Southern Europe
SPAIN - 3i considering sale of Provimar
3i is reportedly negotiating the sale of portfolio company Provimar to restaurant business Grupo Arturo for EUR 18m. Provimar specialises in services to ships and duty free stores.
SPAIN - Lemon Quest receives EUR 2m in first financing round
Lemon Quest, a Madrid-based developer of games for mobile phones, has received its first round of financing from Debaeque Capital, the venture capital firm managed by Patrick Raibaut. Debaeque has injected EUR 2m and has taken a stake in Lemon Quest...
ITALY - BC Partners appoints Antonio Belloni
BC Partners has announced the recruitment of Antonio Belloni as managing partner of the firm’s office in Milan. Formerly CEO at De Agostini Group, he will be responsible for leading the firm's buyout operation in Italy. Belloni's new employer invested...
PORTUGAL - PME Investimentos backs GADSA
Document management company GADSA – Arquivo e Deposito has received backing from PME Investimentos in a first round of funding worth EUR 750,000, 50% of which is equity and 50% debt. In return, the Lisbon–based private equity firm is taking a 37.5%...
ITALY - Strategia Italia invests in Microcinema
Audiovisual distributor Microcinema Srl received EUR 1.2m of funding from a consortium led by Strategia Italia. The Turin-based company will seek to introduce digital cinema to the Italian market. Microcinema plans to distribute audiovisual contents,...
ITALY - Consilium moves to new office
Consilium, the private equity firm of Antonio Glorioso, has recently moved to new premises. The contact details are: Consilium SGR pA Via Sacchi, 7 20121 Milan Italy Tel. +39 02 7260191 Fax. +39 02 72095768
PORTUGAL - Espirito Santo Capital and GED Private Equity acquire CHCH
Grupo Azkoyen, a manufacturer of coffee vending machines, has sold the coffee distribution activities of its branch in Portugal, the Company of Hostelería and Consumo Hispanolusa (CHCH), for EUR 8.5m to Espirito Santo Capital and GED Private Equity....
ITALY - DLA Piper appoints new partners
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of partners Luigi Rizzi and Alessandro Corno. Both specialise in financial services. Rizzi, a former Simmons & Simmons partner, has a wealth of experience in financial service and regulatory activities, as well...
ITALY - New premises for Sigefi Italia
Private equity firm Sigefi Italia has recently moved premises. The new contact details are: Sigefi Italia Private Equity SpA Via San Senatore, 10 20122 Milan (Italy) Tel: +39 02 89691477 Fax: +39 02 89691483
ITALY - BS Private Equity acquires 17.3% of IP Cleaning
BS Private Equity has signed a definitive agreement to pay EUR 7.1m for the 17.3% stake currently held by Interpump Group in IP Cleaning (IPC) through the holding company X-Equity SpA. In May 2005 BS Private Equity, Capitalia Sofipa SGR and the company's...
SPAIN - Baring Private Equity Partners sell stake in Clisa-Indulisa
Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) and other investors have sold their stakes in cleaning services company Clisa –Indulisa to Danish facility service provider ISS. Although the deal value has not been disclosed, the transaction is believed to be...
ITALY - Fondo Nord Ovest Impresa invests in RGM
The fund Nord Ovest Impresa, managed by SanPaolo Fondi Chiusi SGR, completed its first investment in RGM, a company focused on the design and manufacture of power supplies.
SPAIN - Riva y Garcia backs third financing round in Southwing
Via its vehicles Invercat Exterior FCR and Spinnaker Invest SCR, Riva y Garcia Private Equity has taken the lead in a EUR 5m third financing round in Southwing SL.
ITALY - BS Private Equity relocates to new offices
BS Private Equity and BS Investimenti SGR have announced their relocation to new offices in Milan. The contact details are: BS Private Equity BS Investimenti SGR Spa Via dell’Orso, 8 I - 20121 Milan tel: +39 02 762113.1 fax: +39 02 762113.40
SPAIN - 3i exits Grupo Gesinar
Atisreal, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Real Estate, acquired 100% of Grupo Gesinar, a player present in both commercial and residential real estate services from 3i and minority shareholders. The transaction value has not been disclosed.
ITALY - TLcom Capital realises investment in Netscalibur Italia
London-based venture capital fund TLcom Capital announced today that it has agreed to sell 100% of Netscalibur Italia to Infracom, a Milan-based private industrial group active in the telecommunications, information technology and mobility businesses....
SPAIN - 3i exits Grupo Gesinar
Atisreal, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Real Estate, has acquired 100% of Grupo Gesinar, a player present in both commercial and residential real estate services from 3i and minority shareholders. The transaction value has not been disclosed.
SPAIN - Elio Berhanyer secures backing for its fashion business
Tailored clothing firm Artesanos Camiseros has announced its expansion plans and the partnership with private equity firm Capital Riesgo Madrid, bank Caja Madrid and Cordoba-based designer Elio Berhanyer, to create a new firm. The financial details have...
ITALY - PricewaterhouseCoopers opens tax and legal office in Milan
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recently launched TLS, its new tax and legal practice in Italy. Although it will remain a separate legal entity, the new office is an official part of the PwC network.
ITALY - MPS Venture divests stake in Iseo
Two years after its original investment, MPS Venture has sold its entire stake in lock and hinges manufacturer Iseo Serrature back to the company's founding family for EUR 15m. Iseo Serrature is based in Pisogne (Brescia). It expects to report a turnover...
ITALY - Aksia Group buys majority stake in Turbosol
Private equity firm Aksia purchased a 80% shareholding in Turbosol Produzione SpA from its founding family for EUR 15m. The company, located in the suburbs of Treviso, specialises in the production of machinery and systems for pumping and spraying mortars...
ITALY - Synergo Sgr buys 40% of Air Italy
Gianfilippo Cuneo's firm Synergo Sgr has recently agreed to invest an undisclosed amount of capital in return for a 40% stake in troubled low-cost airline Air Italy. The consideration has not been disclosed. The growth plan will see the expansion of the...
SPAIN - Applus+ still attracting private equity interest
Reports suggest that even after the failed takeover bid by Candover, the shareholders of Applus+ are still determined to sell the company.
ITALY - Private equity courts Alitalia
According to press reports, the Italian government is considering the possiblity of selling a 20% shareholding in national airline Alitalia to a private equity fund.