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Fogel & Partners appointed for Candyking IPO
Accent Equity Partners has appointed Fogel & Partners to advise on confectionery retailer Candyking’s upcoming IPO.
Permira picks up 3i’s Bestinvest
Listed-firm 3i has sold UK wealth manager Bestinvest to Permira.
Warsaw-listed Budimex Danwood sold to Enterprise Investors for €57m
Enterprise Investors has wholly acquired Polish timber-frame home builder Danwood.
Ardian backs CLS Group with €30m
Ardian, formerly Axa Private Equity, has invested €30m in CLS Group, a satellite-based environmental data provider.
Flying the nest: New wave of French spinouts
Following a decade of French spinouts from banks and insurance companies, the last few weeks have seen some of the most high-profile carve-outs to date. Greg Gille reports
Sovereign’s Eden acquires Essential Futures
UK buy-and-build specialist Sovereign Capital has backed the acquisition of Essential Futures by portfolio company Eden.
Cinven’s CPA in dividend recap
Cinven is set to reap a £180m dividend from a refinancing of just more than £600m for its portfolio company CPA Global, a UK-based intellectual property management services provider.
PMV backs arGEN-X
PMV has invested €5m in arGEN-X, a Dutch and Belgian biotechnology firm, in an extension of the company’s 2011 series-B round, which now totals €32.5m.
Private equity may bite into MPM pet foods
UK pet food firm MPM Products has hired PwC to explore funding options for the business.
Biocartis secures €30m from PMV et al.
Swiss molecular diagnostics firm Biocartis has raised €30m in its series-E round from a group of investors including PMV, Debiopharm Diagnostics and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC).
CCMP, Axis, Corpfin pump further €10.5m into Volotea
Spanish low-cost airline Volotea has raised a further €10.5 m from its existing backers.
Partech et al. back AlephD
Partech Ventures, CapDécisif Management and A Plus Finance have injected €1.5m into AlephD, a Paris-based provider of real-time advertisement-selling solutions for online publishers.
Nordwind sells SHW stake
Nordwind Capital has sold its remaining 58% stake in listed German automotive supplier SHW for €132.6m, according to reports.
Seraphim et al. back Pyreos
Seraphim Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) and Siemens Technology Accelerator (STA) have invested $4m in Scotland-based Pyreos.
Ippon leads £10m investment in Midatech
Nanomedicines manufacturer Midatech has raised £10m in a funding round led by Geneva-based private equity house Ippon Capital.
Sofinnova, Forbion lead €20m round for Hookipa
A consortium of investors led by Sofinnova Partners and Forbion Capital Partners has invested €20m in a series-B funding round for Austria-based Hookipa Biotech.
3i acquires Allianz's Scandlines stake
3i Group has agreed to acquire co-investor Allianz Capital Partners’ stake in ferry operator Scandlines.
Sovereign appoints Barclays Ventures’ Morgan
Jeremy Morgan, Sovereign Capital
Earlybird backs RapidMiner
Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital have co-led a $5m series-A funding round for RapidMiner, a German provider of a predictive analytics platform.
LDC invests £22m in Joules
LDC has backed UK-based fashion and homeware retailer Joules with a £22m investment in exchange for a minority stake.
Nord II’s Rapp Marine adds on Statech
Nord Kapitalforvaltning’s portfolio company Rapp Marine has wholly acquired Statech, a Norwegian design and engineering company for the oil and gas industry.
RDIF, CDC launch €1bn Franco-Russian vehicle
Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Caisse des Dépôts International (CDC) have joined forces to launch the €1bn Russia-France Investment Fund (RFIF).
Industry must adapt, Investec study finds
Private equity professionals are concerned that the industry is doing too little to address its most pressing issues, according to a study by Investec Fund Finance.
UK plc to overlook Europe
UK plc is to look further overseas, to destinations including the US, India, Brazil and China, for new acquisitions, diminishing a key exit route for European private equity-backed businesses.