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FRANCE - XAnge provide KissKissBankBank with EUR 750k
XAnge Private Equity has provided KissKissBankBank, an internet platform, with EUR 750,000 in seed financing.
UK - Celtic Therapeutics to invest up to $15m into Spirogen
Pharmaceuticals-focused investor Celtic Therapeutics has agreed to invest up to $15m into Spirogen Ltd, a developer of DNA-interactive drugs.
UK - Lime Rock Partners invests £55m into ITS Group
Oil and gas investor Lime Rock Partners has invested ТЃ55m into ITS Group, a specialist provider of oil equipment and services, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
UK - Mercia et al. invest £400,000 into Allinea Software
Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Midven, via its Advantage Growth Fund, have co-led a ТЃ400,000 seed funding round for specialist software developer Allinea Software, alongside management.
NETHERLANDS - Carlyle could be sidelined in Stahl restructuring
Reports suggest that French listed investment firm Wendel has put forward a proposal for the restructuring of Stahl Holding BV, which, if approved, would leave co-investor Carlyle in the margins only three years after the two joined forces in the acquisition....
ITALY - MCP backs Microgame as Cambria divests
International private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) has backed online game operator Microgame, in a deal thought to be valued in the tens of millions of Euros.
UK - Candover loses interest in ALcontrol restructuring
Laboratory testing company ALcontrol, backed by beleaguered private equity firm Candover, has agreed to a restructuring deal with its lenders that will see Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners take a majority stake in the business.
UK - Quinn Partnership appoints senior project coordinator
Due diligence provider The Quinn Partnership has hired Samantha Kenny as senior project coordinator to its project team.
UK - DN appoints principal
Media and technology-focused investor DN Capital has hired Tom Bradley as principal to the firm.
UK - LCA invests £1.5m into Proven Energy
Low Carbon Acceleratior (LCA) has further invested into small-scale wind turbine manufacturer Proven Energy, in a funding round worth ТЃ1.5m.
ITALY - Ambienta reaches final close at EUR 218m
Specialised environmental investor Ambienta has reached the final close of its inaugural fund, Ambient I, on a shade under EUR 218m.
AUSTRIA - AXA acquires Competence Call Center
AXA Private Equity has acquired a majority stake of around two-thirds in Austrian telemarketing company Competence Call Center for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Inflexion boosts origination team with new hire
Mid-market investor Inflexion Private Equity has hired Angela Galbraith as origination executive.
GERMANY – HRE squeeze-out formalised; Flowers loses stake
JC Flowers lost its stake in ailing Hypo Real Estate bank when the bank's majority owner, government fund Soffin finalised the squeeze-out of the remaining minority investors at yesterday's general meeting.
UK - Atlas and Novartis invest into Bicycle Therapeutics
Atlas Venture and Novartis Venture Fund have invested an undisclosed amount of seed funding into biotherapeutics start-up Bicycle Therapeutics.
FRANCE - AXA PE could still bid for Areva T&D
According to reports, AXA Private Equity could still enter the race for Areva T&D, Areva's power distribution unit, despite having previously withdrawn interest after a member of its consortium pulled out.
GERMANY – Perusa acquires GRV LUTHE
German private equity house Perusa Partners has acquired disposal services company GRV LUTHE Kampfmittelbeseitigung GmbH from Turn Around Investments GmbH and GRV's management.
GERMANY/US – Riverside continues buy-and-build for Sage Holdings
The Riverside Company has acquired Chapter 11 advisory specialist Donlin, Recano & Company Inc from founders Louis Recano and Carole Donlin. The company will be added to corporate communications platform Sage Holdings, which is based in Germany and the...
AUSTRIA - Deutsche Beteiligungs sells MCE
German private equity house Deutsche Beteiligungs AG has sold its entire stake in industrial service group MCE to trade buyer Bilfinger Berger AG in a deal valuing the company at EUR 350m.
UK - Amadeus Capital invests in Linkdex
Amadeus Capital Partners, via its Amadeus Seed Fund and Amadeus III vehicle, has invested EUR650,000 into software company Linkdex.
FRANCE - 3i cedes position in Cair
3i has ceded its 34% stake in Groupe Cair to Creadev, an investment company owned by the Mulliez Family. The divestment was made through Creadev's acquisition of Groupe Cair's main subsidiary Homeperf, a home care company. Following 3i's exit, Groupe...
FRANCE - 21 Centrale sees Arjowiggins Security deal cancelled
Paper manufacturing group Sequana has broken off negotiations with French buyout house 21 Centrale Partners regarding the sale of Arjowiggins Security, a division of Sequana's fine-paper subsidiary Arjowiggins, and taken the company off the market.
ITALY - Xenon surpasses EUR 130m target for latest fund
Italian lower mid-market buyout firm Xenon Private Equity has reached the final close of Xenon V at EUR 150m (hard cap) above the EUR 130m target.
CZECH - TA spends $200m on Czech security
TA Associates has paid more than $200m to acquire a minority stake in Czech computer security software firm AVG Technologies from incumbent private equity backers including Enterprise Investors.