Ireland
Kernel Capital leads investment in SolarPrint
Kernel Capital has led a тЌ1m investment in Dublin-based photovoltaic technology developer SolarPrint.
Metric Capital Partners invests in Centric Health
Metric Capital Partners has invested тЌ20m in the MBO of Irish healthcare provider group Centric Health and its two subsidiaries Уras SlУЁinte and Global Diagnostics.
UK & Ireland unquote" November 2012
The latest results from unquoteт data suggest the UK is on course to register similar levels of market activity in 2012 to that of 2011, despite a lacklustre September.
DFJ Esprit backs Datahug with $3.2m
DFJ Esprit has injected $3.2m into Datahug, an Irish business networking automation company.
UK & Ireland unquote" October 2012
Prime Minister David Cameronтs much vaunted тbig societyт project finally got off the ground this month, with government-established investor Big Society Capital (BSC) making its first investments.
Kernel Capital invests in IHG
Kernel Capital has led a тЌ400,000 financing round for Irish embedded audio player company In Hand Guides (IHG).
UK & Ireland unquote" September 2012
While Britain can boast it is home to some of Europeтs largest financial institutions, including banks and private equity funds, it is also now regrettably facing some of its biggest asset disposals.
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Kernel backs Kinesense
Kernel Capital has invested тЌ500,000 in Dublin-based software company Kinesense.
UK & Ireland unquote" July/August 2012
The UKтs banking sector is facing a new crisis, one far more sinister than any it has previously faced and entirely of its own making.
Exponent backs MBO of Fintrax Group
Exponent Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Irish payment processing company Fintrax Group in a deal valued at тЌ170m.
Doughty Hanson-backed Vue to take over CinemaxX
Doughty Hanson’s portfolio company Vue has announced its intention to launch a voluntary public takeover offer for German multiplex chain CinemaxX.
Balderton Capital et al. in $16m round for Openet
Balderton Capital, Cross Atlantic and Kreos Capital have committed capital to a $16m series-D financing round for Irish management software provider Openet.
UK & Ireland unquote" June 2012
After several difficult years, Terra Firma may be turning its fortunes around and exorcising the ghost of EMI.
UK & Ireland unquote" May 2012
Business now needs to fuel future growth in order to get the UK's economy moving again, according to the latest Ernst & Young's Item Club.
UK & Ireland unquote" April 2012
This yearтs Budget, delivered on 21 March by chancellor George Osborne, had few surprises, with even Osborne describing it as тfiscally neutralт.
UK & Ireland unquote" March 2012
With the UKтs VCT community getting ready for fundraising season, Prime Minister David Cameron joined a number of EU leaders calling on Brussels to boost economic growth by supporting investment.
Kernel Capital invests €500,000 in Zolkc
Kernel Capital has provided тЌ500,000 of seed funding to tourism technology specialist Zolkc.
UK & Ireland unquote" 8 January 2012
The EU is proposing changes to the directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) that would impose Solvency II-like capital requirements on funds of occupational retirement schemes.
UK & Ireland unquote" 19 December 2011
With a swathe of mega-buyouts this year, much has been made of Franceтs buoyant buyout market in 2011.
Dublin BIC et al. invest €900,000 in RED-T
Dublin BIC, manager of the AIB Seed Capital Fund, and Enterprise Ireland have taken part in a тЌ900,000 funding round for RED-T, a developer of flow battery technology.
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Deal activity levels dipped below paltry Q3 figures, highlighting the hibernation the industry is in the midst of.
UK & Ireland unquote" 5 December 2011
This month, KKR announced what is likely to be one of the last large-cap deal of the year with its $1.12bn secondary buyout of Capital Safety Group (CSG). But how has 2011 as a whole stacked up in the mega-buyout arena?
UK & Ireland unquote" 21 November 2011
Take privates are set to rise next year as depressed stock markets provide rich pickings for acquisitive corporates as well as financial buyers eyeing up bargains.