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Quester supports Celona with $1.7m investment
Quester has invested an additional $1.7m in Celona Technologies, the established market leader in product portfolio management. This funding will be used to support the continued expansion of Celona's commercial team. Celona Technologies's key offering...
Graphite Capital sells Jane Norman for £117.4m
Graphite Capital, the UK mid-market private equity specialist, has sold its majority shareholding in Jane Norman to an Icelandic investor group comprising Kaupthing Bank and Baugur Group. The deal values the UK women’s fashion retailer at £117.4m.
ABN AMRO makes Spanish acquisition
ABN AMRO Capital has completed its first acquisition in Spain this year with a management buyoutof Spanish plumbing materials manufacturer, Nueva Terrain.Vitoria-based Nueva Terrain is a leading manufacturer of tubes and accessories for residentialplumbing,...
Celebrity memorabilia retailer secures £1m
Bridges CommunityVentures (BCV) has made an investment of up to £1min Sportizus, a celebrity memorabilia retailer. The initial stage of thetransaction has closed with BCV subscribing for £500,000 of convertibledebt. The remainder of the investment...
Bridgepoint sells Lynx Express to UPS
Private equity firm Bridgepoint has sold its majority ownership of Lynx Express, one of the UK’s largest independent parcel carriers, to the global carrier, UPS. Nuneaton-based Lynx Express, in addition to its parcel delivery service, offers customers...
VC syndicate sells GylcArt to Roche for SFr 235m
Global Life Science Ventures (GLSV) has announced thatRoche, one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups in pharmaceuticals anddiagnostics, has signed an agreement to acquire privately held GlycArt Biotechnology AG, aportfolio company...
Advent sells Moeller to Doughty Hanson for EUR 1.1bn
Moeller Group is one of Europe’s largest suppliers of low-voltage electrical distribution and automation components for industrial, commercial and residential use. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in August...
Quester invests £2m in software firm
Quester has invested £2m in Level Four Software Ltd, independent software company which supplies advanced software products for the testing and development of ATM services to major banks and financial institutions worldwide. The capital will be used...
Wellington profits from net mobile IPO
net mobile AG, which has been a Wellington Partners portfolio company since 2003, has gone public at an issue price of EUR 8.50 per share, and already recorded a double-digit rise in the share price on the first trading day. Prior to the launch, net mobile...
CapMan acquires Swedish Inflight Service
Funds managed/advised by CapMan will acquire the majority of Swedish Inflight Service, aleading travel retail company in the Nordic countries. The minority shareholders will be two ofthe founders, Johan Bjarke and Johan Kullander, and the management....
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...