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FRANCE - TowerBrook takes majority interest in engineering specialist
Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners has today announced that funds managed and advised by TowerBrook will acquire a 67% shareholding in French engineering company GSE for an undisclosed sum. This transaction will also allow GSE’s management...
UK - University of York and IP2IPO in 25-year agreement
Intellectual property commercialisation company, IP2IPO Group plc, has signed a long-term partnership with the University of York.
FINLAND - Eqvitec invests SEK 25m in AppGate Network Security
AppGate Network Security AB, a Swedish provider of network security solutions, has secured SEK 25m in growth funding from Eqvitec Technology Fund II. The investment will be used to drive international expansion.
DENMARK - Nordic Capital's Nycomed announces positive results of ACUITY trial
Nordic Capital's Nycomed and its US collaborator, The Medicines Company, have announced the first 30 days results from the global 13,819 patient ACUITY trial.
FINLAND - EQT's Salcomp commences trading on Helsinki's Pre-List
Salcomp Plc, owned by EQT, has commenced trading on the Pre-List of the Helsinki Stock Exchange today and the offer price was set at EUR 3.20.
UK - GermanCapital makes UK acquisition
Calder Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Calder Group, has been acquired by GermanCapital GmbH and Cognis Capital Partners from Permira. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
FRANCE - Iwedia raises EUR 2.7m from VC syndicate
Software specialist Iwedia Technologies has secured EUR 2.7m from an investors group including CDC Entrepreises Innovation, I-Source Gestion, iXCore and Thales Corporate Ventures.
UK - Hg to invest up to £20m in Wind Direct
Hg Capital has agreed to invest up to ТЃ20m in Wind Direct over the next three years. HgCapital is making an initial investment of ТЃ4.6m with an option to invest a further ТЃ15.4m over the next three years.
UK - Hungry octopus buys pizza
Octopus Asset Management has today announced that is has backed the ТЃ7m acquisition of Perfect Pizza Ltd from Papa Johnтs. The investments will come from the Octopus funds Eclipse VCT Plc, Eclipse VCT 2 Plc and Eclipse VCT 3/4 Plc.
UK - Scottish Equity Partners leads £8.5m funding for ip.access
ip.access ltd, a developer of in-building wireless picocell solutions, has announced the conclusion of an ТЃ8.5m financing round led by Scottish Equity Partners, including Intel Capital Corporation and Rothschild & Cie Gestion.
DENMARK - Egalet secures $27.6m from Atlas, Index and existing investors
Danish drug delivery company Egalet a/s has announced the closing of a $27.6m round of financing led jointly by new investors Atlas Venture and Index Ventures.
ICELAND - Íslandsbanki becomes Glitnir
Íslandsbanki has changed its brand name to Glitnir because the bank has become an international company and needed a name to reflect its transformation.
SPAIN - Nazca makes 8.5x money on Svenson sale
Nazca Capital, one of the most active private equity firms in the Spanish market, has closed a deal with Investindustrial to sell its remaining 67.8% shareholding in the European hair-treatment leader for EUR 82m. The transaction was structured as a secondary...
UK - Darlington wins Rainmaker award
Christopher Darlington of Hawkpoint Partners has won HgCapitalтs Rainmaker of the Year award. During 2005 Darlington completed four deals.
SWITZERLAND - Partners Group launches IPO on SWX Swiss Exchange
Partners Group, the Swiss-based global alternative asset manager, today launches its initial public offering (IPO) on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The IPO of Partners Group serves the purpose of strengthening the firm’s foundation for long-term independence...
NORWAY - VC-backed Edvantage merges with Boxer Technologies and Kognita
The owners of Edvantage group and Reitangruppen, owner of Boxer Technology AS and Kognita ltd, have reached an agreement to merge the three companies.
UK - KCL rebrands as August Capital
Kleinwort Capital Ltd announced today that it will change its name to August Equity, effective immediately. Accompanying the name change is the release of a new company logo, which will begin appearing on the website (www.augustequity.com) and all company...
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital sells Guide to EDB
Nordic Capital Fund IV has entered into a binding agreement to sell Guide to EDB. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
UK - Northern 2 VCT results show fall in NAV
NVM has recently released the preliminary results of Northern 2 VCT Plc for the year ending 31 January 2006. The reported net asset value per share fell slightly from last yearтs figure of 91.0p (re-stated from 89.7p as a result of changes in accounting...
GERMANY - BayTech leads EUR 3.8m funding of abaXX
BayTech Venture Capital, the German early-stage venture capital firm, has led a EUR 3.8m funding round in financial services firm abaXX, a Stuttgart-based provider of business process management software for financial institutions.
GERMANY - Granville Baird sells Apptimum to Microsoft
Granville Baird has announced that it has sold its interest in software firm Apptimum Inc to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - SHS and tbg exit Novosis
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH has sold its stake in Miesbach-based pharaceutical specialist Novosis to Swiss-listed Schweizerhall Holding AG. State financial investor tbg has also agreed to exit its stake by way of a staggered process...
AUSTRIA - Carlyle to buy UC4 Software
According to press reports Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in UC4 Software from Capexit and and PONTIS Venture, which acquired an interest in the firm in 2004.
THE NETHERLANDS - ABN AMRO helps Bols return home in EUR 210m deal
ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity business of ABN AMRO, and Huub van Doorne, former Rémy Cointreau SA Group executive board director, have agreed the buyout of a selection of key liqueurs and spirits of French international drinks company Rémy Cointreau....