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FRANCE - Oddo AM makes three investments
Oddo Asset Management has made three early-stage investments in eco-innovation companies.
SPAIN – Caixa Catalunya & Polan invest in Innoliva
Caixa Catalunya, (through Invercartera) and Polan, the family office of the Del Pino family, have invested in olive oil producer Innoliva.
GERMANY - ARQUES acquires Carl Froh
ARQUES Industries AG has wholly acquired Carl Froh GmbH, a manufacturer of precising metal pipes, for an undisclosed amount. The company was sold by Finnish Rautaruukki Corporation, based in Helsinki.
NORWAY - HitecVision creates new oil services company
HitecVision has merged the former Technor companies Bennex AS, Poseidon Group AS and Altra Eneregy Ltd to form Subsea Technology Group AS (STG). The newly formed group has also acquired Ross Offshore AS and Ross Drilling AS. The combined group will have...
ITALY – MPS Venture exits from facility management firm
MPS Venture has announced the sale of its 25 percent stake in facility management firm Manutencoop to Manutencoop Società Cooperativa.
UK - Generation Investment Management closes fund
Generation Investment Management has closed its Climate Solution Fund at $683m. The fund has been raised purely from Generation's existing investor base.
UK - Warburg Pincus acquires Safetykleen for £565m
Warburg Pincus has acquired Safetykleen Europe, a pan-European industrial service provider, a deal worth ТЃ565m. The investor has acquired a majority stake.
UK - SCM new hire for London office
SCM has hired Karin Russell-Wiederkehr as new partner to run the representative office in London which opened earlier this year.
CEE - Bancroft raises third fund set at EUR 250m
Bancroft Private Equity has confirmed it is fundraising its third vehicle, Bancroft 3, with a target of EUR 250m. .
GERMANY - EQT Partners sells remaining stake in Togum
EQT Partners has sold its remaining 22.3 percent stake Tognum AG to strategic investor Daimler AG.
MALTA – Denham Capital Management invests in renewable player
Denham Capital Management has invested USD 200m in SunRay Renewable Energy to develop a portfolio of European solar energy projects.
IRELAND - DFJ backs Irish Broadband acquisition
DFJ Esprit portfolio company Imagine Communications Group has acquired Irish Broadband from NTR and Kilsaran Concrete in a EUR 47m deal.
UK - Private equity-backed IPOs outperform
According to research by Cass Business School, commissioned by the BVCA and the London Stock Exchange, private equity-backed companies perform better on listing than companies backed by other sources of capital. The key findings in the study included:...
SPAIN – Caja Navarra backs biotech project
Caja Navarra has acquired a 20% stake in pharmaceutical company CBlaya & MHuguet in a capital expansion deal valued at EUR 500,000.
CEE – MCI to buy Invia
Polish fund MCI is to acquire a majority stake in Invia, a Czech company that sells tours online. The deal is believed to be worth between KC 70-100m.