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IRELAND - NCB invests €2.5m in Zamano

NCB Ventures, via its Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, has invested in listed mobile data services company Zamano in a deal valued at EUR 2.5m.

  • Expansion
  • 11 December 2009
UK - Maven's Capital for Enterprise invests £2m into Pentagon

Maven Capital Partners, via its Capital for Enterprise Fund, has invested £2m into chemical manufacturer Pentagon Chemicals.

  • Expansion
  • 10 December 2009
UK - Carbon Trust invests £4m in New Earth Solutions

Carbon Trust Investments has invested £4m in waste treatment and renewable energy company New Earth Solutions.

  • Expansion
  • 10 December 2009
UK - Epi-V invests £7m in Moorland Energy

Specialist investor Epi-V has invested a further £7m in Moorland Energy, an upstream exploration and production company.

  • Early-stage
  • 10 December 2009
UK - Francisco Partners to acquire Cybit for £23m

Global private equity firm Francisco Partners has reached agreement on the take-private acquisition of London listed technology company Cybit Holdings plc, in a deal valuing the business at almost £23m.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 December 2009
EUROPE - Yield of dreams: unquote” explores high yield

The European high-yield market has opened once again, but, given its failings in the past, can the market shake off its reputation as a short-lived phenomenon and become a viable financing option for buyouts? To read Emanuel Eftimiu's feature see below,...

  • Financing
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Beringea invests £1m into TH_NK

Beringea, via its ProVen VCT fund, has made a £1m investment into digital agency TH_NK.

  • Expansion
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Bridges Ventures backs Babington MBI

Bridges Ventures has backed the management buy-in of vocational training company Babington Business College, in a deal of undisclosed value.

  • Buyouts
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Electra-backed Premier makes £23m acquisiton

Electra Partners-backed fund manager Premier Asset Management has completed the acquisition of the management contracts for two OEIC fund umbrellas from Aberdeen Asset Management, for a total consideration of £23m.

  • Expansion
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Lyceum-backed Synexus acquires ClinPharm

Lyceum Capital-backed Synexus, an international clinical trials specialist, has acquired Germany-based ClinPharm in a deal of undisclosed value.

  • Expansion
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Vitruvian Partners acquires CIG

London-based Vitruvian Partners has acquired a majority stake in Callcredit Information Group (CIG), the credit referencing and marketing services subsidiary of building society Skipton, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Buyouts
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Apax to acquire Marken in £975m deal

Apax Partners has agreed to aquire Marken, a specialist in clinical drug trial logistics, from management and mezzanine lender ICG in a deal reportedly valued at £975m.

  • Buyouts
  • 08 December 2009
UK - Curzon Park leads £1m funding round for Q Chip

Cleantech venture investor Curzon Park Capital has led a £1m funding round for bioencapsulation technology specialist Q Chip Life Sciences, alongside Finance Wales.

  • Early-stage
  • 07 December 2009
GLOBAL - Hudson reaches USD 1bn target for maiden fund

Hudson Clean Energy Partners reached its USD 1bn target for its maiden fund Hudson Clean Energy Partners LP, having secured USD 1.024bn in commitments.

  • Buyout
  • 07 December 2009
UK - Patron completes £42.5m takeover of Powerleague

Existing shareholder Patron Capital Partners has completed the takeover of listed company Powerleague plc, the largest owner and operator of 5-a-side football centres in Europe, in a deal of £42.5m.

  • Buyouts
  • 07 December 2009
GLOBAL – CIC provides Apax with liquidity boost

Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC), may invest up to EUR 800m in Apax' EUR 11.2bn fund. The move is not intended to boost the vehicle's size, which last year became Europe's largest private equity fund. Instead it is believed to...

  • Buyout
  • 07 December 2009
EUROPE - Candover to “substantially” reduce fund

Following nearly 12 months of difficulties that stemmed from its parent's liquidity issues at the beginning of the year, Candover has today announced it will "substantially reduce" the size of its 2008 Fund, which had targeted EUR 5bn and reached a first...

  • GPs
  • 04 December 2009
UK - Carbon Trust et al. invest £2.7m in Whitfield Solar

Carbon Trust Investments and a private syndicate of new investors have co-led an investment of close to £3m in solar energy technology company Whitfield Solar, alongside existing investors the Cascade Fund and Kilsby Ltd.

  • Expansion
  • 03 December 2009
UK/ITALY - Permira's BirdsEye and Lion's Findus interested in Findus Italy

According to reports, Permira-backed Birds Eye Iglo and Lion Capital's Findus Group are among the interested bidders for Unilever's frozen food unit Findus Italy.

  • Expansion
  • 03 December 2009
EUROPE - EVCA report shows sharp rise in turnaround deals

While investment activity in 2009 has slowed significantly, new research published by the EVCA today shows that the downturn has provided a sharp rise in turnaround opportunities, which were up 40% in the first nine months of this year against the same...

  • Buyouts
  • 03 December 2009
GLOBAL - LPs sound warning over private equity performance

A new report has provided a damning assessment of LP confidence in private equity as an asset class, revealing dissatisfaction over performance and new demands in relation to due diligence and reporting. By Ashley Wassall

  • LPs
  • 03 December 2009
UK- August Equity completes Hat Trick exit

August Equity has exited its 45% stake in portfolio company Hat Trick, the television production company responsible for programmes such as 'Have I Got News For You' and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway', via a management buy-back led by co-founder Jimmy Mulville.

  • Exits
  • 03 December 2009
EUROPE - Mourant acquired by State Street to create PE servicing giant

European fund administrator Mourant International Finance Administration has been acquired by financial services giant State Street Corporation for an undisclosed sum.

  • Advisory
  • 02 December 2009
UK/US - Marathon holds $400m first close on US toxic asset fund

London-based Marathon Asset Management has held a $400m first close of its public-private toxic asset fund, an initiative engineered by the US government to buy up troubled assets from banks that has so far seen $5bn raised by eight seperate fund managers.

  • Credit/Special Situations
  • 02 December 2009
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