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FINLAND- CapMan invests in Movial Applications

CapMan Technology 2007 fund has invested in Movial Applications, a provider of IP communication software network equipment. CapMan will hold a minority stake in the company, while the management and employees will continue to hold the majority of the...

UK - August Equity exits InterMed in £27.5m sale to Altaris

August Equity has completed the sale of InterMed Holdings Ltd, a UK manufacturer of anaesthesia equipment, to Altaris Capital Partners for £27.5m. The purchaser is a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.

UK - LDC to open Scotland office

LDC is planning to establish a dedicated new business team in Scotland as part of its continued expansion. The new office, to be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh, will be LDC's eleventh regional office bringing its total number of offices to 12 including...

UK - Fearghal Ó Ríordaín joins SEP from Accel

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has announced the appointment of Fearghal Ó Ríordaín, formerly of Accel Partners. Ó Ríordaín will operate from SEP’s London office. Prior to SEP, Ó Ríordaín spent five years at Accel Partners. He was a founding...

UK - BC Partners snaps up Foxtons

BC Partners has acquired London-focused estate agency chain Foxtons in a deal believed to weigh in at approximately £400m. The private vendor appointed Credit Suisse to run a process to dispose of the asset. TA Associates and 3i were thought to have...

UK - Quadrangle opens London office

Quadrangle Group has opened a London office to expand the firm's private equity activities in Europe. The firm is currently investing its second private equity fund, Quadrangle Capital Partners II, which has over $2bn in committed capital. Gordon Holmes,...

UK - Octopus backs Promotion Space with expansion funding

Octopus Private Equity has provided marketing services business Promotion Space with expansion finance. Octopus was introduced to the deal by Ford Campbell, a Manchester and Leeds-based corporate finance firm. The value of the funding was not disclosed,...

UK - Scottish Equity Partners strengthens team

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has made new two appointments to its expanding investment team. The two new hires are Sriram Srinivasan and Mark Gracey both of whom will be based in SEP’s London office. The duo, who are from India and Australia respectively,...

UK - LDC backs £52m buyout of Emprise

LDC has backed the £52m management buyout of Emprise, a national provider of outsourced facilities services. Royal Bank of Scotland provided debt to support the deal, which represents a partial exit for RJD Partners, formerly Royal London Private Equity....

NL - Endemol snapped up by Mediaset

Endemol, the Amsterdam-listed production company is understood to have been acquired by Italian media company Mediaset. The deal values Endemol at EUR 3bn. Spanish company Telefonica announced its intention to sell its 75% stake in the company earlier...

NORWAY - SCAN has completed a private placement of NOK 224m

Norvestor backed SCAN has successfully completed a private placement of 8m shares at a price of NOK 28 per share, equalling gross proceeds of NOK 224m. SCAN announced the private placement on May 2nd 2007, of 6-8m shares and retail offering of 2-4m shares,...