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Deutsche Beteiligungs acquires FDG group
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired a 79.6% stake in French category management group FDG from its founding families.
Phoenix-backed Precise Media buys MediaGen
Precise Media Group has acquired media monitoring specialist MediaGen, with the support of Phoenix Equity Partners.
ISIS-backed ITG acquires Total Marketing Services
ISIS Equity Partners has invested £3.2m for Inspired Thinking Group’s (ITG) acquisition of Total Marketing Services LLP(TMS).
Private equity derivatives: Hedging your bets
Derivatives have come to be accepted as a way of life for many asset classes, including publicly traded equity. However, the emergence of the products in the private equity space has raised some eyebrows. Questions have been raised over whether they can...
Finance Wales co-sponsors Altech in £610,000 investment
Finance Wales and the Welsh Assembly have given Altech Software a £610,000 investment.
Perfectis sells Philippe Manutention to Groupe Manuloc
Perfectis Private Equity has sold its majority stake in forklifts distributor Philippe Manutention to industrial group Manuloc.
NextStage et al. invest €3m in Port Adhoc
French marina services operator Port Adhoc has raised €3m in a new round of fundraising led by Nextstage.
Brit Insurance shares jump after declining private equity offer
Brit Insurance shares jumped 20% this morning after the firm rejected a private equity approach, according to reports.
Palamon hires Hauptmeier to London office
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Dietrich Hauptmeier as associate principal.
Xange Private Equity funds Iptego
XAnge Private Equity has invested in Iptego, a software developer for the telecommunications industry.
Nexit Ventures back Octoshape
Nexit Ventures has invested €4m in Danish mobile video delivery company Octoshape.
Private equity LPs flock to the Nordic region
The Nordic private equity model is becoming increasingly attractive, according to industry experts. Rikke Eckhoff reports from the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress in Stockholm.
SEB Venture Capital leads investment in Coresonic
SEB Venture Capital has invested €1.5m in Swedish technology firm, Coresonic.
Sale of Complinet provides exit for Canter Equity
Complinet, the global information and solutions provider has been sold to Thomson Reuters for an undisclosed sum.
Swedish Central Bank chief warns on continued threats
Lars Nyberg, deputy governor of the Swedish Central Bank, said the Swedish economy is not out of danger, in his keynote speech at the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress 2010. Viktor Lundvall reports.
Octopus Ventures invests £2m in Opex Group
Octopus Ventures has invested £2million from its £30 million Octopus Capital for Enterprise Fund into Opex Group, an exhibition and event organisers' services group.
Montagu and GIP look to build up Biffa
Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners have agreed to acquire waste management group Greenstar UK from NTR plc for £135m.
Avista commits $48.5m to OptiNose
US-based Avista Capital Partners has invested $48.5m in Norwegian medical company OptiNose.
FW Capital hires Pratt as investment executive
Joanne Pratt has joined FW Capital, part of the Finance Wales Group, as senior investment executive.
Warburg Pincus sponsored Tornier applies for $205m IPO
Private equity-backed Tornier BV has plans to raise around $205m by listing on Nasdaq Global Markets.
Olicom files for bankruptcy
Danish venture capital firm Olicom today announced it has filed for bankruptcy.
Endless puchases Webb Group from Findel
Endless has acquired Webb Group Limited for £1 from multi-channel retailer Findel Plc.
Venture Capital: Corporates rev up their investments
US car giant General Motors has become the latest corporate to enter the venture fray, recently announcing it had established a $100m fund to invest in early-stage companies. Like traditional VC investors, this and other corporate funds will, no doubt,...
Key Capital Partners invests £1m in Fly
Key Capital Partners has invested £1m in its portfolio company Fly53 as a follow-on investment.