Media
UK - Ingenious Media Active Capital unveils board appointments
Ingenious Media Plc has announced that Tony Ball and Neil Blackley have agreed to become chairman and non-executive director respectively of Ingenious Media Active Capital, the closed-ended investment company which will be incorporated in Guernsey and...
Pi Capital tips healthcare, media and leisure for 2006
Pi Capital, the independent private equity house, expects a significant upturn in UK private equity activity in 2006, with healthcare, media and leisure tipped as the hottest sectors. This is the view of Pi’s around 250 members, representing the UK’s...
LPs agree to tell all at London conference…
Institutional investors and GPs from across Europe have signed up for the second annual London LP Congress organised by Incisive Media and Unquoteт, which takes place this Thursday and Friday.
European tech M&A soars, says research
The number of acquisitions during 2005 within the European technology sector has outstripped the previous high of 2004 and recorded a staggering 103% increase in deal value, according to the latest findings from Regent Associates' 'European Technology...
Kennet invests $8m in Adviva Media
Kennet Venture Partners has invested $8m in Adviva Media, the UK-based online advertising network for brand advertisers.
Second German newspaper buyout for Veronis-Mecom Consortium
US private equity media specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson, alongside British Mecom Plc, has acquired German Morgenpost Verlag GmbH from former shareholders Hans Barlach and Josef Depenbrock for an undisclosed sum. The deal is the consortium's second...
Williams de Bro appoints new head of corporate finance
Williams de Bro has appointed Frank Moxon, chairman of the Corporate Finance Forum of the Securities & Investment Institute, as head of corporate finance.
Four new deals for Sigma Technology
Sigma Technology Group Plc, the UK venture capital investment management and advisory group that specialises in technology and property, has announced four recent new investments.
Video communications specialist secures £150k from RVCF
A West Country company that develops state-of-the-art video communications products is the latest to benefit from the £25m South West Ventures Fund.
FOIA and disclosure: media hype or genuine concern?
On 1 January 2005, the UK’s Freedom of Information Act that was originally passed in 2000 came into full effect. Immediately it has opened up the disclosure debate amongst practitioners in the private equity industry. Arguments abound as to the implications...
Mtivity secures £1.5m from VC syndicate
Mtivity Ltd, a leading provider of marketing management software to companies and media agencies, has raised £1.5m and announced the appointment of Patrick Kremer as its new chief executive to lead plans for significant growth in the UK and overseas....
Palamon boosts German team
Palamon Capital Partners has expanded its German investment team with two senior appointments. Dr Tom Sommerlate has been appointed to the firm’s board of advisors. Dr Sommerlate is chairman of Arthur D. Little’s management consulting activities in...
Advent hires new staff following fund close
Advent International, the global private equitygroup, today announced the appointment of five new investment executives toits London team.
Macquarie wins BBC deal
Macquarie Capital Alliance Group (MCAG) today announced that Creative BroadcastServices Limited, a consortium led by MCAG and including Macquarie Bank Limited, hasentered into an agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to acquire100%...
Siparex expands investor relations team
Nicolas Eschermann has joined Siparex to strengthen the group's investor relations activities. A graduate from EM Lyon, he started his career in Argentina as head of a department of EDF specialising in power distribution. Back in France in 1997, he...