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NETHERLANDS - Waterland purchases Intertrust
Waterland Private Equity has purchased 100% of Fortis Intertrust Group Holding, a trust and corporate solutions company, from Fortis Bank Netherland and BGL.
ITALY - CPE invests EUR 10m into Enerqo
Clean tech investor Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has backed Enerqos Spa with EUR 10m.
GERMANY – Paragon Partners acquires Schülerhilfe
Munich-based Paragon Partners has acquired private teaching franchise ZGS Schülerhilfe GmbH for an undisclosed amount from Sylvan Learning Group.
GERMANY - Wellington appoints Christian Reitberger partner
Venture firm Wellington Partners has appointed Christian Reitberger as partner in the technology team in the Munich office.
FRANCE - 123Venture back EUR 4m renewables investments
123Venture, alongside renewable energy business Frey Nouvelles Energies, has invested EUR 2.5m into Solar Mimizan, an integrated solar power plants constructor and operator, and EUR 1.5m into Mariagaz, a biogas power plants operator.
UK - August-backed Enara completes Care Agency add-on
August Equity-backed home care specialist has completed the bolt-on acquisition of The Care Agency Ltd, a provider of private pay live-in carers.
FINLAND - CapMan appoints Bouix deputy CEO
Finnish private equity firm CapMan has appointed senior partner and head of investor services Jerome Bouix as deputy CEO. Partners Göran Barsby and Hans Christian Dall Nygård will also join the management group.
FINLAND - CapMan appoints Bouix deputy CEO
Finnish private equity firm CapMan has appointed senior partner and head of investor services Jerome Bouix as deputy CEO. Partners Göran Barsby and Hans Christian Dall Nygård will also join the management group.
DACH – BC Partners acquires FutureLAB and takes 40 % stake in Synlab
BC Partners has acquired listed company FutureLAB, a provider of medical-diagnostic laboratory services, and taken a 40% stake in sector rival Synlab, with the view to merge the two by the end of the year.
SWEDEN - Mannheimer Swartling partner goes to Roschier
Law firm Roschier has appointed Magnus Wallander as partner in its Stockholm office. Wallander joins from Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling where he was head of the employment and pension group and a former managing partner.
SWEDEN - SVCA strengthens team with two new hires
The Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA) has recruited two new team members: Barbro Dunér who will be in charge of office adminstration and liaising with members, and Susanne Ahlström who joins as communications manager.
FRANCE – Auriga invests EUR 3m into Convertigo
Auriga Partners has provided Convertigo, an internet company, with EUR 3m in a first round of financing. The investment round took four months to complete.
UK - Gresham appoints Bull
Gresham Private Equity has appointed Anthony Bull as partner in its investment team.
NETHERLANDS - Icos backs BiAqua spin-out
Icos Capital has backed the spin-out of BiAqua, a developer of water contamination solutions, from the Delft University of Techonology.
SWITZERLAND - EdRIP et al. invest CHF 38m into Endosense
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has led a series-B funding round worth over CHF 38m for medical technology company Endosense SA, alongside Gimv, Neomed, VI Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, Ysios Capital Partners and Initiative Capital...
FRANCE - AXA PE invests EUR 2m into Aviccia
AXA Private Equity has injected Aviccia, a solar turn-key company, with a EUR 2m investment.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Enterprise Investors opens in Prague
CEE-focused private equity house Enterprise Investors (EI) has opened a new office in Prague, which will be headed up by Ivan Jakubek.
FRANCE - Siparex invests EUR 1m into Groupe OZ
Siparex, via its funds Siparex Proximité 3 and Franche-Comté PME 3, has provided marketing business Groupe OZ, the parent company of TB Com' and its subsidiaries Galapagos and Aladin, with a EUR 1m investment.
ITALY - Alpha et al. to delist EUR 350m Permasteelisa
Pan-European buyout house Alpha Group is among of consortium of bidders seeking to delist construction company Permasteelisa, in a deal that values the business at around EUR 350m.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs EUR 450,000 Sens-Innov funding
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Bretagne Jeunes Entreprises (BJE) have provided Sens-Innov, a diagnostics solutions company, with a EUR 450,000 investment.
ESTONIA/AUSTRIA - Conor et al. in EUR 2.5m seed round for Crystalsol
Conor Venture Partners and Energy Future Invest have, alongside Enterprise Estonia, Austria Wirtschaftsservice and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, provided EUR 2.5m in seed funding for semiconductor business Crystalsol OÜ.
SWEDEN - AP6 backs Plusvardag
The Sixth Swedish Pension Fund (AP6) has invested in Plusvardag, a wholesale company developing geriatric aid equipment.
NORWAY - Banks taking over IK's KID
Retructuring negotiations for beleaguered IK Investment Partners-backed textile retail chain KID Interiør ended Friday, with Norwegian bank DnB NOR taking over the company.
SWEDEN - STF backs Pemtec with SEK 10m
Swedish venture investor Sustainable Technologies Fund (STF) has invested SEK 10m into Pemtec AB, a developer of collectors for ground source heat pumps.