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NETHERLANDS - Buyout groups line up for $1bn sale of Exact software
According to reports, Exact Software, a company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, is being auctioned off for $1bn. It is understood that Candover, HgCapital, Hellman & Friedman and Providence Equity Partners have expressed interest in acquiring the company....
DENMARK - NorthCap injects $2.3m in Zmags
NorthCap Partners has injected $2.3m in Zmags, a Copenhagen-based online publications specialist.
UK - Landsbanki continues growth of leverage finance team
European corporate and investment bank Landsbanki has continued the expansion of its leverage finance team with the dual appointments of Dave Amber and John Perry as directors.
UK - Octopus backs £15m buyout of broadcast media agency
Octopus Investments has supported the £15m buyout of Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA). Octopus has invested £5m from its equity and mezzanine funds to take a minority stake in broadcast media agency BDA. The deal was introduced to Octopus by Baker Tilly....
SPAIN - Nazca Capital backs logistics players
Nazca Capital has invested in logistics company Transportes García Villalobos (GyV) and Plataforma Frigorífica.
UK - Babcock & Brown sets sights on Forth Ports
Babcock & Brown (B&B), the Australian infrastructure fund, has bought a 20% stake in listed-ports operator Forth Ports. The Scottish-based business operates ports in Edinburgh, Dundee and London. According to some reports B&B's acquisition could be followed...
GERMANY - L-EA and SEED fund Trivid with EUR 2-5m
L-EigenkapitalAgentur and SEED have invested a total of EUR 2-5m in Trivid GmbH, a provider of online video and content solutions in a Series A round. L-EigenkapitalAgentur has acquired the bigger stake in the company, with the total of equity held by...
Chin up
The new year has seen the broadsheets bust out tales of evaporating dealflow. According to non-specialist publications, the private equity industry has ground to a halt. While stories of doom and gloom about an asset class that has hitherto been very...
ITALY - Palamon sells media player Today Spa
Palamon Capital Partners has exited printed media company Today Spa.
UK - Apax and Permira hang onto New Look
Reports suggest that Apax and Permira plan to continue to own clothes retailer New Look for some time. The private equity backers had planned to sell the company in mid-2007 but struggled to find appetite for the £1.8bn asking price. In late 2006, the...
UK - Foresight and SPARK exit software business
Foresight Group and SPARK Venture Management, through its Quester VCTs, has sold software business Nomad Payments Ltd to Metavante Technologies, Inc for $58m. Nomad is a provider of prepaid and debt card processing and licensed software. The exit generated...
UK - Electra Quoted Management acquires Peter Werth
Electra Quoted Management has led the £10m+ management buy-in of men's clothes brand Peter Werth. Clydesdale Bank provided a debt package to support the deal which represents an exit for founder Peter Werth.
BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 1m in Tailormade
KBC Arkiv has invested EUR 1m in Tailormade Logistics and Tailormade Transport, two Flemish companies specialising in integrated logistics services. This is a follow-on investment to the EUR 1m KBC Arkiv already invested in both companies in July 2006.
UK - KCP hires new investment manager
Key Capital Partners has appointed Chris Sheasby as investment manager in its Cambridge Office.
CEE - Aurora Russia invests £16.1m for a 24.3% stake in SuperStroy
Last December Aurora Russia Ltd announced an investment of £16.1m in cash for a 24.3% stake in Grindelia Holdings Ltd which owns 99.5% of Russian retail chain SuperStroy. Aurora Russia's investment will take the form of new equity and will be used to...
CEE - Consortium led by Columbia Capital to take over GTS Central Europe
A consortium of funds led by Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners and Innova Capital is set to take over Central Europe’s telecoms service provider, GTS Central Europe. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.
UK - General Atlantic hires new managing director to London office
General Atlantic has announced the appointment of John D. Bernstein as managing director of its London office.