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FRANCE - EPF Partners supports BRF
EPF Partners has taken a stake in paper services company Groupe BRF. Management, led by Hervé Vandenkerckhove and Thierry Jean-Babtiste, also participated in the buyout deal and retains a stake in the company.
DENMARK - EQT Expansion backs Skykon
Swedish private equity firm EQT has through its Expansion Capital II fund taken a minority stake in Skykon, a supplier to the wind energy industry.
SWEDEN - Karnell takes majority stake in Struktur Svenska Kontor
Swedish small-cap buyout house Karnell has acquired a majority stake in office space service company Struktur Svenska Kontor, from founders and management who retain a minority stake.
UK - Hellman seeks Gartmore listing
Global buyout house Hellman & Friedman has added its name to the growing list of investors planning a listing of a strong performing portfolio company, with sources close to the firm suggesting that fund management business Gartmore, in which Hellman...
UK - Ropes & Gray opens London office; appoints Bloom
International law firm Ropes & Gray is to open a new office in London this January, which will be headed up by finance lawyers Maurice Allen and Michael Goetz.
UK - Hellman seeks Gartmore listing
Global buyout house Hellman & Friedman has added its name to the growing list of investors planning a listing of a strong performing portfolio company, with sources close to the firm suggesting that fund management business Gartmore, in which Hellman...
UK - Octopus' latest investment is Monkey Bizness
Octopus Investments has completed an investment of ТЃ2m from its ТЃ30m Capital for Enterprise Fund into Monkey Bizness, the UK's largest independent operator of family entertainment centres.
GERMANY - CBR acquires Alvo Metalltechnik out of insolvency
CBR Management, through its EquiVest II fund, has acquired metal parts producer Alvo Metalltechnik from insolvency for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Cognetas backs Tokheim acquisition of Rohé subsidiaries
Cognetas has provided more than EUR 5m to back portfolio company Tokheim, a producer of fuel dispensers for service stations, in its acquisition of several Central and Eastern European subsidiaries of sector rival Rohé, which was recently put into liquidation....
SWITZERLAND - Investors fund Evolva with CHF 28m
Current investor Aravis, alongside new backers Auriga Partners, Vinci Capital and Wellington Partners, have invested CHF 28m in biotechnology business Evolva in a first closing of the company's Series B financing round.
UK - CVC could bid for £1.5bn Matalan
UK discount retailer Matalan is formally on the block, with CVC Capital Partners rumoured to be interested in making a bid for the business, which could have an asking price of around ТЃ1.5bn.
UK - Duke Street's may fetch £250m for Simple sale
Reports suggest that Duke Street Capital is looking to sell skincare brand Simple for around ТЃ250m, with Goldman Sachs leading the process.
UK - MTI makes two investments in two days
MTI Partners has recently completed two transactions from its UMIP Premier Fund, the University of Manchester's technology transfer company, comprising a ТЃ1m co-investment in optical technology specialist Lein Applied Diagnostics and a ТЃ500,000 investment...
UK - LGV looks to raise £200m from LGC sale
Mid-market investor LGV has put its portfolio company LGC up for sale, with ТЃ200m touted as a possible price tag for the forensics group acquired in 2003 from 3i for ТЃ80m.
GERMANY - HTGF and T-Venture back Yoochoose
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and T-Venture have invested an undisclosed sum in recommendation software company Yoochoose.
NORWAY - Hitec invests NOK 160m into GC Rieber joint venture
Norwegian private equity house HitecVision has invested NOK 160m into a joint venture with GC Rieber Shipping to create a new subsea service company, based on GC's existing investments in geotechnical company Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd, and subsea service...
POLAND - Krokus PE acquires 44% stake in Polmed
Krokus Private Equity, through its Poland-focused fund Nova Polonia Natexis II, has acquired 44% stake in healthcare business Polmed as part of a capital increase.
UK - Ariadne syndicates £2.1m Enrich funding
Venture advisory firm Ariadne Capital has syndicated just over ТЃ2m of funding for media distribution firm Enrich Social Productions.
SWEDEN - Healthcap, KTH and Almi support MIPS with SEK 15m
HealtCap, KTH Chalmers Capital and Almi Invest Stockholm have subscribed to a SEK 15m share issue for MIPS, a developer of head protection equipment.
SWEDEN - Almi et al. back Simatic with SEK 5m
Swedish regional venture investor Almi Invest has invested SEK 5m in Simatic AB, a supplier of logistics solutions, alongside Coach & Capital and a business angel.
UK - Montagu loses Linpac in restructuring
Montagu Private Equity is to lose control of Linpac, a packaging company it acquired in 2003 for ТЃ860m with Deutsche Bank as lenders, in a debt-for-equity swap.
FRANCE - MBO Partenaires purchases 30% of Caloga
MBO Partenaires has taken a 30% stake in internet portal Caloga, in a buyout transactiont that leaves the five company founders with a majority take in the company. A senior debt was arranged by Crédit Industriel et Commercial.
FRANCE - FSI leads EUR 17m Dailymotion investment
FSI (Fonds stratégique d'investissement) has led a EUR 17m round of funding for internet video business Dailymotion, alongside returning investors Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity, Atlas Venture and Partech International.
UK - BDO's Aldridge joins up with Moulton
BDO Stoy Hayward corporate finance partner Mark Aldridge will be leaving the firm at the end of the year to team up with Jon Moulton in turnaround start-up Better Capital, unquote" can exclusively reveal. He will be one of half a dozen that Moulton plans...