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Nord Holding sells Digital Video System
Private equity firm Nord Holding has exited Digital Video System (DVS) AG to electronics group Rohde & Schwarz.
KKR and Permira looking to sell ProSiebenSat.1
Private equity firms KKR and Permira are planning an exit of German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 by the end of next year, according to reports.
Nordic Capital partially exits Falck
Nordic Capital, ATP Private Equity Partners and Folksam have sold a 36% stake in Falck to The Lundbeck Foundation.
IK and Ratos sell Superfos for €240m
IK Investment Partners and Ratos have fully exited Superfos through a trade sale to RPC Group Plc, valuing the company at тЌ240m.
Hannes Snellman appoints two partners
Nordic law firm Hannes Snellman has appointed Peter Lyck and Mikkel Fritsch as partners at its Copenhagen office.
ALMI and K-Svets invest in Metrum
ALMI Invest and K-Svets Venture have invested in Metrum Sweden AB, a provider of measurement systems for power quality, disturbance analysis and energy analysis.
Atlas and Octopus inject £3.25m in Zoopla
Atlas Venture and Octopus Investments have provided ТЃ3.25m of new funding in property website Zoopla.co.uk.
Fjord leads NOK 4.8m investment in Beat.no
Fjord Invest has led a NOK 4.8m investment in Norwegian online music store Beat.no AS.
Vækstkapital invests DKK 12.5m in DITA
VУІkstkapital has invested DKK 12.5m in Content Technologies ApS, which owns the DITA Exchange brand.
Montefiore buys Groupe Avenir Santé
Montefiore Investment has taken a majority stake in French clinics operator Groupe Avenir Santé, for an undisclosed amount.
Barclays PE exits Swiss fashion retailer
Barclays Private Equity has exited its stake in Swiss fashion chain Schild.
Clifford Chance expands Munich office
Clifford Chance has added Private Equity and Litigation & Dispute Resolution divisions to its Munich office.
Alven Capital backs Smallable.com with €2m
Alven Capital has invested €2m of growth capital funding in e-commerce website Smallable.com.
ISAI invests in Commerce Guys
ISAI has provided French e-commerce solutions provider Commerce Guys with growth capital funding of an undisclosed amount.
Bain buys IMCD from AAC
Bain Capital has purchased specialty chemicals distributor IMCD from mid-market buyout firm AAC Capital Partners via a secondary buyout.
3i acquires Amor in SBO
3i has acquired German jewellery distributor Amor Group from Pamplona Capital Management for an undisclosed amount.
EQT-backed Munksjö acquires ArjoWiggins divisions
EQTтs portfolio company MunksjУЖ AB is set to acquire the decor, abrasives, thin paper and fine arts businesses of ArjoWiggins for тЌ95m.
Darwin Private Equity makes first exit with Maxinutrition
Darwin Private Equity, founded in 2007 by former executives from Permira and CVC, has made its first exit with the ТЃ162m sale of sports nutrition company Maxinutrition to GlaxoSmithKline.
Investors lose stakes in Alliance Medical debt restructure
Senior and subordinated lenders that backed the 2006 tertiary buyout of Alliance Medical by DIC and previous majority shareholder Bridgepoint Capital have reached an agreement over a ТЃ570m debt restructuring package.
Towerbrook exits Polymer Latex
Private equity firm Towerbrook Capital Partners has agreed to sell Polymer Latex Deutschland Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.
R Capital in talks over Robinson steelworks
R Capital is close to signing a deal to buy struggling steelwork contractor S Robinson & Sons, according to reports.
Partners Group to open Munich office
Global private markets investment manager Partners Group is to open a Munich office in January 2011.
Sovereign Capital acquires IMS
Sovereign Capital has acquired the IMS Consulting Group, a consulting and business support provider for the wholesale asset management and securities industry.
Sympasis invest in ubigrate
Sympasis Innovation Capital has led a second round of funding for software specialist ubigrate, joining existing investors HTG and Kfw-Bankengruppe.