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Russian VCs merge ZdorovieOnline and VitaPortal
Fast Lane Ventures and Prostor Capital have merged their VitaPortal asset with Runa Capital’s ZdorovieOnline to create a new Russian online medical advice company.
Lloyds, HSBC, GE team up for Côte funding
CBPE’s acquisition of Côte Restaurants earlier this month received debt financing from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s Acquisition Finance team, the HSBC Leveraged Finance team and GE Capital.
Electra acquires South Lakeland Parks
Electra Partners has acquired holiday parks operator South Lakeland Parks for £47m and will look to exploit synergies with its portfolio company Park Resorts.
Investec supports Lomond Capital
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided financing to Edinburgh-based property management company Lomond Capital.
Tapastreet pulls in €500,000 funding round
Tapastreet, an Irish location-based media discovery app developer, has secured a €500,000 investment from state-backed venture capital firms Kernel Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
Fundraising: Germany's drawing power
The number of funds raised by German players – and the amount of capital they have been able to draw in – has increased steadily in the post-crash years.
Mid Europa's PKL completes bolt-on
Polskie Koleje Linowe (PKL), a cable car and ski lift operator owned by Mid Europa Partners, has acquired ski lift business Kolej Gondolowa Jaworzyna Krynicka.
Omnes invests €1m in Prodealcenter
Omnes Capital has backed Prodealcenter, a French online retailer of agricultural parts, with a €1m investment.
Germany Report 2013
Germany Report
Palatine's head of portfolio Donaldson steps down
Palatine Private Equity head of portfolio Steve Donaldson left the firm last month for an industry role.
Doughty sells part of HellermannTyton stake
Doughty Hanson has sold a 20.9% stake in listed cable management products manufacturer HellermannTyton for £119m.
BGF injects £4m into VTL
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £4m into VTL Group, a manufacturer of car components.
Entrepreneur Venture backs edjing
Entrepreneur Venture and Deezer founder Daniel Marhely have invested a joint $2.5m in edjing, a France-based DJ application developer.
TPG-backed Grohe goes to Lixil in trade sale
TPG Capital and Credit Suisse's private equity arm have sold bathroom fittings manufacturer Grohe to Japanese household equipment maker Lixil and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in a €3bn trade sale.
ICG refinances Exclusive Networks
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has provided a senior debt package to refinance Omnes Capital-backed Exclusive Networks.
KBC sells German division to Apollo et al.
Belgium’s KBC Bank has sold its German stand-alone subsidiary, KBC Bank Deutschland (KBCD), to a consortium of investors including Apollo Global Management and Grovepoint Capital.
Litorina exits Ateljé Margaretha
Litorina has sold Swedish distance retail company Ateljé Margaretha to its management and private co-investors.
Club Med takeover pushed back to earliest March 2014
Axa Private Equity and Chinese conglomerate Fosun have suffered a setback in their plan to take French holiday resorts operator Club Med private, as a court of appeal will not rule on minority shareholders' opposition to the deal before March 2014 at...
IBB backs Myelo Therapeutics in series-A
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft has backed a series-A financing round for pharmaceutical company Myelo Therapeutics.
Sofinnova et al. invest £1.3m in Synthace
Sofinnova Partners has led a £1.3m funding round for Synthace, a London-based applied synthetic bioengineering company, alongside a syndicate of angel investors.
Graphite Capital hits £475m target in six months
UK mid-market investor Graphite Capital has held a £475m closing for its latest vehicle, GCP VIII. A handful of potential additional commitments could bring the total to more than £500m within the next few weeks.
Capricorn leads $3.3m round for Ngdata
Capricorn Venture Partners has led a $3.3m funding round for Belgian big data company Ngdata alongside existing backer Sniper Investments and angel investors.
Wölbern Invest's Schulte taken into custody on fraud charges
Heinrich Schulte, the owner of asset manager Wölbern Invest, was taken into custody yesterday, facing charges relating to the embezzlement of €137m.
KfW backs Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund with €10m
German development bank KfW has invested €10m in the Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, joining backers including JP Morgan and GlaxoSmithKline.