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Inflexion catches Fish Insurance
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired Preston-based Fish Insurance from Mosaic Private Equity in a secondary buyout.
Vatel Capital invests €500,000 in FLInteractive
Vatel Capital has injected тЌ500,000 of equity in French online marketing agency FLInteractive.
Apax bids for Utimaco Safeware
Apax Partners has bid €17.10 per share for Utimaco Safeware AG using its shell company Shield Bidco Limited.
Alven Capital et al. back Novapost with €1.7m
Electronic payslips company Novapost has secured тЌ1.7m from Alven Capital and existing individual investors.
Marketing investments: Privately-owned publicity
There is an old saying that any publicity is good publicity. This may hold true, but with several private equity investments in publicity-focused firms this year, is publicity good business? John Bakie investigates
NORD Holding takes a stake in Avista Oil AG
NORD Holding has taken a stake in Avista Oil AG for a double-digit million euro amount.
IK Investment Partners acquires majority stake in Agros Nova
IK Investment Partners has agreed with Agros Nova to acquire a majority stake in the company.
AUCTUS adds SSTH to Career Partner
AUCTUS portfolio company Career Partner Group has acquired a majority stake in the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) based in Chur.
Butler Capital invests in Groupe Christian Bernard
Butler Capital Partners (BCP) has acquired an undisclosed stake in French jeweler Christian Bernard.
Deutsche Beteiligungs acquires FDG group
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired a 79.6% stake in French category management group FDG from its founding families.
Vesalius and LRM back Complix
Vesalius Biocapital and LRM have backed Belgian pharmaceutical company, Complix NV.
NORD Holding backs MBO of Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH
NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH, backing the company's MBO as part of a succession solution.
eCAPITAL funds svh24.de with €4m
Venture firm eCAPITAL has provided €4m for the expansion of online tool company svh24.de GmbH.
Perfectis sells Philippe Manutention to Groupe Manuloc
Perfectis Private Equity has sold its majority stake in forklifts distributor Philippe Manutention to industrial group Manuloc.
NextStage et al. invest €3m in Port Adhoc
French marina services operator Port Adhoc has raised тЌ3m in a new round of fundraising led by Nextstage.
Brit Insurance shares jump after declining private equity offer
Brit Insurance shares jumped 20% this morning after the firm rejected a private equity approach, according to reports.
Montezemolo, Rothschild and Amadeus back Octo Telematics
Montezemolo & Partners has led an investment in MetaSystem Group spin out, Octo Telematics. Amadeus Capital Partners and Rothschild Growth Capital also invested in the round.
Nexit Ventures back Octoshape
Nexit Ventures has invested тЌ4m in Danish mobile video delivery company Octoshape.
Sale of Complinet provides exit for Canter Equity
Complinet, the global information and solutions provider has been sold to Thomson Reuters for an undisclosed sum.
New Value invests €1.5m mezzanine in ZWS
Listed investor New Value has invested €1.5m mezzanine in ZWS Zukunftsorientierte Wärme Systeme GmbH.
Montagu and GIP look to build up Biffa
Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners have agreed to acquire waste management group Greenstar UK from NTR plc for ТЃ135m.
Warburg Pincus sponsored Tornier applies for $205m IPO
Private equity-backed Tornier BV has plans to raise around $205m by listing on Nasdaq Global Markets.
Gimv and NPM advise V-Ventures on ANP acquisition
Gimv and NPM Capital have advised Dutch media organization, V-Ventures on their acquisition of news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) for an undisclosed amount.
3i-backed NORMA acquires R.G.RAY Corporation
3i portfolio company NORMA Group has completed the acquisition of R.G.RAY Corporation.