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German locusts and all that...
Franz Müntfering, chairman of Germany’s social democratic party, recently sensationally declared that private equity houses ‘stay anonymous, have no face, fall upon companies like locusts, devour them and move on’.
Permira hires Sir Mervyn Pedelty
Permira today announcesthat Sir Mervyn Pedelty has joined Permira’s team as a senior industry adviser.
Logic Control sold to Sage Group
The Sage Group Plc has agreed to acquire Logic Control S.A., a vendor of business management software in Spain, for an enterprise value of approximately £55m, paid in cash. The deal represents an exit for InvestIndustrial, Sagitta and B&S. The acquisition...
Sigefi Ventures profits from 2 exits in 2005
Sigefi Ventures, which is in charge of the Siparex Group’s venture capital activity, realized EUR 8.5m in capital gains over the first five months of 2005. The capital gains came from the “FCPI” innovation funds and the fund Sudinnova II, all of...
Meiosys sale success for large VC syndicate
IBM has acquired Meiosys, a privately held company based in Palo Alto and Toulouse. Meiosys provides unique software technologies that enable applications to be dynamically moved from one server or set of servers to others without disruption. Financial...
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...
Hg sells Trados for $60m
HgCapital has announced the sale of Trados Incorporated, the global market leader in globalisation software to the translator and corporate enterprise market to SDL Plc.
Barclays Ventures exits System C Healthcare on AIM
Barclays Ventures has sold its22% stake in System C Healthcare, as part of a £27.3m share placingand admission to AIM.
VC duo in charity bike jaunt
ABN AMRO Capital’s UK CEO Ian Taylor and Finance Director Roger Price have begun a two wheel odyssey to the glens of Taylor’s native Scotland this week, raising money for the charity Make a Wish.
ABN AMRO closes EUR 230m nordic buyout
ABN AMRO Capital has made its third acquisition in the Nordic region this year with a EUR 230m management buyout (MBO) of Loparex Group, the leading international producer of release liners for adhesive products, from Finnish listed pulp and paper group...