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Segulah acquires European Travel Interactive
Segulah has acquired European Travel Interactive AB (eTRAVELi) from Norvestor Equity in a secondary buyout.
PAI Partners sells Kwik-Fit Insurance to Fortis
PAI Partners has sold the Insurance branch of Kwik-Fit to Fortis UK for £215m.
Apax acquires BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium
Apax has agreed to acquire BNP Paribas Personal Finance Belgium from BNP Paribas.
CapMan acquires INR and Aspen
CapMan has acquired INR from Accent Equity and Aspen from Valedo Partners in secondary buyouts.
EQT sells Aleris to Investor AB
EQT Partners has agreed to sell Aleris Holding AB to Investor AB for an enterprise value of SEK 4.4bn.
Lone Star buys Düsselhyp bank from BdB
US fund Lone Star has acquired the Düsselhyp bank from BdB, the German commercial banking association.
Apax set to lose stake in Panrico
The large banking syndicate holding debt in the Spanish bakery business Panrico looks likely to follow through with a debt for equity swap after attempts to re-finance the leverage package failed.
Argos Soditic buys Termoindustriale
ArgosSoditic has acquired a 70% stake in Italian industrial engineering specialist Termoindustriale.
Index Ventures et al. back GroupSpaces with $1.3m
Index Ventures and a consortium of business angels have invested $1.3m in online group management specialist GroupSpaces.
Waterland ups stake in Arseus
Waterland Private Equity has increased its stake in medical supplies and services company Arseus.
Triton acquires MCS division of Munters
Triton has signed an agreement to acquire MCS (Moisture Control Services), a division of Munters for a total deal value of SEK 1.3bn.
Advent and Turkven sell Roma Plastic
Advent International and Turkven Private Equity have sold Turkish manufacturer of PVC edge bands to Austrian wood manufacturing firm Egger.
DZ Equity Partners exits Electrovac
DZ Equity Partners is reported to have sold the Austrian Electrovac Group to Semikron International.
Life sciences: testing times ahead?
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology have fared marginally better than other sectors during the global recession, but the last two years have still been lacklustre for private equity investments in life sciences. However, with a healthy number of deals already...
Leonardo Venture-backed GROHNO-Guss insolvent
Leonardo Venture today announced its portfolio company GROHNO-Guss has gone into administration.
Litorina-backed Semantix acquires Tamarind
Litorina’s portfolio company Semantix has acquired translation service provider Tamarind.
Sofinnova Partners et al. invest €13.7m in McPhy Energy
Sofinnova Partners, GimV and Amundi Private Equity have backed McPhy Energy with a €13.7m second round of funding, alongside historic investors
Intera invests in Toivonen Yhtiöt
Intera Equity Partners has invested in demolition and waste processing specialist Toivonen Yhtiöt.
Fouriertransform invests in El-Forest
Fouriertransform has invested SEK 20m through the issue of new shares in El-Forest AB.
Vækstfonden provides funding for EntomoPharm
Vækstfonden has taken a stake in EntomoPharm for an undisclosed amount.
Siparex exits Keria
Siparex has sold its entire stake in lighting products retailer Keria to the founder's family.
SAP Ventures backs Irish software developer Aepona
SAP Ventures has joined the $10m series-C funding of UK software developer Aepona, bringing the funding round to completion.
Maven backs £6m buyout of XPD8
Maven Capital Partners has backed the management buyout of UK-based software technology vendor, XPD8 Solutions.
Sovereign Capital acquires Tech Music Schools
Sovereign Capital has acquired a majority stake in Tech Music Schools (TMS), for an undisclosed amount.