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UK/FRANCE - NBGI launches in Paris

NBGI Private Equity has opened a new office in Paris, which will be headed up by Didier Riebel and Laurent Allégot.

  • GPs
  • 15 July 2008
UK - Oxford Capital closes fourth gateway fund on £12m

Oxford Capital has closed Oxford Gateway Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Fund No 4 on £12m.

  • Venture
  • 14 July 2008
UK - Foresight appoints industrial partner

Foresight Group has appointed Nigel Aitchison as industrial partner.

  • People
  • 14 July 2008
First Reserve launches Torus Insurance

  • Industry
  • 14 July 2008
Tough at the top

The prevailing opinion in the private equity market today is that it's not a good time to be a large buyout fund manager. With a 'sweet spot' a long way up the value chain, finding suitable targets is a tough job and convincing banks to back a transaction...

  • UK / Ireland
  • 14 July 2008
Politicking

Following the conflict between UK trade unions and private equity firms last year, and the subsequent negative media attention, came the recognition by the private equity community that it needed to engage with a wider stakeholder base. This should begin...

  • Regulation
  • 14 July 2008
DENMARK - Index Ventures invests USD 27m in Milestone

Index Ventures has invested USD 27m in Milestone, a Copenhagen-based developer of open platform IP video management software for surveillance systems.

  • Expansion
  • 11 July 2008
FRANCE - Garibaldi et al invest EUR 1.2m in Addev

Naxicap Partners, Garibaldi Participations and Midi-Pyrénées Croissance have completed a management buyout of Addev, the holding company of adhesives producer Adhis.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 July 2008
UK - Sovereign strengthens investment team

Sovereign Capital has appointed Taha Hasan as investment manager and Tom Matthews as investment executive.

  • People
  • 10 July 2008
UK - Amadeus leads USD 16m funding round for Secerno

Amadeus Capital Partners has led a USD 16m series-B funding round into software company Secerno Ltd alongside existing backers Eden Ventures and Spark Ventures.

  • Early-stage
  • 10 July 2008
UK - Advent et al make further investment in OpenCloud

Existing investors Advent Venture Partners, No 8 Ventures and Motorla Ventures have supported a USD 10m series-B funding round in telecommunications software developer OpenCloud Ltd. Silicon Valley Bank provided a debt package to support the deal.

  • Expansion
  • 10 July 2008
FRANCE - Index Ventures invests EUR 22.5m into BestofMedia

Index Ventures has invested EUR 22.5m into online media publishing company BestofMedia.

  • Expansion
  • 10 July 2008
ITALY - Barclays exit industrial manufacturer CEME

Barclays Private Equity has agreed to sell fluid control components producer CEME Group to Investcorp, the global provider and manager of alternative investment products. The current management team will also reinvest in the company.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 July 2008
SWEDEN - EQT Opportunity acquires Granngården

EQT Opportunity has acquired Granngården, a Swedish retail chain, from Lantmännen, a group owned by 42,000 Swedish farmers, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Buyouts
  • 09 July 2008
SWEDEN - Riverside acquires SPX Air Filtration

The Riverside Company, through its Riverside Europe Fund III (REF III), has acquired the Swedish based SPX Air Filtration for an undisclosed sum. A senior debt package was provided by Kaupthing Bank, while Eqvitec supplied a mezzanine tranche to support...

  • Buyouts
  • 08 July 2008
SPAIN - Private equity investment drops 41%

According to the latest data released by ASCRI, the first semester of 2008 registered a 41% year-on-year drop in total private equity transaction value in Spain, dropping to EUR 1.19bn and falling below the EUR 1.23bn invested in the first semester of...

  • Industry
  • 08 July 2008
GERMANY – Consortium joins third nugg funding round

New investors European Funders Funds and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin joined for a third round of funding for nugg.ad AG, a provider of predictive behavioral targeting solutions to advertising agencies, alongside incumbent investors bmp Media Investors...

  • Early-stage
  • 08 July 2008
FRANCE - Turenne backs Mediastay acquisition of Lucky Surf

Turenne Capital, through Turenne Investissement and Hexagone Croissance 1, has backed portfolio gaming company Mediastay’s acquisition of US competitor Lucky Surf.

  • Expansion
  • 08 July 2008
UK - QIA looking for new partners for Four Season Healthcare

The Quatari Investment Authority (QIA) is talking to potential new partners about ways to recapitalise troubled nursing home operator Four Seasons Healthcare. Buyout house Blackstone and Infrastructure investor Macquarie are said to be among the firms...

  • Industry
  • 07 July 2008
UK - Pentech to raise £45m fund

Pentech Ventures is believed to be raising a new £45m fund, to be launched this summer.

  • Venture
  • 07 July 2008
UK - Advent appoints partner

Advent Venture Partners has appointed Mike Chalfen as general partner in its technology team.

  • People
  • 07 July 2008
SPAIN - Bertelsmann in series-C financing for BuyVip.com

Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), the venture investment vehicle of the Bertelsmann Media group, has completed a EUR 10m series-C round of financing for internet multi-brand retailer BuyVip.

  • Expansion
  • 04 July 2008
UK - Balderton invests in GDCM

Balderton Capital has invested an undisclosed sum in software company Global Datacentre Management (GDCM).

  • Expansion
  • 04 July 2008
UK - Jefferies appoints managing director

Investment bank Jefferies International has appointed Andrew Bracey as managing director for its London office.

  • People
  • 04 July 2008
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