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Frog Capital invests EUR 3m in agri.capital
Growth capital investor Frog Capital has invested EUR 3m in biogas producer agri.capital.
Banca Leonardo shuts down PE activities
The wave of structural reorganisations has hit Italyтs Banca Leonardo, which is one of the recent banks to decide to re-focus its activities, towards its advisory and wealth management and away private equity division.
Charterhouse favourite for £500m United Utilities sale
Charterhouse Capital Partners is understood to have gained the edge on a ТЃ500m bid for utility company United Utilities Contract Solutions (UUCS).
Eqvitec's mezzanine team spins out
Finnish venture and growth investor Eqvitec has sold its mezzanine operations to the newly formed Armada Mezzanine, led by former head of mezzanine at Eqvitec Pertti Nurmio.
Growth to remain strong in 2010
While the Belgian buyout market has suffered along with the rest of Europe over the last two years, growth capital has gone from strength to strength. Francinia Protti-Alvarez reports.
CVC appoints new senior adviser
Buyout firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed Thomas Renyi, as senior adviser.
LSP in €21.7m series B round for Merus
Life Sciences Partners (LSP), Novartis Option Fund, Pfizer and Bay City Capital have co-led a €21.7m series B financing round for biopharmaceutical Merus.
PPM Oost sells its stake in biotech incubator
PPM Oost and Wageningen University and Research Center have sold their stakes in the biotech incubator BioPartner Wageningen Center to developer and investor Kadans Vastgoed.
Venture-backed Cycleenergy acquires Gaishorn
Venture-backed biomass plant company Cycleenergy has acquired Bioenergie Gaishorn GmbH and doubled its capacities.
Permira names new partner
UK-based buyout house Permira has promoted Roberto Biondi to partner.
EK Fin acquires 15% of Transfer Industries
Mittelstandsfinanzierungs AG has acquired 15% of Transfer Industries GmbH, which owns turbine manufacturer Global Hydro Energy GmbH.
Q&A: LPs take direct route
Deborah Sterescu speaks to Ben Hewetson, director of Teachersт Private Capital in London on the merits of direct investing.
Carlyle names HR head for Europe and MENA
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has named Annie Paydar as head of Human Resources for the European and MENA regions.
3TS Capital Partners sells adverServe
3TS Capital Partners has sold its majority stake in adverServe Digital Advertising Services GmbH. In 2006, 3TS invested into adverServe as part of its earlier PXP Software AG engagement.
Optiomi and Veraventure back SongHi
Optiomi Invest has joined forces with the Finnish public early-stage investor Veraventure and backed SongHi Entertainment.
Veraventure leads USD 1m round for XIHA Life
Finnish public venture capital fund Veraventure has led a USD 1m investment round for multilingual social networking site XIHA Life
CapMan appoints Haavisto CFO
Finnish private equity group CapMan has hired Niko Haavisto as CFO, effective from 1 May 2010.
KKR acquires Pets at Home as SBO proves more lucrative than IPO
Bridgepoint has completed the exit of its pet retail chain Pets at Home through a secondary buyout to US giant KKR that is reportedly worth more than ТЃ950m, ending talk of a potential floatation of the business.
CVC and Carlyle bid EUR 5bn for Kabel Deutschland
According to reports, CVC Capital Partners and Carlyle have teamed up for a EUR 5bn bid for cable networks operator Kabel Deutschland, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners. The buyout might see banks provide between EUR 3.5bn and EUR 4bn...
smac partners acquires ICT-portfolio from iD TechVentures
Munich-based venture firm smac partners and Headway Capital have acquired a tail-end portfolio from iD TechVentures Ltd. The equity was drawn from smac partners Fund III, with Headway providing backing.
KKR acquires stake in Rudolf Wild
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) has acquired a stake in food ingredients business Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG with effect from 1 January 2010 from the owner, Dr. Hans-Peter Wild.