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Albion exits Opta for £40m, reaps 3x money
Albion Ventures has divested its stake in London-based Opta, a provider of sports data and analysis, to trade player Perform Group for ТЃ40m, reaping a 3x money multiple.
Nord Holding exits Goebel
Nord Holding has sold German paper manufacturing business Goebel Schneid-und Wickelsysteme (Goebel) to engineering group IMS Deltamatic.
Innocenzo Cipolletta takes up Fondo Italiano presidency
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has announced its new board of directors, with Aifi's Innocenzo Cipolletta as president.
Montana closes debut secondaries fund on €80m
Montana Capital Partners, a firm focusing on the smaller end of the secondaries market, has closed its annual programme on its hard-cap of €80m.
L Capital acquires CellularLine
L Capital and DVR Capital have jointly bought a 57% stake in CellularLine, a provider of accessories for smartphones and tablets, from the company’s founders.
CVC appoints Benelux and TMT adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Tenet chief executive Duco Sickinghe to its Benelux and TMT advisory boards.
Phenomen Ventures backs Delivery Hero
Russian VC Phenomen Ventures has led a $30m series-D financing round for Delivery Hero, an online food ordering platform.
Popular high-yield bond market shrinks refinancing wall
A new report has found that amend-and-extend activity has reduced the expected 2014-2015 refinancing wall.
HIG raises €825m in just 3 months
HIG Capital has held a final close of HIG European Capital Partners II on тЌ825m, exceeding the target of around тЌ760m, after just three months on the road.
Principia backs Im3D with €2m
Italian VC investor Principia has injected €2m into oncologic medical imaging company Im3D Clinic Sud.
Frog divests GB Group
Frog Capital has sold its stake in AIM-listed GB Group, a software company specialising in ID verification.
Idinvest closes debt fund on €281m
Idinvest Partners has announced the final close of its Idinvest Dette Senior debt fund on €281m, surpassing its original €250m target.
Rabobank's Robeco snapped up by Orix
Robeco Group, the private equity arm of Dutch bank Rabobank, has been acquired by Tokyo-based financial services group Orix Corporation for €1.9bn (JPY 251bn).
Herkules acquires majority stake in PTC
Herkules Capital has acquired a majority stake in Stavanger-based oil services firm Petroleum Technology Company (PTC).
Investec provides £110m debt package to Sun's Paragon
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a ТЃ110m integrated debt facility to refinance the acquisition of Paragon Print & Packaging by Sun European Partners.
Odyssée et al. back eNovance
Odyssée Ventures and Entrepreneur Venture have backed eNovance, a provider of open-source cloud computing, with a €6m investment alongside banks BNP Paribas and Oséo.
Blackstone and Lion eye Lucozade and Ribena
Blackstone and Lion Capital are to join forces and make a formal bid exceeding ТЃ1bn for Lucozade and Ribena, owned by GlaxoSmithKline, according to reports.
CVC-backed Matas in €630m IPO
Matas, a Danish beauty products retailer backed by CVC, has listed on the Copenhagen stock exchange.
Maven injects £3.8m into Lambert Contracts
Maven Capital Partners has invested ТЃ3.8m in Paisley-based Lambert Contracts.
LDC backs £62m Angus Fire MBO
LDCтs Manchester office has supported the ТЃ62m management buyout of Angus Fire from NYSE-listed United Technology Corporation (UTC).
Q&A: Duke Street's Buchan Scott
Q&A: Duke Street
VC-backed Prosensa raises $78m in IPO
Dutch biotechnology company Prosensa Holding, which is backed by a consortium of venture capital firms, has listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in an IPO valuing the business at $408m.
KCP backs WHP Projects
Key Capital Partners has led a ТЃ3m investment in WHP Projects, a provider of support services to the UK mobile phone industry.
Better Capital posts 42% NAV growth
Listed private equity firm Better Capital has posted 42.08% value growth combined NAV and distribution for Fund I.