Industrials
DACH - Zurmont Madison raises more than CHF 250m for buyouts
Zurmont Madison Management AG has held a final close of its new fund, Zurmont Madison Private Equity LP, with total commitments of more than CHF 250m, exceeding its original target fund size of CHF 200m.
GERMANY - Wachstumsfonds Mittelstand Sachsen invests in Martin Spieß
Wachstumsfonds Mittelstand Sachsen has provided a 'substantial' amount of mezzanine funding for MS Engineering und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, the holding company of Dresden-based entrepreneur Martin Spieß, which emcompasses the companies Lomma GmbH and...
DENMARK - CapMan acquires DanFysik ACP
CapMan, through CapMan Technology 2007 Fund, has together with management acquired Danfysik ACP A/S in a deal value at approximately EUR 8.6m.
UK - AFM fuels Rowlico expansion with £600,000 investment
Alliance Fund Managers (AFM), through the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) Venture Fund, has completed an investment of £600,000 into fuel distribution business Rowlico Fuels Ltd.
ITALY - Cape buys Duplomatic for EUR 3.5m
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) has wholly acquired industrial manufacturer Duplomatic Automazione from AXA Private Equity in a leveraged buyout valued at around EUR 3.5m.
GERMANY - BayernLB Private Equity backs MBO of RSA
BayernLB Private Equity has backed the management buyout of industrial machinery company RSA Entgrat- u Trenn-Systeme GmbH & Co KG.
ITALY - Cape acquires Trafomec
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) has acquired industrial manufacturer Trafomec in a buyout deal valued at around EUR 11m.
FRANCE - Seventure and INRA join forces
French venture capital firm Seventure Partners has formed a partnership with INRA, the technology transfer arm of the French National Institute for Agronomic Research, in order to create Agro Biotech Accelerateur (ABA), a new company designed to finance...
BELGIUM - KBC et al sell Oleon
KBC Private Equity, Fortis Private Equity, Ackermans & van Haaren, Mercator Verzekeringen and Jan De Clerck, have sold 100% of the shares in chemicals business Oleon to Sofiproteol, a French company active in the production and transformation of vegetable...
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital injects SEK 50m into PocketMobile
Investor Growth Capital has invested SEK 50m into mobile software developer PocketMobile.
GERMANY - MIT takes stake in TB&C
MIT Munich Industrial Technologies AG, via its Gulf One Buchanan Industrial Technologies Fund, has acquired a 25.1% stake in components manufacturer TB&C Outsert Center GmbH.
BENELUX/NORDIC/UK - Goldman acquires ABN AMRO portfolio
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of 20 buyout investments from ABN AMRO.
UK - Clyde Blowers acquires Textron division in $1bn deal
Scottish engineering group Clyde Blowers has acquired the fluid and power division of US-based Fortune 500 industrial group Textron, in a $1bn deal that included equity from the company's private equity fund, Clyde Blowers Capital Fund II LP.
ITALY - Advent appoints Paolo Cantarella to Operating Partner Programme
Advent International has appointed Paolo Cantarella to join the firm’s Operating Partner Programme based in Milan, with a particular focus on investment opportunities in the industrial sector.
CEE – Horizon reaches final close on USD 390m
Horizon Capital has reached the final close for its newest fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund II, LP (EEGF II) on $390m, significantly above its $300m target.
FRANCE - Truffle recruits new investment manager
Truffle Capital has recruited Antoine Pau as investment manager within the life sciences team.
EUROPE - Carlyle raises EUR 530m for European technology
The Carlyle Group has closed its second European technology fund, Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II (CETP II), on EUR 530m, exceeding its initial target of EUR 500m.
UK - Carlyle acquires Gardner Group
The Carlyle Group has acquired Gardner Group Ltd, a supplier of metallic aerostructure details, from Dunedin and Rolls-Royce for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - 3i sells Transports Alloin to Kühne + Nagel
3i and the management have sold Transports Alloin to Swiss logistics company Kühne + Nagel.
CEE - Accession Mezzanine supports EUR 14.6m EIG investment
Accession Mezzanine, through Accession Mezzanine Capital II, has provided an undisclosed sum of mezzanine financing to support industrial holding Eurohold Bulgaria's EUR 14.6m investment into Euroins Insurance Group (EIG).