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THE NETHERLANDS - KKR and CVC close Rotterdam waste management deal
A consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and CVC Capital Partners (CVC) today announces that the transfer of 100% of the share capital in AVR for a total enterprise value of EUR 1.4bn from the Municipality of Rotterdam has taken place....
UK - Cobbetts attracts Pinsent Masons' PE team
Cobbetts corporate team has recently attracted more private equity lawyers from Pinsent Masons. Partner Paul Johnson, Nicola Frost, Vicky Zivkovich and Paul Kelly have made the move, following Cobbettsт recent appointment of partner Sean Fitzgerald, who...
FRANCE - Motorola Ventures invests in IP over broadcast media provider
Motorola Ventures has injected EUR 2m for a third round of funding in UDcast. The investor joins existing shareholders CDC Entreprises Innovation, SGAM AI PE, I-Source, Baytech Venture and Mitsubishi Venture which collectively provided EUR 8.8m in two...
FRANCE - Kayentis raises EUR 2m from XAnge
XAnge has led at EUR 2m first round of funding in the software start-up Kayentis, via its XAnge Capital and XAnge Private Equity funds. Company founder and CEO Philippe Berna, business angels Jean-Louis Moses and Pierre Casse and an industrial player...
UK - North West Equity Fund backs local paper
North West Equity Fund has led a syndicate of institutional investors, including the North West Seed Fund, the management team and twelve private investors in providing a ТЃ250,000 round of funding for Jashousehard Ltd, owner of The North West Enquirer....
UK - BOSIF backs secondary buyout of Mono Global
Bank of Scotland Corporate has announced that through its integrated finance team, it has backed the management of Glasgow-based Mono Global Ltd in the secondary buyout of the company. The deal sees 3i Group Plc achieve a successful exit from the company...
SWEDEN - Accent Equity acquires Grycksbo paper mill from Stora Enso
Accent Equity has announced the buyout of 100% of the shares in Stora Enso Grycksbo AB from Stora Enso.
SWEDEN - Eqvitec invests $4m in Movimento
Eqvitec has made a $4m investment in Movimento AB, a fast growing automotive electronics and software company based in Gothenburg.
UK - EPIC acquires Bighead Bonding Fasteners
EPIC has announced that Brian Giddings and Robin Bromley-Martin have acquired Bighead Bonding Fasteners.
UK - Core backs MBO of Blanc Brasseries
Core Growth Capital, the generalist private equity partnership and manager of Core VCT I, II and III, has backed the ТЃ6m equity raising in the ТЃ10m MBO of Blanc Brasseries, the French brasserie chain founded by Raymond Blanc and managed by Loch Fyne...
SWEDEN - Mercer expands its Nordic investment consulting operations
Mercer Investment Consulting has announced that it is expanding its Nordic operations with three new senior appointments. Jonas Arsjö, Niclas Sundberg and Krister Carlsson, previously directors of MPIR Investment Services AB, join Mercer today.
SWEDEN - BoneSupport secures SEK 15m from existing investors
The medical technology company BoneSupport AB in Lund has been guaranteed SEK 15m from its current owners, InnovationsKapital, Ferd Venture and Teknoinvest.
FRANCE - Wendel consortium prepares Legrand's EUR 1.8bn IPO
Wendel Investissement is planning Legrand’s IPO, which has been valued at around EUR 1.8bn. Owing to the current good performances of the French financial markets, coupled with the fact that Legrand’s revenues are forecast to exceed EUR 3bn this year,...
FRANCE - Eurazeo to acquire Europcar from Volkswagen
Eurazeo has entered into exclusive negotiations with Volkswagen AG to acquire Europcar. The private equity house has fought off competition in two rounds of the auction run by Citigroup. Europcar is the European leader in hire cars and counts more than...
FRANCE - Avenir Tourisme purchases Yachts de Paris
Avenir Tourisme has backed the buyout of Yachts de Paris, alongside co-investor Perspectives et Participations. The buyers have taken a 30% stake in the business, while the company’s managing director, Marc Bungener, holds the balance. A private investor...
FRANCE - Activa Capital organises MBO of Logitrade
Activa Capital has organised the management buyout of Logitrade, France’s leading procurement externalisation business for non-strategic purchases. Logitrade has been purchased from its founder, Bernard Mercadier, who will remain as chairman of the supervisory...
NORWAY - Norsk Vekst Equity Partners becomes Norvestor
Oslo-based Norsk Vekst Equity Partners AS has changed name to Norvestor Equity AS and opened offices in Stockholm.
FRANCE - Naxicap backs mannequin business
Naxicap Partners has backed the buyout of COFRAD to take a minority stake. It has invested a sum of EUR 2.6m through its funds Banque Populaire Développement and FIP Banque Populaire Proximité IDF Nord 2004. The company’s founding CEO, Serge Beltramino,...
THE NETHERLANDS - Permira leaves VNU consortium
Press reports suggest that Permira has dropped out of the private equity consortium which has tentatively offered to buy VNU for between EUR 28 and EUR 28.50 a share, because of concerns that the offer price is too high. This withdrawal reduces the consortium...
DENMARK - Nordic Capital's Nycomed achieves sales growth
Backed by Nordic Capital, Nycomed has announced that its net turnover grew by 16% in 2005 to a total of EUR 747.5m.
UK - PanOpSys Ltd receives $5.25m Quester funding
PanOpSys, a medical diagnostics company focusing on rapid quantitative detection of disease markers, has announced that it has raised $5.25m in a Series A round of funding from Quester.
GERMANY - Change Capital Partners acquires JIL SANDER Group
Retail specialist Change Capital Partners has agreed the buyout of Jil Sander Group from the Prada Group. The transaction, which was handled by Change Capital's Stephan Lobmeyr, remains subject to regulatory approval.
FRANCE - Stampede over Colony's Buffalo Grill stakes
France’s largest shareholder action group is urging the AMF (autorité des marchés financiers) to refuse Colony Capital’s attempt to delist Buffalo Grill. Colette Neuville, head of Association pour la Défense des Actionnaires Minoritaires (ADAM), opposes...
UK - Baker Tilly expands in Scotland
Stuart McCallum has joined Baker Tilly as a director within the corporate finance team based in Glasgow. He brings with him over ten years of corporate finance and business advisory across a diverse range of industries.