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Michael Rice joins Endless
Turnaround investor Endless has appointed Michael Rice as an investment executive. The announcement takes the company’s team to 17 investment professionals.
Foresight Group expands its solar team
Ricardo Piñeiro has joined Foresight Group's solar investment team as an investment manager.
Accent Equity acquires Autotube
Accent Equity has wholly acquired Autotube AB from Specma Hydraulic AB, a unit of Investment AB Latour.
Pantheon bolsters business development team
Fund of funds investor Pantheon has appointed three new hires to its business development team in Europe and North America.
Kirkland & Ellis has two new partners
Kirkland & Ellis International has expanded its European antitrust and competition practice group by adding partners Shaun Goodman and Sarah Jordan to its London office.
SLS Invest and SEB sell Sanos
SLS Invest and SEB have sold their stakes in Danish biotech company Sanos Bioscience A/S to Nordic Bioscience A/S.
Idea Capital invests £7.5m in Telit Communications
Idea Capital has invested £7.5m in listed Italian telecoms business Telit Communications, as part of a wider £19m capital increase for the company.
AXA acquires 10% of CLH Group
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 10% stake in Spain’s Compañia Logistica de Hidrocarburos, in a deal that values the oil storage and transportation firm at €3.6bn.
HTGF et al. back SAW Instruments
HTGF, KfW and KI Kapital have invested €1m in SAW Instruments in a second round of financing.
Barclays Private Equity exits Siteco
Barclays Private Equity has sold Siteco Lighting GmbH to Osram, a subsidiary of the Siemens Group, for an undisclosed amount.
EQT makes SEK 12bn bid for Dometic
EQT has made a SEK 12bn offer to acquire Dometic Group from a consortium of lenders, members of the board and employees.
Mid Europa's buys Penta's groceries for EUR 400m
Following two handsome exits, Mid Europa stumps up 13x Ebitda for a Polish grocery chain.
Vector Capital backs Efectivox
Vector Capital has participated in the €4.5m capital increase carried out by its Spanish portfolio company, Efectivox.
Warburg Pincus invested in United Internet
Private equity investor Warburg Pincus has acquired 5.29% of the shares in United Internet AG.
Segulah hires investment controller and analyst
Segulah has appointed Cecilia Åfeldt as investment controller and Nikolay Bogdanov as analyst.
Inveready invests €1m in Spanish media firm
Inveready has invested more than €1m in Adman Interactive, leading the first round of investment into the Catalan start-up.
Prime Ventures and Intel Capital exit Silicon Hive
Prime Ventures and Intel Capital have sold their stakes in Dutch multimedia solutions provider Silicon Hive to Intel Corporation.
NBGI backs MBO of Facilities Services Group
NBGI Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in UK-based Facilities Service Group (FSG) for £9m.
Oaktree considers Nueva Rumasa investment
Turnaround fund Oaktree Capital is in negotiations with Spain’s Ruiz-Mateos family about a possible investment in food group Nueva Rumasa.
Socadif backs SPAS MBI
Socadif has backed the management buy-in of French events organiser SPAS.
Riva y García backs steel manufacturer
Spanish private equity firm Riva y García has backed the creation of Madrid-based steel manufacturing business Bloqmarine International.
Atomico invests €10m in FON
Early-stage technology investor Atomico has invested 10m in wifi telecommunications firm FON.
ICG acquires Gerflor from AXA PE
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has agreed to acquire French flooring business Gerflor from AXA Private Equity, for an undisclosed amount.
Privet Capital acquires HWA Group Ltd
Privet Capital has acquired specialist building contractor HWA Group Ltd for an undisclosed sum.