Spain
Riverside adds two new execs
Global private equity firm The Riverside Company has appointed two new executives, Juan Rufilanchas and Jaime Escribano, to its Madrid office.
Magnum's Seda Coffee deal falls through
Magnum Capital Partners’ bid to acquire a 50% stake in Seda Coffee has fallen through, despite its announcement last April that the deal would go ahead.
N+1 et al. exit Serventa
N+1 Private Equity, Dinamia and Nmás1 Private Equity Fund LP, have sold their shareholding in vending machine operator Servicio de Venta Automatica SA (Serventa) to Autobar Group for €6.24m.
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N+1 registers EQMC fund in Spain
Private equity firm N+1 has registered a new open-ended fund in Spain, which will allow Spanish LPs to participate in the investments made by its Ireland-based EQMC vehicle.
Southern Europe unquote" July/August 2011
French investment firm Eurazeo has paid Carlyle Group €418m for a 45% stake in Moncler, a Milan-based manufacturer of high-end sportswear products, in an SBO.
Portobello Capital appoints new CFO
Rebeca García García has been appointed as chief financial officer at Madrid-based private equity firm Portobello Capital.
Tiger Global subscribes to €3m Mequedouno round
US private equity firm Tiger Global Management has subscribed to the €3m capital increase carried out by Spanish online sales website Mequedouno.
Carlyle et al circle Spain's Mare Nostrum
Buyout firms Carlyle Group, Apax Partners, Cerberus Capital Management and TPG have placed first-round bids for a stake in Spanish savings bank group Mare Nostrum.
Simbiosis considers €35m Cacaolat rescue
Simbiosis Venture Capital is considering rescuing Cacaolat, the beleaguered Spanish chocolate shakes-to-biscuits company owned by food group Nueva Rumasa.
JC Flowers in talks to buy €1bn CAM stake
US private equity firm JC Flowers is in negotiations with Spanish savings bank Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM) to buy a stake for between €400m-1bn.
Southern Europe unquote" June 2011
Spanish VCs were urged to emulate US firms at the ASCRI's 25-year anniversary conference.
Spanish VCs urged to emulate US firms
Susannah Birkwood reports direct from the 25-year anniversary conference held by ASCRI, the Spanish private equity association.
QMC exits Corporación Dermoestética
QMC Development Capital Fund is divesting Corporación Dermoestética.
CAN backs Laboratorios Ojer Pharma with €500,000
Corporación Caja Navarra (CAN), the private equity arm of Caja Navarra, has invested €500,000 in biotech company Laboratorios Ojer Pharma in return for a 11.22% in the business.
CVC seeks Colomer buyer
CVC Capital Partners is searching for a buyer for its Spanish portfolio company, Colomer Group, a manufacturer of hair and nail care products.
Active invests €1m in Restalo.es
Technology investor Active Venture Partners has injected €1m into Spanish online restaurant bookings platform Restalo.es via a capital increase.
Tandem Capital fund closes down
Spanish private equity firm Tandem Capital has announced that it will be ceasing all operations of its €40m fund next month.
AC Desarrollo acquires 21% of Postigo
AC Desarrollo, the private equity arm of banking group Ahorro Corporación, has acquired a 21.28% stake in Spanish road safety firm Grupo Postigo via a capital increase.
Blackstone et al consider BMN investment
Blackstone, Lone Star and Cerberus are among the private equity firms which have offered to invest in major Spanish financial group BMN.
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Southern Europe unquote" May 2011
BC Partners has acquired 78.7% of Gruppo Coin as part of a pending take-private transaction. This represents an exit for PAI partners from the listed Italian apparel retailer.
Gala in talks to sell Núcleo
Gala Capital is in advanced talks with engineering group Duro Felgueras about a possible sale of its portfolio company Núcleo de Comunicaciones y Control.
N+1 in talks to acquire 20% of CRC
N+1 Private Equity and Dinamia are in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Catalan medical diagnosis company CRC Corporació Sanitària via a capital increase of €10-12m.