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SWEDEN - Nordic Capital closes on EUR 4.3bn
Nordic Capital has held a final close of its seventh fund, Nordic Capital VII, having secured EUR 4.3bn in total commitments.
GERMANY - BayernLB Private Equity backs MBO of RSA
BayernLB Private Equity has backed the management buyout of industrial machinery company RSA Entgrat- u Trenn-Systeme GmbH & Co KG.
SWEDEN - 3i divests stake in Boxer
3i has sold its 30% stake in Nordic digital television company Boxer TV-Access AB to majority stakeholder Teracom, the Swedish government-owned media operator, for an undisclosed sum.
EUROPE - Antin Infrastructure Partners launch announced
Antin Infrastructure Partners, a new fund management business focusing on the infrastructure space and affiliate of BNP Paribas Asset Management, announced its launch this morning at a briefing in London.
ITALY - Cape acquires Trafomec
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) has acquired industrial manufacturer Trafomec in a buyout deal valued at around EUR 11m.
FRANCE - Seventure and INRA join forces
French venture capital firm Seventure Partners has formed a partnership with INRA, the technology transfer arm of the French National Institute for Agronomic Research, in order to create Agro Biotech Accelerateur (ABA), a new company designed to finance...
BELGIUM - KBC et al sell Oleon
KBC Private Equity, Fortis Private Equity, Ackermans & van Haaren, Mercator Verzekeringen and Jan De Clerck, have sold 100% of the shares in chemicals business Oleon to Sofiproteol, a French company active in the production and transformation of vegetable...
UK - Brown Rudnick appoints Richard Penfold
Brown Rudnick has appointed Richard Penfold to its corporate group in London.
PORTUGAL - Magnum et al acquires Enersis for EUR 1.2bn
A consortium led by Magnum Capital has acquired a 90% stake in renewable energy utility Enersis from Australian infrastructure investor Babcock & Brown, in a deal valued at EUR 1.2bn.
UK - Thule and Blue Run make £1.5m Muzicall investment
Thule Investments, through Bru II Venure Capital Fund Sicar, and Blue Run Ventures have participated in a ТЃ1.5m funding round for ringback tone service provider Muzicall.
SWEDEN - EQT closes infrastructure fund on EUR 1.2bn
EQT has closed its first infrastructure fund on EUR 1.2bn, exceeding its target of SEK 1bn.
SWEDEN - Investor Growth Capital injects SEK 50m into PocketMobile
Investor Growth Capital has invested SEK 50m into mobile software developer PocketMobile.
GERMANY - MIT takes stake in TB&C
MIT Munich Industrial Technologies AG, via its Gulf One Buchanan Industrial Technologies Fund, has acquired a 25.1% stake in components manufacturer TB&C Outsert Center GmbH.
GERMANY - Target leads EUR 3m investment into Ubitexx
Target Partners has made the first investment from its second fund, Target Partners Fund II; leading a EUR 3m funding round for software developer Ubitexx GmbH, alongside incumbent backers BayBG and KfW.
UK - Solon supports GTS
Solon Ventures has made an indisclosed investment into gaming software developer Gaming Technology Solutions (GTS).
UK - Kelso supports Marshal merger
Kelso Place Asset Management has supported the merger of portfolio software company Marshal Holdings Ltd with US-based 8e6 International, a supplier of web filtration appliances and technology.
BENELUX/NORDIC/UK - Goldman acquires ABN AMRO portfolio
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of 20 buyout investments from ABN AMRO.
UK - Clyde Blowers acquires Textron division in $1bn deal
Scottish engineering group Clyde Blowers has acquired the fluid and power division of US-based Fortune 500 industrial group Textron, in a $1bn deal that included equity from the company's private equity fund, Clyde Blowers Capital Fund II LP.
UK - NESTA to manage Kinetique Biomedical Seed Fund
NESTA has been appointed as the fund manager of the Kinetique Biomedical Seed Fund.
UK - WFM backs £910,000 Healthcare Learning investment
Wales Fund Managers has invested ТЃ200,000 into The Healthcare Learning Company Ltd (HLC), a developer and distributor of e-learning for healthcare professionals, as part of a ТЃ910,000 funding round.
ITALY - Advent appoints Paolo Cantarella to Operating Partner Programme
Advent International has appointed Paolo Cantarella to join the firm’s Operating Partner Programme based in Milan, with a particular focus on investment opportunities in the industrial sector.
SWEDEN - DN Capital invests EUR 4m into Tbricks
London-based venture capital firm DN Capital has, together with private investors, invested EUR 4m into Swedish automated trading software company, Tbricks.