Southern Europe
Southern Italian VCs shaping the industry's future
Southern Italy
PE-backed Cortefiel refinances €1.3bn debt
Spanish clothing retailer Cortefiel, backed by CVC, Permira and PAI partners, has refinanced €1.3bn worth of debt, according to reports in the Spanish press.
Listed PE yields results
The investment landscape is rapidly transforming, reshaping itself almost beyond recognition as past follies take their toll on institutional investment powerhouses and new investors arise to take their roles in this new world. But will the much maligned...
The irrelevance of fees
Fees: irrelevant?
Police investigate 2007 sale of Valentino to Permira
Italian police have seized assets worth €65m from the Marzotto family and its business associates under suspicion of tax evasion connected to the 2007 sale of Valentino to Permira, according to reports.
AXA PE opens Beijing office
AXA Private Equity has opened an office in Beijing, its first in China.
Special Report: Italy
Special Report: Italy
Caixa Capital Risc backs Xtraice with €800,000
Caixa Capital Risc has injected €800,000 into Xtraice, a manufacturer and distributor of ecological synthetic ice.
Investindustrial in €439m PortAventura deal
Investindustrial has acquired the remaining 50% stake of its existing portfolio company PortAventura, a destination resort in Spain.
Ambienta buys Tattile
Italian environmental investor Ambienta has acquired a 70% stake in machine vision and automation solutions firm Tattile.
DACH leads quiet Europe in Q3
DACH on top
Chilean financial institutions buy stake in Spanish FoF
LarrainVial and Consorcio Nacional de Seguros, a Chilean investment bank and financial services firm respectively, have acquired a 20% stake in the holding company of Spanish fund-of-funds Altamar.
Inveready in €3m round for Althia
Spanish VC Inveready has contributed to a €3m funding round for Althia, a biomedical firm based in Madrid.
Bridgepoint halves stake in Dorna Sports
Bridgepoint has halved its stake in Spanish sports management company Dorna Sports, according to reports.
Axis and Baring inject €20m into Avanza
Axis Participaciones Empresariales and Baring Private Equity Partners have injected €20m into Spanish services and processes outsourcing firm Avanza.
KKR considers Spain's NH Hoteles
KKR has made an offer to buy bonds that can be converted into shares in Spanish hotel group NH Hoteles, according to reports.
No fundraising "doom and gloom" – SJ Berwin's Sonya Pauls
Sonya Pauls on fundraising
Spanish government to launch new VC fund
The Spanish government will announce the launch of a new VC fund to back technology startups next week, according to reports in the local press.
Principia backs 4W Marketplace with €2.5m
Italian VC Principia has injected €2.5m into online advertising network 4W MarketPlace.
The Southern European renaissance
After a bleary-eyed summer, Southern European deal activity awoke last month with a notable increase in both volume and value.
Q3 Barometer: European deal flow plummets 35%
Q3 Barometer
Inveready leads €850,000 round for MyStarAutograph
Inveready has led an €850,000 funding round for online signed merchandise retailer MyStarAutograph.
Vertis Venture et al. back AppsBuilder
Vertis Venture, Zernike Meta Ventures and business angels have backed Milan-based app development platform AppsBuilder with €1.5m.
GED buys own portfolio with tail-end fund
GED has raised a secondary tail-end fund that has acquired the portfolio of its first Iberian fund, GED Iberian.