Southern Europe
ITALY - Intesa Sanpaolo invests EUR 7m in software company
Intesa Sanpaolo has taken a 23% stake in software company Dedalus in a deal valued at EUR 13.6m, to which the investor provided EUR 7m.
SPAIN - CVC acquires majority stake in restaurant chain
CVC-backed Grupo Zena has acquired a majority stake in restaurant chain La Vaca Argentina in a deal reportedly valued at EUR 18m.
SPAIN - Investor Growth Capital acquires 26% stake in TDT
Swedish venture capital firm Investor Growth Capital has acquired a 26% stake in Televisión Digital Terrestre (TDT).
SPAIN - Capital Energy searchs for private equity investors
Energy group Capital Energy is seeking to raise EUR 100m in private equity investments.
PORTUGAL - Explorer Investments acquires construction company
Explorer Investments has acquired industrial player Cosntrutora da Ferraria through its fund Explorer I.
EUROPE - Index closes first ventures growth fund on EUR 400m
Index Ventures has closed its latest fund Index Ventures Growth I LP on EUR 400m. The fund was formed to address the market opportunity created by the maturation of Europeтs start-up industry and the movement of traditional late-stage investors into larger...
The problem with sovereign wealth funds
Stuart Mills considers the impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds on the private equity market.
ITALY - Ergon acquires 50% stake in industrial manufacturer
Belgian Ergon Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Nicotra-Gebhardt from Fondo Interbancario d'Investimento Azionario in a deal valued at approximately EUR 80m.
ITALY - New fund to invest in Central and South America
The Fondo America Centrale e Meridionale will invest in Central and South American companies acquiring participations to a maximum of 49% of the firm's social capital.
SPAIN - Miura Private Equity sees the light
The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores has approved the creation of Miura Private Equity.
SPAIN - Ahorro Coporación-backed Aurgi defaults on debt
Ahorro Corporación's portfolio automotive sector company Aurgi has reportedly defaulted on its debt repayments.
ITALY - Capitalia invests a further EUR 16m in Gruppo Pneufin
Capitalia Sofipa has increased its investment in Gruppo Pneufin by a further EUR 16.75m bringing its total investment in the company to EUR 29.42m.
SPAIN - Impala fails to meet deadline set for its second closing
Impala Capital Partners has failed to meet the deadline for the second closing of its second vehicle.
SPAIN - Record high for Spanish private equity in 2007
The volume and value of private equity deals in Spain reached record highs of 776 and EUR 4.2bn respectively in 2007.
SPAIN - Landon acquires stake in hotel chain
Grupo Corporativo Landon acquired a 47% stake in hotel chain Sercotel.
ITALY - AXA Private Equity acquires hydraulics company
Axa Private Equity has backed the management buyout of hydraulics group Idroma.
SPAIN - Regional player Prince Capital Partners launches
Prince Capital Partners is set to launch as the first private financial institution investing in companies in the Asturian region, North West Spain.
FRANCE/ITALY - VCM opens first international office in Paris
German VCM Capital Management has opened its first international office in Paris which will be responsible for relationships in the French and Italian markets.
ITALY – New fund Toscana Innovazione launches with EUR 50m
Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia (SICI) has launched Toscana Innovazione, a new EUR 50m closed fund.
SPAIN - 3i to invest EUR 30m in Spanish television company
3i is set to complete a deal with Spanish television company Boomerang TV which will see it investing approximately EUR 30m in the business.
SPAIN - Nazca Capital backs logistics players
Nazca Capital has invested in logistics company Transportes García Villalobos (GyV) and Plataforma Frigorífica.
A Year of two halves
Daniel Morland of Close Brothers Corporate Finance assesses the state of the debt market at the end of what turned out to be a turbulent year
UK/SPAIN - LCA invests £2.5m into Classical Renaissance
Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd (LCA) has completed an investment of ТЃ2.5m, provided in the form of a profit participating loan, into Classical Renaissance EspaУБa SL. As part of the deal, LCA will recieve an equity stake in Classical Renaissance Ltd, the...
ITALY - Palamon sells media player Today Spa
Palamon Capital Partners has exited printed media company Today Spa.