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NETHERLANDS - Shell auction pulled over price issues
Royal Dutch Shell has decided to retain its liquified petroleum gas businesses after an auction failed to attract adequate bids. The auction, which lasted nearly 18 months, saw several industry and private equity players express an interest, including...
GERMANY - DBAG reports favourable results
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG continued the strong performance recorded last year, posting a sizeable first quarter profit. In the first three months of the new 2005/2006 financial year (31 October), this private equity company achieved a consolidated profit...
NETHERLANDS - ABN AMRO sells Radio Holland
ABN AMRO Capital and Stichting Co-Investors Radio Holland Group have agreed the sale of Dutch based Radio Holland Group to Imtech NV, for a purchase price of EUR 47m. Through this exit, ABN AMRO Capital will achieve a money multiple of 4.4x the initial...
FINLAND - CapMan exits from Mehiläinen
CapMan funds Finnventure V and Finnmezzanine III will sell their shares in Mehiläinen Oyj to H-Careholding AB, the owner of Carema. The consideration offered values the equity of Mehiläinen at EUR 152m and prior to the exit the funds have approximately...
SWITZERLAND - EVCA unveils activity figures for 2005
EVCA has annnounced its preliminary fundrasing, investment and exit figures for 2005 at its annual investors' forum in Geneva.
SWEDEN - Sweden records largest share of super growth companies
Sweden has been ranked the top European country in Grant Thornton International Super Growth Index and has the highest number of fast growing businesses. The US tops the list followed by India, Hong Kong and Sweden. Sweden climbed back up the Index to...
UK - UHY Hacker Young appoints new head of corporate finance
Peter Petyt has been named the new Head of Corporate Finance at the London office of top twenty accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young.
UK - HarbourVest promotes four investment staff
HarbourVest Partners today announced the promotions of four senior investment professionals. Kevin S Delbridge was named senior managing director, Michael W Taylor was named managing director, and Julia H Ocko and Scott C Voss were promoted to principals...
UK - a2e and The Capital Fund back data management MBO
Quadrate, a leading data management software company and creator of innovative solutions that enable businesses to rapidly migrate data to and from SAP, facilitating efficient data management and reporting, has completed an MBO. Funding was raised from...
UK - Porton announces new funding for Psynova
Porton Capital is leading an investment in Psynova Ltd, the latest spin-out from The University of Cambridge. Focused on the advancement and exploitation of biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders, Psynova aims to develop diagnostic tests and therapeutic...
UK - Enterprise Ventures appoints new investment director
Enterprise Ventures has announced the appointment of Wayne Thomas as investment director.
UK - Fabless semiconductor specialist secures $40m
Amadeus Capital Partners, the technology investor, has led a $40m Series C investment in Icera Inc., a fabless semiconductor company with offices in the UK, France and Japan, which has developed the first wireless soft modem for next generation mobile...
FRANCE - AtriA sells CS Dermatologie to Sinclair Pharma
AtriA Capital Partenaires and Didier Rase have announced the siging of an agreement to sell 100% of the share capital of CS Dermatologie to UK pharmaceutical group Sinclair Pharma Plc.
FRANCE - Amboise Investissement to float
Amboise Investissement has announced the filing, on 24 February 2006, of its reference prospectus with AMF, the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers).
ITALY - TVM leads EUR 10.5m funding for BioXell
BioXell has raised EUR 10.5m in financing through an extension of the Series C round concluded in October, 2004. International life science investor TVM Capital led the financing, while BB Biotech, Index Ventures and Life Science Partners also increased...
DENMARK - Santaris Pharma raises EUR 40m from VC syndicate
Santaris Pharma, the Danish biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of RNA Antagonist drugs based on Locked Nucleic Acid, announced today that it has completed a EUR 40m private investment round.
GERMANY - Allianz Capital buys MAN Roland Druckmaschinen
Allianz Capital Partners has agreed the acquisition of 100% of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen from parent group MAN AG. The printing machine manufacturer was unprofitable in 2004 and 2005, however the financial investor has plans to develop the company into...
FRANCE - Apax to sell ALAIN AFFLELOU
Alain Afflelou and Apax Partners today announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of their interests in ALAIN AFFLELOU SA to an investment vehicle controlled by Bridgepoint based on a price of EUR 33 per ALAIN AFFLELOU SA...
FINLAND - Amanda plans to establish Russian and Eastern European fund-of-funds
Amanda Capital is planning to establish a fund-of-funds to invest in Russian and Eastern European private equity vehicles.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden and SEED Capital invest in Stirling Denmark
Stirling Denmark has received funding from EGJ Development Ltd, SEED Capital and Vækstfonden to finance international expansion.
FRANCE - Eyeka announces $5m Series-A round
Eyeka, a provider of mobile video and image service applications, announced today that it has completed a $5m Series-A round. Ventech Capital, based in Paris, invested $3.2m and DN Capital, based in London, provided $1.8m. This marks the second partnership...
SWEDEN - ZealCore secures SEK 12m in growth funding
Industrifonden, KTH Seed Capital and SEB Företagsinvest have invested SEK 12m in ZealCore Embedded Solutions AB.
GERMANY - AXA to buy Pfleiderer Track Systems
AXA Private Equity has signed a contract with Pfleiderer AG for the acquisition of Pfleiderer Track Systems. The acquisition is subject to approval by the German anti-trust authority. A previous exclusivity agreement entered into with Vossloh AG, Werdohl...
UK - Ernst & Young appoints new head of private equity
Simon Perry has been appointed to the new role of global private equity leader at Ernst & Young in a move that underlines the growing interest by professional services firms in the buy-out industry, according to the FT.