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UK/SPAIN - LCA invests £2.5m into Classical Renaissance
Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd (LCA) has completed an investment of ТЃ2.5m, provided in the form of a profit participating loan, into Classical Renaissance EspaУБa SL. As part of the deal, LCA will recieve an equity stake in Classical Renaissance Ltd, the...
ITALY - Palamon sells media player Today Spa
Palamon Capital Partners has exited printed media company Today Spa.
ITALY - Private equity houses bid for Interbanca in EUR 1bn deal
Clessidra, Apax, Investitori Associati, Permira, JC Flowers, Advent International and Carlyle are the potential bidders preparing to present non-binding offers for Italian bank Interbanca.
FINLAND - Nordic Venture Partners invests in SANAKO
Nordic Venture Partners has invested EUR 5m in SANAKO, a provider of technology for live language learning.
DENMARK - ISS exit on the cards
EQT and GS Capital Partners–backed ISS, the Danish hygiene services company, could soon be ready for a trade sale or listing.
SPAIN - Berquet Desarrollo Empresarial backs internet player
Berquet Desarrollo Empresarial has provided internet music portal Nvivo.es with a first round of funding.
UK - Apax and Permira hang onto New Look
Reports suggest that Apax and Permira plan to continue to own clothes retailer New Look for some time. The private equity backers had planned to sell the company in mid-2007 but struggled to find appetite for the ТЃ1.8bn asking price. In late 2006, the...
UK - TA Associates promotes Christopher Parkin to Principal
TA Associates has announced the promotion of Christopher Parkin from vice president to principal.
UK - Catapult backs Kyoob with £500,000
Catapult Venture Managers has invested ТЃ500,000 into Kyoob Space Ltd, a company that designs, manufactures, hires and sells premium end relocatable buildings for the temporary accomodation market.
UK - Foresight and SPARK exit software business
Foresight Group and SPARK Venture Management, through its Quester VCTs, has sold software business Nomad Payments Ltd to Metavante Technologies, Inc for $58m. Nomad is a provider of prepaid and debt card processing and licensed software. The exit generated...