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UK - 3i and Amadeus lead $9.8m series-B funding for Nujira
3i and Amadeus Capital Partners have led a series-B funding round for wireless amplifier technology company Nujira. Cambridge Gateway Fund, Cambridge Capital Group and Cambridge Angels also invested in Cambridge-based company.
GERMANY - KKR and Permira launch public offer for ProSiebenSat.1
A consortium comprising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Permira has made a public cash offer for the remainder of the publicly traded shares of German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The financial investors are paying EUR 22.45 for each preferred...
FINLAND - Eqvitec divests Teletekno
Eqvitec funds have sold their stake in Teletekno Oy, a Finnish supplier of telecommunication and network products, to Onninen Oy.
DENMARK - BankInvest New Energy appoints new managing partner
Poul Erik Schou-Pedersen will begin as new managing partner of BankInvest New Energy Solutions (NES) on 1 June 2007. He is chairman of the NES advisory board, and has since 1992, been CEO of the Danish energy meter company Kamstrup
UK - Doughty Hanson bidding for Aston Martin
The UBS-run auction for Aston Martin, the luxury car manufacturer currently owned by Ford Motor, is in its second round with reports suggesting the price tag will exceed £450m. Doughty Hanson is said to still be in the running for the asset, along with...
DENMARK - Gilde invests EUR 5m in Symphogen
Gilde Healthcare Partners has invested EUR 5m in biotechnology company Symphogen A/S in a second closing of the series-E round.
ITALY - Investindustrial acquires AEB Group
Buyout firm Investindustrial has wholly acquired specialty chemicals player AEB Group from Pm & Partners and Sociètè Gènèrale in a management buyout.
GERMANY - P21 receives series-C funding round
Target Partners has participated in a series-C financing round of fuel-cell technology company P21 GmbH. Other investors include Conduit Ventures Ltd and Goldman Sachs. The financing will be used to fund the company’s growth and international product...
FRANCE - CDC Capital Investissement backs buyout of Plastiques Gosselin
CDC Capital Investissment (CDC CI) and Participex have backed the buyout of medical equipment maker Plastiques Gosselin. Following the deal, which stemmed from a UBS-run auction aimed at both private equity and industrial buyers, CDC CI took a majority...
GERMANY - HgCapital sells Hirschmann Automation and Control
HgCapital has sold two subsidiaries of the Hirschmann Group, Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH, to US company Belden for EUR 245m. The transaction is expected to close in mid-March.
GERMANY - Blackstone and Carlyle court Merck
The Blackstone Group and the Carlyle Group are said to be interested in acquiring Merck’s generic business. Both financial investors are believed to be in advanced talks with Indian pharmaceutical companies Ranbaxy and Cipla in order to partner up for...
UK - Katalyst Ventures sells Site Confidence for £9.1m
Katalyst Ventures has realised its investment in Site Confidence Ltd, a web assurance performance and monitoring company. The asset has been acquired by NCC Group Plc for a maximum consideration of up to £9.1m in cash payable in three stages before June...
UK - GE Commercial Finance launches new corporate team
GE Commercial Finance’s business finance division has launched a dedicated corporate team to oversee structured asset-based lending and cashflow deals between £5m and £200m in value. The new unit has been piloted over the last 12 months, completing...
DENMARK - Erhvervsinvest buys Aalborg Træindustri
Danish buyout firm Erhvervsinvest has acquired an 83% stake in table tops provider Aalborg Træindustri.
GERMANY - Triangle invests in iPharro
Triangle has invested EUR 4m in iPharro Media GmbH, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics located in Darmstadt. The funding will enable the company, which has developed software to identify videos much faster than in real time,...
AUSTRIA - Pontis invests EUR 2.5m in Lixto Software
Pontis Venture Partners has invested in Vienna-based software company Lixto Software GmbH. Following its EUR 2.5m investment, the venture capitalist will hold a minority stake in the company.
UK - Investec provides senior and mezzanine financing to The Hideaways Club
Investec Private Bank’s growth and acquisition finance division has provided The Hideaways Club with senior and mezzanine financing to enable the club to acquire its first properties before its official launch. The purchase is the first step in The...
UK - Taylor Wessing enhances team
Taylor Wessing's corporate team is expanding with the arrival of corporate partner, Tom Cartwright from Hammonds. Cartwright specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and new issues work, and has particular sector expertise in financial...
FRANCE - Innoven injects EUR 3m in NavX
Innoven Partenaires has invested EUR 3m in NavX, a website offering services to satellite navigation device users.
FRANCE - Online news website Wikio gathers EUR 4m
US-based Lightspeed Venture Partners and Israeli venture investor Gemini have committed EUR 4m in the first round of institutional funding in French news website Wikio.
FRANCE - Siparex and Carvest back home builder Batilor
Sigefi Private Equity (group Siparex) and Carvest have backed the owner buyout of home builder Batilor. The sponsors invested EUR 4.4m and EUR 0.6m in equity, respectively.
FRANCE - ACE Management leads Recaero's series-B funding
In this round ACE Management, IRDI/ICSO Private Equity and Multicroissance have invested a total of EUR 5m in Toulouse-based Recaero, a former spin-off from Aérospatiale.
UK - Grant Thornton appoints David Grundy as head of transaction services
Grant Thornton has appointed David Grundy to head of transaction services. Grundy has been a partner at Grant Thornton since 2000 and has led the northern transaction services team within the firm's corporate finance group for the past seven years.
UK - LDC appoints Truett Tate as its new chairman
Truett Tate, group executive director of Lloyds TSB’s Wholesale & International Banking division, has been appointed chairman of LDC. Tate succeeds Michael Joseph, who left the bank earlier this year to pursue other interests.