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Axa PE sells Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries
Axa Private Equity has exited its majority stake in France-based commercial vehicles manufacturer Aixam Mega in a trade sale to US-based company Polaris Industries Inc.
Creandum et al. back Xeneta
Creandum and Alden AS have led a тЌ1.2m seed round for Xeneta, a Norwegian sea freight crowd-sourcing company.
LDC sells kidsunlimited for £45m
LDC has sold day care nurseries operator kidsunlimited to employer-sponsored childcare provider Bright Horizons for a cash consideration of ТЃ45m.
Conor and Northzone back Sticky
Conor Venture Partners and Northzone have completed a $3m funding round for media technology company Sticky.
Nordic private equity market undergoes cautious evolution
The Nordic market is changing. Long dominated by the powerhouse economy of Sweden and seemingly impervious to the crisis gripping Europe, 2012 was a tougher year and saw many new developments.
Demeter and 123Venture back Cooltech Applications
Demeter Partners and 123Venture have joined existing investors in an €8m funding round for French magnetic refrigeration specialist Cooltech Applications.
Demeter et al. inject €7m into Ideol
Demeter Partners, Sofimac and Soridec have provided Ideol, a French developer of foundations for offshore wind farms, with €7m of funding.
France: commitments from banks, insurers, pension funds down 43%
France's lacklustre fundraising figures for 2012 highlight the continued retreat of traditional LPs, such as banks, insurers and pension funds, according to new research by industry trade body Afic.
Electra Partners buys two more secondaries stakes
Electra Partners has announced the acquisition of two further stakes in private equity funds for an extra ТЃ22m investment.
Lanxess joins HTGF II investors
German chemicals company Lanxess has invested a low seven-figure sum in venture investor High-Tech Gründerfonds' second fund, raising the vehicle's total commitments to €301.5m.
Clifford Chance poaches Ashurst's Xavier Comaills
Ashurst partner Xavier Comaills is set to join Clifford Chance and head the firm's fund structuring practice in Paris.
Portfolio companies hungry for improved exit advice
Portfolio companies consider exit advice as the most important contribution to value generation that their private equity backers make, yet performance falls short of expectations, according to a recent PwC survey.
Newfund invests in XOR Motors
Venture capital Newfund has backed XOR Motors, a French manufacturer of electric scooters.
N+1 receives dividend recap payout from Mivisa
Spanish GP N+1 has received €21.8m as part of a dividend recap from canning company Mivisa Group.
Nixen promotes Houlot to partner
French private equity firm Nixen Partners has promoted Vincent Houlot to partner in its Paris office.
BVCA chief Florman resigns
BVCA chief Mark Florman has resigned after just over two years in the post.
Finnish state launches €1bn start-up fund
The Finnish Economy Ministry is launching a тЌ1bn venture capital start-up fund to attract private investors.
Oxford Capital leads $5m funding round for Abiquo
Oxford Capital has led a $5m funding round for Spain- and UK-based software business Abiquo.
Water Street backs CCBR-SYNARC
Water Street Healthcare Partners has invested in Danish clinical services company CCBR-SYNARC.
Halder appoints new executive chairman
Halder Beteiligungsberatung has appointed Hanns Ostmeier as executive chairman in the firm's Frankfurt office.
DPE closes fund II on €350m
Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) has closed its second fund on €350m, alongside a feeder fund.
Elbrus Capital buys minority stake in B2B-Center
Elbrus Capital has acquired a 23% stake in Russian online procurement marketplace B2B-Center.
August Equity promotes three
August Equity has strengthened its investment team with three promotions.