UK / Ireland
UK - Barclays Ventures leads £12.5m buyout of KDC Contractors
Barclays Ventures has led the management buyout of demolition contractor KDC Contractors Ltd in a deal worth £12.5m.
UK - Barclays Ventures funds double acquisition by Howorth
Barclays Ventures is providing portfolio company Howorth Air Technology, a clean air solutions specialist with funding to acquire Westbury Filters Ltd and Filtermation Products Ltd, two designers, manufacturers and installers of filters in a deal worth...
UK - BOSIF takes stake in Integrated Subsea Services
Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance has acquired subsea company Integrated Subsea Services for £80m in a deal valuing the company at £143m.
UK - LTF invests in Intellistream
London Technology Fund (LTF) has invested £1m in Intellistream, a developer of technology for interactive mobile video applications.
UK - NVM exits TFB for £9m
NVM has exited Technology for Business (TFB), a provider of specialist IT systems for law firms.
UK - five bidders interested in Safety-Kleen
Blackstone, Cinven, Hellman & Friedman, Montagu and Warburg Pincus are reported to all mades bids for Safey-Kleen, a service provider to automotive and industrial customers.
UK - Endless invests in St Neots from new fund
Endless has taken a significant minority stake in specialist print and packaging company St Neots Packaging for an undisclosed amount.
UK - Graphite recruits new partner
Graphite Capital has hired Dana Haimoff as partner.
UK - NVM invests £5m in Optilan
NVM Private Equity has invested around £5m to acquire telecommunications network provider Optilan.
UK - Close Brothers backs £8.7m Baricon deal
Close Brothers Private Equity has backed portfolio company Energy Cranes in its acquisition of sub-sea systems supplier Baricon Systems in a deal valuing Barcon at £8.7m.
EUROPE – DN Capital reaches EUR 50m first close
Unquote” has learned from a limited partner that European early stage and growth equity investor DN Capital has reached a first close of its second fund, Global Venture Capital II (GVC II). The fund raised just under half of its EUR 100m target and...
UK - MTI holds first close of university fund
MTI and The University of Manchester have held a first close of UMIP Premier Fund on €42m. The fund will focus exclusively on spin-outs from The University of Manchester.
UK - Inflexion buys out subsea vehicle specialist
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired SMD, a designer and manufacturer of remotely controlled subsea vehicle systems.
UK - Statistics show recycled deals prop up deal flow
Secondary buyouts accounted for over half of all exits by value in 2007, with deal value reaching a record £14.4bn on the back of 124 transactions, according to data released today by CMBOR. This is nearly double the £8bn recorded in 2006. The number...
UK - SEP and Energy Ventures invest £4m in Futuretec
Scottish Equity Partners and Energy Ventures have invested £4m in oil and gas wells casing technology company Futuretec.
UK - Inflexion sells stake in Tekton for £21m
Inflexion Private Equity has sold it stake in software provider Tekton Group for £21m to Sage.
UK - LDC backs buyout of Ego
LDC has backed the insitutional buyout of Mediterrean-style restaurant group Ego through the management team of restaurant chain La Tasca.
UK - Braveheart invests in AppShare
Braveheart Investment has taken part in a £180,000 funding round in software developer AppShare Ltd alongside University of Strathclyde.
UK - Shackleton acquires Powercore
Shackleton Ventures has provided funding to its portfolio company inglobal Ltd to acquire Powercore, a provider of sale, rental and provision services for mid-range hardware products.
UK - 3i invests £50m in Hyperion
3i has invested £50m in insurance, brokerage and underwriting specialist Hyperion Insurance Group, in a deal valuing the company in excess of £120m. 3i has invested for a minority stake.
UK - Top Technology in £10m funding round for Oxford NanoLabs
Top Technology Ventures and existing investor IP Group have invested £1.4m and £1m respectively in Oxford University spin-out company Oxford NanoLabs Ltd.
UK - Apposite hires new investor relations manager
Apposite Capital has appointed Valerie Auffray as investor relations manager.
UK - Key Capital acquires JD Plastics
Key Capital Partners has invested £2.3m in roofline contractor and supplier JD Plastics and Rooflines Ltd.
UK - CGC sells Allen & Heath
Close Growth Capital (CGC) has sold Allen & Heath, a designer and manufacturer of audio mixing consoles to D&M Holdings for an undisclosed sum.