Southern Europe
Gilde's latest fund reaches €800m hard cap
Gilde Buyout Partners have closed their Gilde Buyout Fund IV on тЌ800m.
Fouriertransform invests SEK 28m in Alelion Batteries
Fouriertransform AB (FTAB) has invested SEK 28m in Alelion Batteries AB through a share issue.
IPO of EPiServer cancelled
Venture capital investors Amadeus Capital, Northzone Ventures and Monterro Holding have pulled plans to list portfolio company EPiServer.
Sovereign Capital backs Paragon acquisition of Platinum
Sovereign Capital portfolio company, Paragon, has acquired Platinum Training & Development.
Oxford Capital adds Watts to investment team
Oxford Capital Partners has appointed Colin Watts as investment director.
Mercapital offers €135m for Teknon
Mercapital has made a тЌ135m bid for Barcelona-based Centro MУЉdico Teknon.
BC Partners lines up IPO for Fitness First
BC Partners is preparing to exit Fitness First in an IPO worth up to ТЃ1.2bn, according to reports.
Kaye Scholer poaches DLA Piper's Harris
DLA Piperтs head of private equity practice, Andrew B Harris, has joined US law firm Kaye Scholer LLP.
Coach & Capital provide funding for Mindmancer
Coach & Capital and Chalmers Innovation have invested in CCTV systems operator Mindmancer, following the issue of new shares in June 2009.
Cubera reaches final close on secondary fund
Cubera Private Equity has reached final close for its secondary fund Cubera V.
Carlyle's Ramsey resigns from leverage finance team
Carlyleтs managing director of European leveraged finance, Mike Ramsey, has resigned his London-based role.
Norinnova leads investment in Vivision Roller
Norinnova has invested alongside KapNord Fond and Narvik Kapital in Vivision Roller AS.
Rothschild Capital Partners appoints portfolio director
FranУЇois-Xavier Mauron has joined Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners' private equity team as portfolio director.
Consortium invests in Målselv Utvikling
A consortium consisting of Investinor, Sparebanken Nord-Norge Invest, SIVA, Luma Invest and others, have invested NOK 52m in MУЅlselv Utvikling AS.
OTC Asset Management injects $3.3m in Nuxeo
OTC Asset Management has provided content management solutions provider Nuxeo with $3.3m.
All-equity deals on the rise in 2010
The proportion of all-equity deals being executed by private equity players is on the rise once again, as the debt-underwriting markets continue to lag behind a revival in deal activity, forcing investors to fully back deals to meet vendor deadlines....
Chalmers Innovation provides funding for Witsbits
Chalmers Innovation has provided funding for Witsbits AB, a provider of software for cloud computing services.
ABP and OMERS launch INKEF Capital
ABP and OMERS have launched INKEF Capital, a тЌ200m venture capital fund.
Avenir Entreprises invests in Intégral Système
Avenir Entreprises has backed electronic locks specialist IntУЉgral SystУЈme via its AEM mezzanine fund.
Chequers buys Thermocoax back from TCR Capital
Chequers Capital has purchased a majority stake in heating technology specialist Thermocoax from TCR Capital.
AIFM vote put back to autumn
A crucial vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managersт (AIFM) Directive has been delayed until September.
Tertiary buyouts: Passing it on
As deal making fever returns to the market, tertiary sales appear to be back in vogue for a number of private equity investors looking to put their secondary assets on the block.
LGT closes secondaries fund on €1.2bn
LGT Capital Partners has reached final close for its Crown Global Secondaries II plc fund, on $1.2bn.
Consortium sell stake in Cognis
Permira, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and SVG Capital have sold their stakes in Cognis to BASF.