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GERMANY - 3i sells German betapharm to Dr Reddy's Labs
3i has sold German generic pharmaceutical company betapharm Arzneimittel GmbH to Indian Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
SPAIN - INVERJAÉN invests in Ambientes Infantiles
Seville-based Ambientes Infantiles has received funding from Inverjaén. The investor has taken a 47.16% equity stake in the firm as a result of the deal.
FINLAND - Finland attracts top foreign researchers
The Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro) funding programme, launched by Tekes and the Academy of Finland, has received a great number of applications for foreign researchers that could start work in Finland from 2007.
FRANCE - Naxicap funds La Fée
Naxicap Partners has financed a EUR 1.5m first round of funding in La Fée through its funds BP Développement and FIP Banque Populaire Proximité Sud-Est. Company founders, Jean-Michel Calsat and Jean-Pierre Braillard, hold the balance. The transaction...
GERMANY - Syndicate invests in Diologue Semiconductor spin-off
GIMV has invested EUR 4.8m in the German technology company Dialog Imaging Systems (DIS), a new spin-off from the publicly listed company Dialog Semiconductor. The investment is part of a total funding round of EUR 22.25m led by 3i. Doughty Hanson Technology...
FINLAND - Sitra appoints Timo Kekkonen as executive director of the Innovation Programme
Timo Kekkonen, director general of the technology department of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry, has been appointed executive director of Sitra’s Innovation Programme, with effect from 15 February 2006 until the end of 2007.
UK - Goulds Tissues says bless you!
GE Commercial Financeтs Business Finance unit has announced it has helped rescue Goulds Tissues from administration by providing a financing package, saving 120 jobs.
UK - PwC appoints Northern head of corporate finance
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed a corporate finance leader for its business in the North of England.
GERMANY - NORD Holding buys wire mesh specialist
In a management buyout involving the management of the company and the Bavarian Beteiligungsgesellschaft, NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired Rhodius GmbH domiciled in Weissenburg (Bavaria), Laage (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)...
UK - Quester leads £2.2m Perpetuum funding
Quester has announced that it has led a ТЃ2.2m series A funding round in Perpetuum, a UK-based university spinout company.
SWEDEN - Accent Equity acquires interpreting and translation group
Accent Equity has acquired 100 % of the shares in a Swedish language group owned by Lantz International.
FRANCE - AXA falls short of 95% to delist Camaïeu
On 31 January 2006, AXA Private Equity (AXA PE) launched a simplified tender offer for Camaïeu’s remaining 47.2% floating on Euronext Paris. As previously, the shares were offered at EUR 130. The tender offer closed last night on 13 February 2005 leaving...
SPAIN - Catalana d'Iniciatives acquires Cadena Q
Catalana d’Iniciatives has led the EUR 20m MBI of the clothing retail chain Cadena Q. Other investors include the private equity fund EBN Vaccaria FCR, the founding family of Cadena Q and two external executives. Catalana and EBN invested EUR 10m and...
DENMARK - Danish venture investments double in value
Danish venture capital investment activity has more than doubled from Q4 2004 to Q4 2005, according to a report by Vækstfonden and the Danish Venture Capital Association.
UK - BPE invests in metal and waste
Barclays Private Equity has invested an undisclosed amount in Metal & Waste Recycling Ltd, the UKтs fourth largest metal recycling business, to support future growth and the continuation of a progressive acquisition strategy.
UK - Esporta announces results and new refinancing
Esporta, a leading player in the premium health club market, has announced strong 2005 results and the completion of a refinancing to give financial resources to fund acquisitions and new site roll out. Esporta produced like-for-like sales growth of 3.6...
SWEDEN - Altor invests in Nimbus Boats
Altor Equity Partners has acquired a 60% shareholding in Nimbus Boats through the Altor 2003 fund. The value of the deal has not been disclosed and the former owners will keep the remaining 40%.
GERMANY - Ventizz invests in electronic manufacturing services firm
Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG has taken an undisclosed majority interest in AEMtec GmbH through its latest fund, Ventizz Capital Fund III.
UK - Whittan acquired by Stirling Square Capital
Whittan Storage, the UK-based shelf manufacturer, has been acquired by buyout fund Stirling Square Capital Partners for ТЃ90m.
UK - Somerfield looks to revive ailing Kwik Save chain
The Apax-led consortium in charge of Somerfield wants to radically restructure its ailing Kwik Save chain, which is likely to result in the sale or closure of many of the 500 stores, say press reports.
NORWAY - Venture-backed MCP opens offices in the US
Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), the global maritime cellular operator, has announced the opening of offices in Miami.
SPAIN - FON secures EUR 22m from blue chip investors
FON, a company focused on creating a global network of shared Wi-Fi connections, has announced that it secured EUR 18m in funding from Index Ventures, Google, Sequoia Capital and Skype. Index Ventures led the round.
UK - PE helping trade buyers dodge competition rules, says SJ Berwin
Trade buyers, frustrated by competition rules that make it difficult for them to buy their direct competitors and who are determined to avoid them falling into other hands, are seeking private equity houses to take controlling stakes in those businesses,...
UK - 3i makes 3.4x its money on sale of WiIliams Lea
3i has sold its minority stake in Williams Lea, the leading global provider of customised Corporate Information Solutions, for ТЃ110m to Deutsche Post.