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SPAIN/UK - Palamon adds Morgan Stanley banker to its Spanish team
Pan-European private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has hired former Morgan Stanley executive director Jaime Enrique Hugas to strenghten its activities in Spain.
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its Real Estate team
Jorma Lehtonen has been appointed as CapMan Real Estate’s fund director and will be responsible for the investment activities of private equity real estate funds. In addition he will act as deputy to Markku Hietala, managing director of Realprojekti Oy....
UK - Shackleton in further deal with 3i
Three months after it acquired four investments from 3i, Shackleton Ventures has purchased a further portfolio of nine companies from 3i. Shackleton is a specialist secondaries venture capital firm with the ability to draw on investment of up to ТЃ20m....
NL - Lion Capital acquires HEMA
Lion Capital has acquired Dutch retailer HEMA from Maxeda. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, expected before the end of July 2007.
GERMANY - Henderson sells Homann to IFR Capital
Henderson Private Equity has exited food manufacturer Homann through a sale to AIM-listed investment company IFR Capital. IFR has acquired 100% of the share capital of Homann, continuing its strategy of consolidation in the European retail food sector....
FINLAND - 3i acquires 25% of DNA for EUR 140m
3i has acquired 25% of the shares in Finnet OY, a Finish mobile operator, for EUR 140m. Following the deal Finnet OY is to be renamed DNA. 3i's stake will be reduced to 13% after the anticipated merger of five local operators and DNA. The 25% stake has...
DENMARK - EQT acquires Cimbria
The EQT Opportunity Fund has agreed to acquire a majority of the shares in the Danish industrial engineering Company Cimbria A/S.
FRANCE - GIMV hires Dubus
Belgian-based Investment company GIMV has hired Geoffroy Dubus to head investments in the ICT sector in France. Dunus will also assist with the opening of GIMV's French office. Dunus was previously a partner at French private equity house Innovacom,...
UK - Palamon expands investment team
Palamon Capital Partners has expanded its investment team with the appointment of JaimeEnrique Hugas as principal. Hugas, a Spanish national, joins Palamon from Morgan Stanley where he was executive director of the European Media and Communications Corporate...
GERMANY - GMT buys construction information provider
GMT Communications Partners has acquired the construction information division from Springer Science + Business Media for an undisclosed amount. The financial investor currently owns Docu Group, another B2B information provider in the construction sector...
FRANCE - Stirling Square sells GDT to Bridgepoint in $343m deal
Stirling Square Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell Global Design Technologies (GDT) to Bridgepoint for $343m. GDT is a France/US-headquartered manufacturer of swaged permanent coupling systems for rigid tubing and pipes used in the aerospace,...
FINLAND- CapMan invests in Movial Applications
CapMan Technology 2007 fund has invested in Movial Applications, a provider of IP communication software network equipment. CapMan will hold a minority stake in the company, while the management and employees will continue to hold the majority of the...
ITALY - MPS Venture supports recovery of Arquati
MPS Venture has taken a 15% stake via a capital increase in Arquati SpA, a group specialised in the design and manufacture of picture frame moulding and products for the window covering industry.
UK - August Equity exits InterMed in £27.5m sale to Altaris
August Equity has completed the sale of InterMed Holdings Ltd, a UK manufacturer of anaesthesia equipment, to Altaris Capital Partners for ТЃ27.5m. The purchaser is a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.
UK - Ingenious Media Active Capital invests £5.34m in Two Way TV
Ingenious Media Active Capital Ltd (IMAC) has completed an investment of up to ТЃ5.34m to acquire Two Way Media Ltd (Two Way TV), a London-based interactive television production company. The transaction sees IMAC taking an 84.3% stake in the newco. This...
SWEDEN - SVCA launches private equity 'internships' for politicians
In a move to counteract the bad press targeted at the private equity market recently, the Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA) has offered politicians an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the industry. “It was a fantastic opportunity...
UK - LDC to open Scotland office
LDC is planning to establish a dedicated new business team in Scotland as part of its continued expansion. The new office, to be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh, will be LDC's eleventh regional office bringing its total number of offices to 12 including...
UK - ISIS acquires medicine prescribing software company ScriptSwitch
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired ScriptSwitch, a medicine prescribing software company, in a ТЃ9.9m replacement capital transaction. ISIS invested ТЃ4.6m from its Baronsmead VCTs. This is ISIS's second deal in as many days following its buyout of the...
UK - Fearghal Ó Ríordaín joins SEP from Accel
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has announced the appointment of Fearghal У RУordaУn, formerly of Accel Partners. У RУordaУn will operate from SEPтs London office. Prior to SEP, У RУordaУn spent five years at Accel Partners. He was a founding principal...
SWEDEN- Creandum, Teknoinvest and Grande Ventures invests $6m in Mitrionics
Mitrionics AB, software developer, has received $6m of funding from three investment firms: Grande Ventures, LLC, a United States-based firm and lead investor in this round, and Creandum and Teknoinvest. Creandum and Teknoinvest are both previous shareholders...
UK - Sovereign Capital adds specialist child care provider to portfolio company
Sovereign Capital has acquired specialist child care provider Paediatric Nursing Link Ltd (PNL) for ТЃ2.2m. The acquisition is being undertaken by Sovereign portfolio company Complete Personal Assistance, a provider of post-traumatic homecare provision....
GERMANY - Palomon sells D.A.V.I.D. GmbH
Palomon Capital Partners has sold its stake in German software solutions provider D.A.V.I.D. GmbH to Silex Media GmbH for an undisclosed amount.
UK - BC Partners snaps up Foxtons
BC Partners has acquired London-focused estate agency chain Foxtons in a deal believed to weigh in at approximately ТЃ400m. The private vendor appointed Credit Suisse to run a process to dispose of the asset. TA Associates and 3i were thought to have...
UK - Quadrangle opens London office
Quadrangle Group has opened a London office to expand the firm's private equity activities in Europe. The firm is currently investing its second private equity fund, Quadrangle Capital Partners II, which has over $2bn in committed capital. Gordon Holmes,...