Healthcare
Mercapital offers €135m for Teknon
Mercapital has made a тЌ135m bid for Barcelona-based Centro MУЉdico Teknon.
BC Partners lines up IPO for Fitness First
BC Partners is preparing to exit Fitness First in an IPO worth up to ТЃ1.2bn, according to reports.
LBO France plans Medi-Partenaires exit
LBO France is working on plans to exit its stake in French healthcare provider, Medi-Partenaires SA, according to media reports.
Apax Patners sells remaining stake in Galapagos
Apax Partners' funds and listed vehicle Altamir Amboise has sold its 5.4% remaining stake in listed biotechnology company Galapagos.
IK Investment Partners acquire majority stake in Colosseum Dental
IK Investment Partners have acquired a majority stake in Norwegian dental care specialist Colosseum Dental.
SHS sells ProBioGen to Minapharm Pharmaceuticals for €30.4 million
SHS Beteiligungsmanagement has sold ProBioGen to Cairo-based strategic investor Minapharm Pharmaceuticals.
Truffle Capital floats Carmat
Artificial heart developer Carmat has launched an IPO on the Alternext of NYSE-Euronext Paris, looking for тЌ15m.
Vesalius and LRM back Complix
Vesalius Biocapital and LRM have backed Belgian pharmaceutical company, Complix NV.
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.
Kernel Capital invests €750,000 in Bioatlantis
Kernel Capital has made a тЌ750,000 investment in BioAtlantis Limited, an Irish biotechnology company based in the Kerry Technology Park in Tralee.
Truffle Capital et al. invest €4.8m in Pharnext
French biopharmaceutical company Pharnext has closed a тЌ4.8m series-A round of funding from Truffle Capital, Aurinvest Capital 2, FinanciУЈre Boscari and three individual investors.
Nycomed requests further covenant relief
Swiss private equity-backed drug company Nycomed has asked its lenders for covenant relief as it looks at ways of managing its debts.
CDC Entreprises et al. inject €12m into Cytheris
French biopharmaceutical company Cytheris has completed a €12m series-D round of financing.
Auctus acquires rehabilitation clinics
Auctus Capital Partners has acquired eight rehabilitation clinics from Marseille-Kliniken AG for an undisclosed amount. Following the transaction, the group of clinics will trade as Celenus-Kliniken GmbH.
Nordic Capital acquires Handicare
Nordic Capital has acquired Handicare from Herkules Capital in a secondary buyout.
Strong private equity interest for Catalpa
According to reports six private equity houses have made a first offer for Dutch childcare provider Catalpa.
Weinberg Capital backs Pharma Omnium in Cellvir acquisition
French laboratory Pharma Omnium International, owned by Weinberg Capital Partners, has acquired biotech company Cellvir.
Industry veterans launch new Russia fund, Elbrus Capital
Three industry veterans are launching a new Russian private equity investment company, Elbrus Capital, after they bought out the assets of Renaissance Private Equity from the Renaissance Group at the end of 2009.
Novartis Venture et al. invest CHF 5m in NanoPowers
Novartis Venture Funds has led a CHF 5m series-A funding round in medical device company NanoPowers. Initiative Capital Romandie (ICR) and Fribourg-based Gran Plasa SA also invested.
TVM Capital restructures; hires Schuler
TVM Capital has reorganised its life science investment practice. In the future, the firm will operate two dedicated teams with differentiated investment concepts to invest in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical technologies (medtech) and healthcare...
NGN Capital leads €33m series-D round for NOXXON Pharma AG
NGN Capital has led a €33m series-D round in NOXXON Pharma. NGN is a new investor and was joined by existing investors TVM Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Seventure Partners, VC Fonds Technologie Berlin GmbH, Dow...
Sarsia Seed invests in APIM Therapeutics
Sarsia Seed has invested NOK 3.5m in Norwegian drug developer, APIM Therapeutics AS.
PAI interested in Cerba European Lab buyout
PAI partners has entered into exclusive discussions with IK Investment Partners and management to acquire a majority stake in Cerba European Lab SAS.
PE bidders in the running to acquire Priory Group
A number of private equity groups are believed to be in the running to pick up Royal Bank of Scotland's healthcare operator Priory Group.