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Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners loses de Montgolfier and Fouque
Managing partners Eric de Montgolfier and Erick Fouque have left French GP Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP), to be replaced by Bertrand Demesse and Louis-Antoine Roullier.
Afinum buys Thonet
Afinum Management has acquired a majority stake in family-owned furnishings supplier Thonet.
Axa PE- and Resource-backed Baltcom buys Izzi
Latvian telecommunication business Baltcom, owned by Axa Private Equity and Resource Partners, has acquired cable television operator Izzi.
Accel leads $18m round for Calastone
Accel Partners has led an $18m funding round for Calastone, a UK-based fund transaction network.
Equistone buys Whitworths in tertiary deal
Equistone Partners Europe has bought a majority stake in Whitworths, a UK supplier of dried fruit, nut and seed products, becoming the firmтs third private equity owner.
Isatis injects €2.4m into Ispa MBO
Isatis Capital has invested €2.4m in the leveraged management buyout of French project management consultancy Ispa Consulting, in what marks the GP's last deal under the BNP Paribas Private Equity moniker.
Bridgepoint sells Terveystalo to EQT
Bridgepoint has sold Finnish private healthcare provider Terveystalo to EQT for a reported тЌ650m.
Towerbrook takes off with LDC's AIM Aviation
Towerbrook Capital Partners has acquired aircraft cabin interior designer and manufacturer AIM Aviation from LDC.
Holtzbrinck hires new managing partner
German venture capital firm Holtzbrinck Ventures has hired Christian Saller as managing partner.
Cequr raises $27m in series-B
Swiss biotech firm Cequr has raised $27m in a series-B funding round from two new private investors and all existing backers, including Endeavour Vision and VI Partners.
InnovaFonds injects €3m into Icape
InnovaFonds has invested €3m in French circuit boards manufacturer Icape.
VCs sell Blink to Groupon
Several venture players have sold Blink Bookings, a Spanish last-minute travel app, to Groupon.
Summit Partners expands European team
Summit Partners has appointed Thomas Tarnowski as principal in its London office.
Lloyds Bank hires HSBC and RBS directors
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed Dave Furlong of HSBC and Kate Grimoldby of RBS to its north of England acquisition finance team.
HP Ventures' Davidson steps down
Eran Davidson, managing director and CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP Ventures), has left after eight years at the venture capital firm.
Axa Private Equity appoints managing director
Juan Angoitia, Axa Private Equity
MMC backs Tyres On The Drive with £1.5m
Previous investors MMC Ventures and Enterprise Ventures Group (EV) have injected ТЃ1.5m into Tyres On The Drive, a mobile tyre-fitting service.
Verdane et al. exit Compricer.se to Schibsted
Verdane Capital, founder Jacob Tolleryd and private investors have sold Swedish price comparison website Compricer.se to Schibsted Media Group.
3i invests €77m in GIF
3i has invested €77m in the management buyout of Gesellschaft für Industrieforschung (GIF), a transmission testing specialist, alongside the firm’s CEO.
Apollo buys Evo Banco for €60m
Buyout firm Apollo Global Management has wholly acquired Spanish retail bank Evo Banco from NCG Banco for €60m.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected ТЃ590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
Carlyle acquires BTI from Valedo Partners
The Carlyle Group has acquired Swedish subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI) from Valedo Partners.
Private equity misses out on Lucozade, Ribena sale
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell popular drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which had attracted interest from buyout houses including Blackstone and Lion Capital, to Japanese trade player Suntory for ТЃ1.35bn.
LBO France adds MD to operating team
Etienne Colas, LBO France