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UK - HgCapital to acquire First Technology Safety & Analysis
HgCapital has entered into agreement with Honeywell to acquire First Technology Safety & Analysis. The deal will value the market leader in crash test dummies and associated services at ТЃ50m.
UK - IBIS Media VCTs attract investment
IBIS Capital, the specialist media corporate finance and investment business, has announced that its VCT focusing on smaller private UK media companies has attracted support from leading figures from the media and financial services industries.
UK - VCTs held for the long-term, says Noble
New research from Noble Fund Managers has found that 81% of intermediaries are investing VCT money on behalf of their clients with a view to holding their investments for the long-term, an eight- to ten-year time horizon. Only 11% said that their clients...
UK - Further investment for Imperial College spin-out deltaDOT
Imperial Innovations, the technology commercialisation company of Imperial College London, has completed a ТЃ1m investment in spin-out company, deltaDOT, a developer of innovative enabling technologies and products for bioscience research. The investment...
SWEDEN - SVCA strengthens its board of directors
The Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has strengthened its board of directors following the annual general meeting on 21 March.
DENMARK - IVS appoints Weilby Knudsen as partner
Thomas Weilby Knudsen, CEO of the venture capital group IVS, has been appointed partner at the firm as of 1 April.
GERMANY - Dr Neuhaus Techno Nord exits EUTEX holding
Following the listing of EUTEX on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in December 2005, Dr Neuhaus Techno Nord has exited its remaining stake in the company. The strategic investor is an undisclosed Russian company operating in the field...
FRANCE – Ventech and DN Capital back Babinet's new venture
Eyeka has completed a EUR 4m series-A round of funding just months after being founded. Paris-based Ventech has injected EUR 2.56m, while London-based DN Capital has provided the remaining EUR 1.44m. Eyeka is a provider of mobile video and image service...
UK - Cambridge Consultants restarts venturing business
Cambridge Consultants, one of Europeтs leading technology-based design and development companies, has announced plans to reactivate its spin-out business with the creation of a new venture fund.
GERMANY - New partners announced at TVM Capital
TVM Capital has announced the promotions of ICT principal Chris Cobbold and Life Sciences principal Dr Annegret de Baey-Diepolder. Both have been made partners with the established IT and Life Science investor. Additionally, Dr Axel Polack has been promoted...
UK - Bank of Scotland backs £119.5m acquisition of Adare Group
Adare Group, a leading UK print management, mailing and packaging solutions company, has announced that a team of seven current directors, led by Robert Whiteside, has acquired the business with the backing of Bank of Scotland Corporate.
UK - No Hit to 3i on Chorion
It has been confirmed that Hit Entertainment has pulled out of moves to buy Chorion, the intellectual property group that owns Noddy and Mr Men.
UK - Cazenove to spin off private equity business
Cazenove is spinning off its private equity business, a fund with about ТЃ230m of assets, through a merger with Prelude Ventures, according to the FT.
SWITZERLAND - Partners Group lists on the main board of the SWX Swiss Exchange
Partners Group, the Swiss based global alternative asset manager, has announced the successful completion of the bookbuilding for its initial public offering. The price per registered share of Partners Group Holding has been set at CHF 63, in the upper...
SWEDEN - 3i and L Capital-backed Gant in EUR 241m IPO
Gant, backed by 3i and L Capital, has today announced the EUR 241m flotation on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The IPO provides 3i and L Capital with partial exits at this stage generating EUR 44m and EUR 76m of proceeds respectively.
FRANCE - ABN AMRO Capital and Astorg acquire OFIC
ABN AMRO Capital France and Astorg Partners have acquired OFIC for an enterprise value of EUR 210m. The buyout houses have taken equal shareholdings in the company, alongside its management team headed by Jean-Louis Roques. The deal also involves members...
NORWAY - Telenor Venture sells OilCamp
OilCamp AS has been sold to the management team and Petroleum Networks Holding AS. Petroleum Networks Holding is owned by the private equity fund Energivekst, managed by HitecVision, and has been established as the fund’s investment platform within the...
CZECH REPUBLIC - Warburg Pincus exits LSE and Prague-listed Zentiva
Warburg Pincus has exited its stake in generic pharmaceutical supplier Zentiva N.V. Globally-active pharmaceutical developer Sanofi-Aventis has acquired a 24.876% stake in the company consisting of the 19.634% stake held by Warburg Pincus, a 4.507% stake...
FRANCE - AXA PE acquires Skyrock
AXA Private Equity has just signed an acquisition agreement for an 80% stake in Skyrock Group. It has been signed in association with Pierre Bellanger, CEO of Group Skyrock and Tamago, the company held by Morgan Grenfell Private Equity and Goldman Sachs....
FRANCE – Cinven set for UPC France mega-deal
Cinven has signed a letter of agreement with US-based cable operator Liberty Global to purchase UPC France for EUR 1.25bn. The deal is still in its very early stage, but Cinven is expected to pay a full 11.4 times UPC France’s 2005 operating cashflow,...
FRANCE - IK recapitalises CEVA Santé Animale
Industri Kapital has completed a EUR 208m recapitalisation of CEVA Santé Animale, the international French based animal health care company. This is IK’s second recapitalisation in a week and follows the EUR 65m recapitalisation of Myresjöhus.
UK - Kirkland & Ellis makes two private equity appointments
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP has announced the appointment of two partners from Linklaters' private equity team.
UK - Close Brothers Growth Capital backs £9m MBO of Allen & Heath
Close Brothers Growth Capital Ltd (CBGC)has backed the ТЃ9m secondary buyout of Allen & Heath, a designer of professional sound mixing equipment. The move represents a successful exit for 3i, which backed the original MBO in 2001.
UK - Empower Interactive secures $18m private equity funding
Empower Interactive has secured $18m in a new round of funding headed by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and existing investors Argo Global Capital, Cazenove Private Equity, DN Capital and IDG Ventures Europe.