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GLOBAL - Google launches $100m venture fund
Search engine Google has set up Google Ventures, a $100m venture capital fund designed to invest in early-stage companies.
ITALY - Freshfields names new managing partner
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Marzio Longo as managing partner of the firms Italian operations.
Southern Europe Sunshine
As Europe licks its fresh wounds Italy and Portugal are making hey, but can the sunshine last in Southern Europe or will the storm clouds from the rest of Europe blow in? By Francinia Protti-Alvarez
SWITZERLAND - BioMedPartners strengthens management team
Basel-based BioMedPartners has strengthened its management team with the addition of Dr Andreas J Schulze and the promotion of Patrick Burgermeister.
AUSTRIA/NORWAY - GCP-backed Identec acquires TunnelCom
Gamma Capital Partners-backed Identec Solutions AG, an Austria-based supplier of industrial tracking and tracing solutions, has acquired Norway-based TunnelCom, a provider of automatic tagging solutions for the tunnel, mining, oil and gas industries....
DENMARK - Polaris holds first close on EUR 275m
Danish buyout house Polaris Private Equity has held a first of close of its third fund on EUR 275m.
FRANCE - BNP PE et al. invest EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam
BNP Private Equity, Investis and Vizille Capital Innovation have invested EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam Services (IBS), an ion implantation products company.
AUSTRIA - ValueNet-backed Rohe insolvent
According to reports, ValueNet Capital Partners' portfolio company gas station Rohe Group has filed for insolvency.
FRANCE - I-Source exits Advestigo
I-Source has sold copyright protection company Advestigo to Hologram industries, a global producer and distributor of high security optical solutions, for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Close Brothers hires new MD
François Wohrer has joined Close Brothers as a managing director in the firm's Paris office.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital-backed Plastal files for bankruptcy
Nordic Capital-owned Plastal Holding AB, a supplier of parts to the European automotive industry, has declared insolvency and filed for bankruptcy.
GERMANY - Odewald KMU acquires Ebert Hera Holding
Odewald KMU has acquired the majority of Ebert Hera Holding for an undisclosed sum.
NETHERLANDS - BioGeneration and CAPE back FlexGen
BioGeneration Ventures and Crédit Agricole Private Equity have participated in a new round of financing for Dutch biotech company FlexGen.
DENMARK - Axcel appoints Better Place CEO to industrial board
Axcel has appointed Jens W Moberg, CEO of electric car network developer Better Place, to its industrial board.
FRANCE - TowerBrook to take over Autodistribution in French "pre-pack"
According to reports, UK-based private equity group TowerBrook Capital Partners is planning to take ownership of French auto supplier Autodistribution in a restructuring deal.
The end of capital-intensive start-ups?
Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals represent the largest sectors for growth and venture investments in Denmark. But as funds become scarce, can these capital-intensive industries survive the downturn? Rikke Lilla Eckhoff takes a closer look at the statistics...
GERMANY - Leonardo Venture increases stake in two portfolio companies
Leonardo Venture has increased its stakes in portfolio companies ISIS sentronics GmbH and MedicalCommunications Soft- und Hardware GmbH, for a combined value of nearly EUR 2m.