institutional...
FINLAND - CapMan records rise in profits
CapMan Plc reports a significant EUR 3.7m increase in operating profits for Q1 2006. In the comparative period of 2005, CapMan Plc obtained an operating profit of EUR 1.5m now rising to EUR 5.2m.
FRANCE - Jean-David Doly promoted at H. et Associés
Jean-David Doly, 32, has become manager of corporate finance at H. et Associés
NETHERLANDS - PPM Oost invests in Trade Unlimited
Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland (PPM Oost) has provided expansion finance to Trade Unlimited.
GERMANY - Equita makes it three in a week
Equita Management GmbH has made its third investment in a week with the acquisition of Z&J Technologies. The vendor, Hochtemparatur Engineering GmbH (HTE) is a portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. This is the third investment to be made by Equita...
UK - Octopus appoints new director
Octopus Asset Management has announced that Julian Carr has joined the firm's investment team as a director.
SPAIN - Émfasis expands operations with purchase of Securpost
Émfasis, a portfolio company of Nmás1 Private Equity, operating in the mailing and billing sector, has acquired 100% of Securpost from Tutor SA, a subsidiary of Grupo PDM. Securpost specialises in the outsourcing of printing and mailing services and last...
FRANCE - Jean Plamondon joins AGF Private Equity as investment director
Jean Plamondon will lead AGF Private Equity's funds of funds team.
FRANCE - One Equity Partners and Carlson Companies buy 50% of Carlson Wagonlit Travel
In a deal worth $465m, Carlson Companies and One Equity Partners have bought a 50% stake in Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) from Accor.
UK - CellCentric receives £1.15m DTI award
CellCentric, a venture-backed epigenetics company, has been awarded ТЃ1.15m from the Department of Trade and Industryтs (DTI) technology programme, as part of a ТЃ2.3m collaborative programme with three leading research institutions.
UK - Synesis Life receives backing from Warburg Pincus, JP Morgan and RBS
Synesis Life Ltd, a provider of bespoke solutions to the pension and annuity liabilities marketplace, has secured financial backing from JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Warburg Pincus.