Spain
Applus IPO to raise €300m
Proceeds expected to pay down debt and fund acquisitions
Loizaga joins Australia's Leighton Holdings as CFO
Move follows resignation from N+1 Mercapital in November
Capital Expansió commits €1m to Aïta
GP's maiden investment is part of a €2.2m round
Investindustrial and KKR sell Avincis for €2bn
Investindustrial and KKR have sold Avincis Group, a supplier of helicopter and fixed-wing emergency services, to UK engineering services firm Babcock in a deal that gives the firm an enterprise value of around €2bn.
Altamar to begin raising direct fund in April
€200m fund to target distressed real estate opportunities
ProA Capital invests in Rotor
Deal marks ProA's seventh investment
Gigas raises further $2.7m from Cabiedes et al.
Cabiedes, Bonsai and Caixa among investors
Applus IPO expected in April
The long-awaited IPO of Spanish testing, inspection and certification company Applus, backed by Carlyle, is to take place in April, according to reports.
Caixa launches latest biotech fund
Vehicle targets €35m
Inveready–backed MásMóvil sold to Ibercom
Inveready to take 11% stake in Ibercom as part of transaction
Ysios Capital launches second fund
VC targeting €100m for life sciences fund
Eurazeo invests €285m in Desigual
Investor secures 10% stake in Spanish clothing brand
Vodafone acquires Grupo Corporativo Ono
Ono valued at 7.5x 2013 EBITDA
Corpfin Capital sells Cunext Copper
GP sells its 80% stake after 10-year holding
Magnum Capital buys Geriátricos del Principado
Deal leverages the GP's experience in the retirement home sector
Vodafone makes revised Ono offer
Vodafone is understood to have made a revised offer to buy private equity-backed Spanish broadband operator Grupo Ono.
Axon Partners launches new fund
Spanish venture capital investor Axon Partners Group has launched a new fund to back early-stage Spanish companies operating in the digital economy.
Springwater buys 30% of Aernnova
Deal values firm at €500m
Corpfin Capital buys FCC logistics division for €32m
Business to be renamed Logisters
PE-backed eDreams nears IPO
eDreams, the Spanish online travel agency backed by Permira and Ardian, is nearing an initial public offering.
Dinamia trading discount narrows
Dinamia Capital Privado Sociedad de Capital Riesgo, the listed fund managed by N+1 Mercapital, has seen its trading discount narrow from 49.4% to 27.3% over the course of 2013.
Vidal-Quadras to take over as head of 3i Spain
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 3i
Fondo ICO launches second tender
Spain’s €1.2bn state-backed fund-of-funds, Fondo ICO Global, has launched its second tender process.