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FRANCE - AXA PE, Partech and Orkos to exit B3G
AXA Private Equity, Partech International and Orkos Capital are set to sell telecommunications company B3G Telecom to Altice for an undisclosed sum.
ITALY - Arca reaps 1.9x returns from Mazzoni sale
Arca Impresa Gestioni has sold its stake in Mazzoni LB to holding Sagittario for an undisclosed sum, a deal that netted the investor a 17% IRR and a cash multiple of 1.9x.
FRANCE - Avenir and Oséo invest EUR 1.1m into Ecologistique
Avenir Entreprises, via its fund Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine, and Oséo have co-invested EUR 1.1m into eco-freindly chemical company Ecologistique.
FRANCE - Galaxis Capital supports Novomed
Galaxis Capital has purchased a stake in medical equipment company Novomed Group an undisclosed amount, alongside founders Hervé and Didier Libermann.
FRANCE - BNP PE et al. invest EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam
BNP Private Equity, Investis and Vizille Capital Innovation have invested EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam Services (IBS), an ion implantation products company.
DENMARK - Apax, Permira-backed TDC acquires Fullrate
Danish venture capital firm SEED Capital has sold broadband provider Fullrate to telecommunications company TDC A/S, which is owned by a private equity consortium including Apax Partners and Permira, for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Finance Wales supports £475,000 Agg Jones funding
Finance Wales has invested an undisclosed sum into recruitment company Agg Jones Search and Selection Ltd as part of a £475,000 funding round.
UK - Whitehead Mann opens turnaround and restructuring practice
Recruitment firm Whitehead Mann has launched a turnaround and restructuring practice to be headed up by Guy Beresford, partner in the firm's board unit.
EUROPE - KPE to transfer $211m in co-investments
KPE, the Amsterdam-listed arm of Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR), is to transfer five co-investments representing $211m in fair value to a KKR sponsored co-investment fund for an aggregate purchase price of $200.4m in cash.
USA/UK - Lion Capital provides $80m loan to American Apparel
In a sign of private equity firms adapting to the new environment, London-based Lion Capital has provided AMEX-listed clothing retailer American Apparel with an $80m loan.
GERMANY – HTGF and TGFS back pluriSelect with EUR 600,000 investment
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Technologie Gründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have invested EUR 600,000 into biotechnology business pluriSelect GmbH.
UK - Possible offer for Candover
Candover Investments Plc has confirmed that it has received indicative expressions of interest to acquire the business.
GERMANY - Ventizz sells innovatis AG for EUR 15m
Ventizz Capital Partners has agreed to sell its stake in innovatis AG, a provider of automated cell analysis solutions, to Roche Diagnostics for EUR 15m.
FRANCE - Barclays PE acquires Compin
Barclays Private Equity has finalised the purchase of a majority stake in Compin Group, a railway fittings and front-ends company, from LBO France.
SPAIN - CRB backs Green Molecular spin-off
Spanish venture capital firm Cross Road Biotech (CRB) has made a seed investment of EUR 2m to support the spin-out of biotech firm Green Molecular from the Universitat de València.
BELGIUM - UFG Private Equity invests in BSB International
UFG Private Equity, via its fund FCPI Diadème Innovation III, has invested an undisclosed sum into BSB International (Business Solutions Builders), taking a minority share in the listed company.
FRANCE - CAPE supports Keldélice
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has invested EUR 1.5m into Keldélice, an online fine foods market, in a first round of funding.
UK - Buffini to step down from SVG
Reports suggest that Permira chairman Damon Buffini is to step down from his position on the board of SVG Capital as part of the listed fund's strategic review.
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND/UK - KKR looking to acquire Phoenix for Boots
Reports suggests that KKR-backed Alliance Boots has approached Phoenix Group, Germany's biggest drug wholesaler, to acquire the business.
UK - Nimbus Partners receives backing
Solon Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures have invested an undisclosed sum in software company Nimbus Partners.
GLOBAL - Lehman Brothers Private Equity changes name
Lehman Brothers Private Equity Partners is changing its name to NB Private Equity Partners Ltd.
UK - NVM reaps 2.2x money multiple on Pivotal exit
NVM Private Equity has sold laboratory supplier Pivotal Laboratories Ltd to ACM, a clinical laboratory in the US, for an undisclosed sum, reaping a 2.2x money multiple and an IRR of 27%.
UK - Macfarlanes appoints Berman as partner
Law firm Macfarlanes has hired David Berman as financial services regulatory partner.
BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 1.5m in LCL Belgium
KBC Arkiv, a subsidiary of KBC Private Equity and Arkimedes, has invested EUR 1.5m in LCL Belgium, a data centre operating in Diegem and Antwerp.