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Club Med takeover could be delayed by six months
The purchase of listed French holiday resorts group Club Med will be delayed by several months thanks to an appeal by investment fund Charity & Investment Merger Arbitrage Fund (CIAM).
VC-backed Wonga in battle with C of E
The Archbishop of Canterbury has told the boss of Wonga, backed by a consortium of venture capital firms, that the Church of England plans to force it out of business, according to reports.
Smedvig Capital backs legal services firm
Smedvig Capital has invested ТЃ4m in Kings Court Trust.
Carlyle sets its sights on Klenk Holz
Carlyle has entered into exclusive talks with Klenk Holz, a family-owned German wood processing company.
HIG increases stake in VSA
HIG Europe has increased its stake in Spanish audiovisual group Vértice 360 Servicios Audiovisuales (VSA) to 50.01%, exercising a call option following the purchase of a 49.99% stake in 2012.
Bayside Capital buys Bantierra loan portfolio
Bayside Capital, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has acquired a portfolio of failed loans from Bantierra, marking the first such transaction in the credit union sector in Spain.
Index et al. back Wool And The Gang with $2.8m
UK-based knitwear e-commerce company Wool And The Gang has raised $2.8m from Index Ventures, Wellington Partners and MMC Ventures.
ECI Partners' Bargain Booze in IPO
ECI Partners reaped a 4.5x money multiple on its full exit from discount alcohol franchise Bargain Booze, which listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM in an IPO giving the company a market capitalisation of ТЃ66.7m.
Atlas leads €2.5m round for Harbour Antibodies
Atlas Venture has led a €2.5m funding round for Rotterdam-based Harbour Antibodies, an engineer of transgenic mice designed to produce high-affinity human antibodies.
United Internet Ventures acquires 25% stake in Open-Xchange
United Internet Ventures (UIV), the corporate venture arm of United Internet, has taken part in a $20m investment in German email services provider Open-Xchange.
Qualium backs Mériguet group
Qualium Investissement has invested in the owner buyout (OBO) of the Atelier Mériguet-Carrère group, a Paris-based arts specialist and renovator.
Electra refinances Park Resorts
Electra Partners has refinanced the existing debt of portfolio company Park Resorts - the GP now holds debt facilities totalling ТЃ145m and has upped its stake in the company to 54%.
Sycamore Aviation lands £750,000 investment
Durham-based Sycamore Aviation has received a ТЃ750,000 cash injection from a syndicate of investors led by regional firm FW Capital.
KKR and Permira free to exit ProSiebenSat.1
KKR and Permira have paved the way to exit German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 after shareholders approved a share conversion.
Exit focus: Encore finds generalist success in a specialist market
With limited expertise in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector, Encore Capitalтs exit of digital marketing company Pure360 is a shining example of how the asset class really can drive operational improvement. Alice Murray speaks to the partners to...
BlackFin buys DevisMutuelle and KelAssur
BlackFin Capital Partners has acquired insurance comparison sites DevisMutuelle and KelAssur.
United Ventures supports LoveTheSign
United Ventures has led a €1m funding round for e-commerce interior design site LoveTheSign.com.
Hogan Lovells hires team for new Luxembourg office
Law firm Hogan Lovells has hired two new partners, Pierre Reuter and Jean-Michel Schmit, to head its new Luxembourg office, which will open in the wake of the AIFMD transposition.
Invision reaches €285m hard-cap
Swiss GP Invision Private Equity has exceeded its €250m target, closing its fifth fund on €285m.
100% Italian-backed B4 boosts small-cap segment
There’s a new kid on the block in Italian private equity: launched in mid-2012, B4 Investimenti began operational activity in September last year, completed its maiden investment in July and is well on the way to closing its first fund. Amy King reports...
Credit Suisse appoints secondaries director
Mark McDonald, Credit Suisse
N+1 raises €100m for latest fund
Spanish investor N+1 has held a €100m first close for QMC II Iberian Capital Fund.
Jobandtalent raises €2.5m from Kibo Ventures et al.
Spanish venture capital investor Kibo Ventures has led a €2.5m funding round for recruitment firm Jobandtalent.
Gimv et al. back Jenavalve
A consortium of venture capital investors has injected $62.5m as part of a series-C round for Jenavalve Technology, a Germany-based medical devices manufacturer.