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NORWAY - Four Seasons Venture buys back TeamTec
Four Seasons Venture has invested in Norwegian TeamTec AS, a company it divested last summer.
SWEDEN - Northzone's Appear Networks brings next generation wireless solutions to Dutch rail staff
Appear Networks and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the National Dutch Rail Authority, announced today the roll-out of wireless context-aware services accessed via the Appear IQ platform, to the entire NS mobile workforce.
FINLAND - CapMan shareholders terminate discussions with GIMV
CapMan Plc has announced that it has received information that GIMV has approached certain large shareholders of CapMan Plc to discuss the possibility to combine GIMV and CapMan Plc into a European private equity firm.
RUSSIA - 3i Group invests in Russian growth fund
3i Group is investing $20m in Quadriga Capital Russia Private Equity Fund II LP.
UK - CVC appoints new investment director
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Alexander Fotakidis as investment director in its London team.
UK - Private equity in race for £1.5bn Northcliffe papers
A mixture of private equity and trade buyers are preparing to submit second round bids for Daily Mail and General Trust's regional newspaper business, according to press reports.
SWEDEN - Ratos to release SEK 577m by refinancing Lindab
Lindab’s owners, including Ratos, will release a total of SEK 1.2bn through a redemption procedure.
SWEDEN - Priveq Investment buys 35% of Boomerang
Priveq Investment has acquired a 35% stake of Swedish fashion company Boomerang for and undisclosed sum.
SWITZERLAND - Jet Aviation strengthens US operations
Zurich-based Jet Aviation Group has acquired US firm Midcoast Aviation Inc for an undisclosed sum. Based in St Louis, Midcoast employs a staff of 850 and generated revenues of $138m in 2004/5.
UK - Noble launches top-up for Sitka Health Fund
Noble Fund Managers has announced that it has launched an offer for subscription for up to 780,025 shares to raise upwards of ТЃ700,000 of equity for the Sitka Health Fund VCT for the tax year 2005/6.
UK - Quester backs spin-out of chewing gum removal company
Revolymer Ltd, a University of Bristol spin-out company known for its new technology that has the potential to prevent gum from sticking to pavement, has received major investment from Quester-managed SULIS Seedcorn Fund and IP2IPO, the IP company that...
NORWAY-Thommessen is No. 8 in Europe in the energy sector
Norwegian law firm Thommessen has been ranked number eight in Europe in the energy, mining and utilities sector, according to mergermarket's league tables.
FRANCE - Duke Street begins build-up for Proclif
Duke Street Capital's portfolio company Proclif has today announced the acquisition of Clinique Lambert and its subsidiary Clinique La Montagne. This acquisition fits in with the Group’s build-up strategy put in place when Duke Street Capital made its...
UK - HMV rejects first Permira offer
The music and bookshop group HMV has rejected a ТЃ762m bid from the Permira, according to a report in The Independent.
FRANCE - Starwood Capital to sell Taittinger
JP Morgan and Rothschild have been mandated to run an auction for Starwood Capital’s imminent sale of Taittinger, according to press reports published today. Belgian billionaire Albert Frère, who exited his 25% interest in the French champagne producer...
FINLAND - CapMan exits from Puulämpö Yhtiöt Oy
Puulämpö Yhtiöt Oy, a portfolio company of CapMan funds Finnventure II, Finnventure III and Finnmezzanine I, will redeem the funds’ ownership in the company.
THE NETHERLANDS - VNU remains in buyout talks
VNU has announced that it continues to be in active talks with a private equity consortium over a proposed buyout of the company, and that its supervisory and executive boards expect to provide their view on the non-binding offer by the end of this month....
UK - Actionality receives seed funding from Doughty Hanson
Actionality, an emerging leader of automated in-game advertising and marketing solutions for the mobile market, has announced that it has secured seed financing from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures.
SWEDEN - Martin Dawes Systems buys venture backed Visual Wireless
Martin Dawes Systems has announced its acquisition of Visual Wireless and the formation of a new international revenue assurance business.
GERMANY - Wellington invests in Eastbeam
Wellington Partners has invested in the Eastbeam Group in connection with an initial round of financing totaling EUR 3m. This German-Japanese company operates Wazap!, a vertical, i.e. subject-specific, search engine that users can employ to inform themselves...
UK - Truell eyes pension liabilities, FT reports
Edmund Truell, the founder of Duke Street Capital, has become the latest executive to set his sights on acquiring the assets and liabilities of mature occupational pension schemes, according to a report in the FT.
UK - Pond III final close brings in additional US funds
Pond Venture Partners has announced that it has held a final close for its Pond III fund oversubscribed and above target at $145m.
FRANCE - Erenis raises EUR 22.5m from venture consortium
Iris Capital has led a EUR 22.5m second round of funding in Erenis, France’s largest optical fibre operator firm. AGF Private Equity and Crédit Agricole Private Equity have co-invested in the firm, alongside existing investor Net Partner.
SWEDEN - Roschier Holmberg opens permanent office in Stockholm
Finnish law firm Roschier Holmberg will open its permanent Stockholm office this week.