Sector
House of Fraser mulls listing
House of Fraser, the department store controlled by West Coast Capital, Lloyds Banking Group and representatives of failed Icelandic banks, is considering a public listing.
Sector focus: Saddling up for food production
Sector focus: Food
HgCapital buys e-conomic
HgCapital has acquired e-conomic, a Denmark-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) accounting business for SMEs.
Öresund and Creades exit Klarna shares
Investment Уresund and Creades have sold their shares in Swedish online payment company Klarna Holding for SEK 172m.
Banc Sabadell sells Grafos after 11 years
Spanish banking group Banc Sabadell has divested the stake in graphic products firm Grafos it held via its private equity arm Aurica XXI.
Sector focus: Is the sun setting on renewable energy?
Sector focus: Renewables
EdRip's fourth life sciences fund nears target
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) has so far raised €192m for its fourth life sciences fund, BioDiscovery 4, meaning the vehicle is close to reaching its target.
Countrywide backers in £200m partial sale
Two backers of listed UK estate agent Countrywide, Oaktree Capital Management and Apollo Management, have sold approximately ТЃ200m of their shares on the LSE.
Star Capital sells Alloheim to Carlyle for €180m
Star Capital has sold Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen, a provider of residential care for elderly people in Germany, to fellow private equity house Carlyle for €180m.
Lion secures €900m amend-and-extend for HEMA
Lion Capital has completed a €900m amend-and-extend for Dutch retailer HEMA's senior second-lien mezzanine and PIK facilities.
EQT backs Swiss Smile
EQT has invested CHF 44m in a later stage growth funding situation involving Switzerland-based dental chain Swiss Smile.
Bregal buys proAlpha from Beaufort Capital
Bregal Capital has bought a majority stake in excess of 70% in proAlpha, a manufacturer of enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) software.
HTGF backs siOptica
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed siOptica, a manufacturer and provider of special optics.
Northcap and T-Venture back Veliq
Northcap and T-Venture have injected $9m into a series-B funding round for Veliq, a Netherlands-based mobility platform-as-a-service (mPaaS) creator.
Exact Invest backs Danmagi
Exact Invest has invested in Danmagi, a Danish cloud-based guest internet provider.
Rocket Internet exits Zalando
Start-up incubator Rocket Internet has transferred its stake in online fashion retailer Zalando to Swedish investment company Kinnevik.
Industrifonden and Zobito back inRiver
Industrifonden and Zobito have invested SEK 20m in Swedish software company inRiver.
Sovereign Capital's Christchurch Group buys Hunters Moor
Christchurch Group, a neurological rehabilitation platform backed by Sovereign Capital, has bought Hunters Moor, also a provider of neurological rehabilitation services.
Sector focus: can UK manufacturing catch up with Germany?
Germany has long set the standard for manufacturing in Europe but, as the continent picks itself up from the financial downturn, does the UK have the potential to knock Germany off its top spot? Alice Murray investigates
BGF's York Mailing in bolt-on
BGF-backed York Mailing has acquired The Lettershop Group (TLG), a UK print marketing and mailing solutions provider.
eCapital et al. sell Novaled for €260m
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners and other backers have sold 40% of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) specialist Novaled to Samsung Electronics, as well as a further 50% of the business to its subsidiary Cheil Industries, in a transaction valued at...
Patron injects €150m into Generator
Patron Capital has invested a further тЌ150m into hostel business Generator to support its acquisition of sites in Paris and Rome.
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
CVC acquires Domestic & General from Advent
CVC has agreed to buy insurance business Domestic & General (D&G) from Advent International, alongside management.