Sector
GERMANY - Raiden Capital acquires KSH Capital Partners
London-based buyout house Raiden Capital Ltd has acquired KSH Capital Partners AG, a sector-specific financial investor based in Hamburg and Lübeck.
GERMANY - Kion Group up for private equity grabs
Private equity consortia are gathering to bid for Kion Group, the newly re-named material handling division of Linde, according to a report in German newspaper FAZ. Allianz Capital Partners and Permira have apparently clubbed together, with Apax and BC...
GERMANY - Saban to sell ProSiebenSat.1
According to a report in German news magazine, Focus, US-billionaire Haim Saban is in advanced talks with investors over the sale of his stake in ProSiebenSat1. The report suggests that Saban is speaking with investment bank Goldman Sachs and Apax Partners....
ITALY - Carlyle to lead EUR 30bn bid for Telecom Italia businesses
According to reports in the Corriere della Sera, The Carlyle Group is planning a EUR 30bn bid for Telecom Italia's mobile telephony businesses. It will provide EUR 4bn of cash, while the other partners in the consortium, Permira and Blackstone Capital...
UK - SiConnect receives £700,000 investment from Esprit
Esprit Capital Partners has led an investment round for SiConnect Ltd. The £700,000 is part of a first tranche of second fundraising which comes from Esprit's Prelude Trust Plc fund and follows earlier investments of £1.3m in March 2006 and £2.8m in...
NL- Bencis acquires Aktiesport and Perri Sport
Bencis Capital Partners has acquired a substantial equity interest in the in the sport retails chains Aktiesport and Perry Sport through Unlimited Sports Group BV (USG).
UK - Gresham appoints new investment executive
Gresham has announced that Simon Hemley has joined the investment team as an investment executive. He will be based in London.
UK - New grouping of private equity investment trusts launched
At a time of rising interest in the private equity sector, iPEIT, the Initiative for Private Equity Investment Trusts, has been formed to improve awareness and understanding among retail investors, smaller institutions and investment managers not already...
ITALY - All eyes on Telecom Italia's mobile telephony assets
According to reports in the Italian press, at least six private equity are interested in buying the mobile telephony businesses of Telecom Italia. It is understood that a consortium has been formed, which includes the likes of Texas Pacific Group, Blackstone,...
SWEDEN - CapMan creates Nordic healthcare group
CapMan funds and Plena AB have signed an agreement for the acquisition of two Swedish healthcare companies SelefaTrade AB and Förbandsmaterial AB. The acquisitions have been made via the holding company that owns Finnish Tamro MedLab Oy, a business CapMan...
UK - Sun Capital acquires Pearl Fittings representing partial exit for Endless
Endless has sold its majority stake in Pearl Fittings Ltd to Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners. The deal represents a partial exit for Endless, which first invested in the company in March 2006 since when turnover has...
SWEDEN - Accel invests EUR 4m in Swedish software business
Telepo, a Swedish software company, has raised EUR 4m in funding from Accel Partners. The Telepo Business Communication Solution integrates mobile and fixed communication, VoIP and existing enterprise voice infrastructure, using standards based protocols.
FINLAND - CapMan acquires industrial maintenance from Fortum
Funds managed by CapMan have signed an agreement with Fortum to acquire its industrial services business unit, a provider of industrial maintenance services, for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Apax launches bid to delist unquote" publisher Incisive Media
Apax Partners has made an offer to acquire global B2B publisher Incisive Media Plc. The deal, which has been recommended by the independent directors of the business, values the London Stock Exchange-listed company’s shares at £199m, and offers shareholders...
SWEDEN - Eqvitec invests SEK 44m in Netadmin
Eqvitec Technology Fund III has agreed to invest SEK 44m in Linköping-based software company Netadmin. Netadmin has developed a system that gives network proprietors and broadband operators full supervision and control of all connected equipment, right...
GERMANY - Financial investor knocked back on first DAX takeover
The first ever DAX-takeover attempt by a private equity bidder has been prematurely knocked back, according to an article in today's Handelsblatt. According to automotive supplier Continental, which has a market capitalisation of EUR 13bn, a tentative...
BELGIUM - Pro Natura acquires Biomarché
Activa Capital-owned Pro Natura, the former number two wholesaler of organic fruit and vegetables in Europe, has acquired Biomarché, the leading organic fruit & vegetable wholesaler in Belgium.
GERMANY - Nord Holding takes majority in PDS Group
Nord Holding has acquired a 70% stake in PDS Group, Cologne, a systems integrator for mobile data capture systems. Raimund Müller-Rau, general manager of the company, retains the 30% balance.The vendor is MUK Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft, a joint...
UK - Penta Capital leads £10m equity funding round in retail chain’s 147 UK stores
Internaçionale Holdings Ltd, the Glasgow-headquartered retailer which owns 147 Au Naturale and Internaçionale stores throughout the UK, has been acquired in a management buyout worth £45m. Internaçionale’s senior management team of Norrie Stewart,...
UK - Bowmark Capital acquires Design Objectives
Bowmark Capital has announced the acquisition of Design Objectives Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of products to the rapidly growing paper crafts market. Paper crafting is principally the design and decoration of home-made greeting cards, scrapbooks...
SWITZERLAND - Precimed Group and Carr Metal Products to unite
Precimed, a technology supplier to the orthopaedic industry, is set to merge with Carr Metal Products, Inc, a sheet metal and thermo-formed plastic tray manufacturer. Precimed is backed by Swiss financial investor BV Group, as well as HBM Bioventures,...
GERMANY - Burda Digital Ventures acquires computeruniverse.net
Burda Digital Ventures GmbH, a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media, has agreed to acquire computeruniverse.net GmbH, Friedrichshof. The vendors are the company's management and private investor Participia Holding, Hamburg. The acquisition is designed to...
ITALY/US - Texas Pacific Group hires Davide Croff as advisor for Italy
Davide Croff has been hired by Texas Pacific Group (TPG) as a senior advisor for the Italian market.
ITALY - BS Private Equity acquires majority stake in Motovario
BS Private Equity, through its fund BS Investimenti IV, recently acquired a majority stake in Motovario, a manufacturer of power transmission products, from Power Transmission Finance. The consideration has not been disclosed.