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UK - Ingenious appoints Kip Meek to its board

Ingenious, the media investment and advisory group, has appointed Kip Meek as a director to the board, effective from 1 May. Meek was until recently chief policy partner at Ofcom and was chairman of the European Regulators’ Group. He will have a wide-ranging...

  • People
  • 07 February 2007
SPAIN - RCS makes EUR 1.3bn offer for Recoletos

Publishing group RCS, owner of Italian broadsheet Corriere della Sera, is reported to have made an offer of EUR 1.3bn for media group Recoletos.

  • Buyouts
  • 07 February 2007
FRANCE - Launch of Axonia Partners

Financial advisory boutique Axonia Partners has announced its launch. Axonia Partners is already working on several transactions, split equally between private equity clients and corporate clients.

  • France
  • 06 February 2007
UK - Octopus Investments backs acquisition of specialist history publishers

Octopus Investments has invested £5.5m in NPI Media Group to facilitate the acquisitions of two of its key competitors. Equity investment was provided as part of a combined deal valuation of £15m, which included funding from GMAC Commercial Finance...

  • Buyouts
  • 01 February 2007
GERMANY - KKR and Permira launch public offer for ProSiebenSat.1

A consortium comprising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Permira has made a public cash offer for the remainder of the publicly traded shares of German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The financial investors are paying EUR 22.45 for each preferred...

  • DACH
  • 31 January 2007
GERMANY - Triangle invests in iPharro

Triangle has invested EUR 4m in iPharro Media GmbH, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics located in Darmstadt. The funding will enable the company, which has developed software to identify videos much faster than in real time,...

  • Early-stage
  • 30 January 2007
UK - NewMedia SPARK backs MarketClusters with $3m funding round

NewMedia SPARK has led a $3m series-A funding round for MarketClusters Ltd, developer of the 'StrategyWire' intelligence platform which enables corporates to accurately filter expert opinions created in blogs and news feeds.

  • Early-stage
  • 25 January 2007
UK - Founder of Ingenious Media joins NESTA board

Patrick McKenna, founder and chairman of Ingenious Media and a leading figure in the creative industries, will join the 11-strong NESTA board of trustees. The board, led by chairman Chris Powell, exists to help NESTA shape and develop its strategy and...

  • People
  • 25 January 2007
FRANCE - AXA Private Equity backs European expansion of rich contents producer

AXA Private Equity has announced it has invested in Brainsonic, a Paris-based rich media contents producer.

  • Expansion
  • 24 January 2007
UK - Ingenious VCTs back Peter Gabriel

Ingenious Media's two music VCTs have made a further joint investment, totalling £2m, to support the North American release of the next solo album of international artist, Peter Gabriel. The investment will be made through the formation of a joint venture...

  • Expansion
  • 23 January 2007
EUROPE - European Buyout Review shows 2006 record year for private equity

2006 was a record year for European buyouts with the total value of deals topping over EUR 160bn for the first time ever, according to the latest European Buyout Review due to be published in March 2007 by Incisive Media in association with Bridgepoint....

  • UK / Ireland
  • 23 January 2007
NL - Apax to sell stake in PCM

Apax Partners has reportedly sold its 47.5% stake in Dutch publishing firm PCM Uitgevers to Stichting Democratie en Media (SDM), currently owner of 41.9% of the shares.

  • Exits
  • 23 January 2007
UK - Nordic Venture Partners leads £5m funding for Player X

Mobile media company Player X has received a second round of venture funding provided by new investors Nordic Venture Partners and Long Acre Partners. This follows a first round of funding in 2005 from Arts Alliance and Bullion International.

  • Expansion
  • 19 January 2007
UK - KKR looks at Pearson

Pearson the media group is the subject of buyout speculation. It is reported that KKR is weighing up a £7bn bid for the publisher of the Financial Times which has its core business in educational publishing.

  • Buyouts
  • 19 January 2007
UK - North West Equtiy Fund invests £250,000 in medical communications company

North West Equity Fund has invested £250,000 into Cheshire-based CSF Medical Communications Limited (CSF).

  • Expansion
  • 16 January 2007
UK - Wellington Partners leads EUR 18m investment in Truphone

Wellington Partners has led an EUR 18m series-A funding round for London-based mobile VoIP start-up Truphone. Also participating in financing Truphone are existing investors Eden Ventures and a number of business angels, as well as Independent News and...

  • Early-stage
  • 09 January 2007
GERMANY - New principal at Waterland Private Equity

Waterland Private Equity Investments has appointed Jörg Dreisow as principal of its German branch. He had previously been investment director and will now co-lead a team of six.

  • People
  • 20 December 2006
UK - Charterhouse-backed Saga makes radio disposal

Charterhouse portfolio company Saga, the specialist service provider to the 50 plus age-group, has disposed of its radio assets. The three radio stations based in the Midlands and Scotland, plus another yet to be launched station, have been acquired by...

  • Exits
  • 19 December 2006
NL - 3i to acquire Business Media Europe from VNU

3i has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire substantially all of VNU Business Media Europe (BME), a Dutch careers classified and B2B magazines group, from VNU.

  • Buyouts
  • 18 December 2006
FRANCE - Canadian Telecom Media Fund invests EUR 8m in CheckPhone

Telecom Media Fund, a joint fund of Trio Capital and la Caisse de dépôts et placement du Quebec, has invested EUR 8m ($10.2m) in France-based VoIP security software developer CheckPhone.

  • Expansion
  • 15 December 2006
UK - 3i sells Precise Media to Phoenix Equity Partners for £42m

3i has sold UK media monitoring agency Precise Media to Phoenix Equity Partners for £42m. The sale generated an IRR of 101% and a multiple of 3.2x for 3i, which backed the BIMBO of the company (then known as KBBI) in April 2005. During the holding period,...

  • Exits
  • 15 December 2006
GERMANY – KKR and Permira win auction for ProSiebenSat1

A consortium comprising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Permira Advisers has acquired a 50.5% stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat1. The value of the transaction is believed to be over EUR 3bn. Following the acquisition, media analysts expect the...

  • Buyouts
  • 14 December 2006
UK - Electra Quoted Management backs new extreme sports publisher

Electra Quoted Management has provided newco Factory Media with an initial investment of £3.85m to enable it to acquire three leading specialist extreme sports publishers in the 16-24 youth market; Action Sports Media, Permanent Publishing and 4130 Publishing....

  • Buyouts
  • 11 December 2006
FRANCE - Eurazeo sells Eutelsat shares to CDC and confirms interest in Conforama

A few days after Abertis’ acquisition of Eutelsat’s new largest shareholding, Eurazeo announced it had sold its entire 25.5% shareholding to state-backed Caisse des Dépots et Consignations (CDC) for EUR 862.7m.

  • Exits
  • 08 December 2006
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