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GERMANY - Macquarie-led consortium snatches real-estate web portal
Australian investment group Macquarie and media business Publishing & Broadcasting have acquired 66.22% of property internet portal Immobilien Scout GmbH, in a deal valuing the business at EUR 540m.
FRANCE - Paluel-Marmont backs MBI of wine label business
Unquote" has learned that in the context of an MBI, Paluel-Marmont Capital has acquired 46% of Imprimerie Etienne, a printer of adhesive labels and marketing materials for the wine industry. Bred arranged the leverage.
GERMANY - Invision and TVM Capital invest EUR 9m in Netviewer
Invision Private Equity AG and TVM Capital are taking a EUR 9 million stake in Karlsruhe-based Netviewer GmbH, a web conferencing and remote access vendor.
AUSTRIA - gamma capital partners hire new mobile and internet partner
Austrian venture capital firm gamma capital partners has appointed Markus Wagner as partner.
BELGIUM - KBC acquires majority stake in industrial door maker Dynaco
KBC Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Dynaco, a Belgian industrial door maker, from the company's founder and owner Benoit Coenraets. Coenraets will keep a substantial stake in the company, and Olivier Coune will remain CEO.
FRANCE - Concortium backs secondary buyout of Bref Service
Galia Gestion, Socadif, Avenir Entreprises and Alliance Entreprendre have backed the secondary buyout of electrical engineering interim agency Bref Service.
DENMARK - Polaris Private Equity acquires Hansen & Pedersen
Polaris Private Equity has acquired a majority shareholding in Hansen & Pedersen, a Danish gentlemen clothing retailer for an undisclosed value.
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco acquires Sanzala Cafés
Inter-Risco has acquired Sanzala Cafés, a medium-sized operator in the Portuguese coffee industry, through its fund Fundo Caravela. Fundo Caravela has recently created an investment vehicle called NewCoffee co to consolidate the fragmented coffee industry...
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
SWEDEN - Creandum supports Jays
Creandum has made a double digit million SEK investment in Jays, which designs develops and manufactures music accessories such as earphones and portable products, managed by Jens Nylander.
RUSSIA - TPG to acquire Russian grocery stores chain Seventh Continent
It is widely reported that US buyout firm Texas Pacific Group has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Russian grocery stores chain Seventh Continent.
FRANCE - Osiris backs turnaround of cooperative retailer Camif Particuliers
Osiris Partners has invested EUR 25m in Camif Particuliers, a loss-making cooperative multi-specialist retailer.
UK – Hutton Collins scales £150m Everest deal
Hutton Collins has acquired a 21.5% stake in home improvement company Everest in a deal that values the company at ТЃ150m.
UK - Bowmark invests in travel services provider JAC Group
Bowmark Capital has invested ТЃ11m in b2b travel services provider JAC Group. Royal Bank of Scotland provided an unspecified amount of additional senior debt to support the deal.
DENMARK - Via Venture Partners invests DKK 16m
Via Venture Partners has invested DKK 16m in Radiocomp, a provider of WiMAX radio infrastructure systems, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
FRANCE - Electronic ticketing business raises EUR 8m
Partech International, CM-CIC Capital Privé and CIC Finance & High Co Venture have invested EUR 8m in the second round of financing for ticketing company Digitick.
NL - Candover extends acceptance period for Stork bid
Candover has extended the acceptance period for its EUR 1.5 bn Stork bid until September 18 in the face of shareholder opposition. LME Eignarhaldsfelag ehf, a holding company of Icelandic food processing group Marel , has recently raised its stake...
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
UK - Beringea backs Coal Restaurants
Beringea has committed ТЃ1.7m to emerging dining chain Coal Restaurants through its ProVen VCTs. The fund manager knew the firm's founder John Gater through a previous partnership with Gater's Ma Potterтs restaurants. Beringea sold the 16-strong chain...
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
FRANCE - EdRIP leads buyout of Captain Tortue
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Defi Gestion and BNP Paribas Développement have backed the owner buyout of children and women's pret-a-porter brand Captain Tortue.
UK - Kelso floats Sepura
Kelso Place Asset Management has floated Cambridge-based radio terminal supplier Sepura on the London Stock Exchange for proceeds of ТЃ42m.
SWEDEN - Arthur D. Little makes new appointment
The corporate adviser group, Arthur D. Little has recruited Hans Nyctelius MD, MBA to the venture capital and private equity team in life science and operational management.
CEE - Advent International announces new Ukraine team
Advent International has appointed Tamas Nagy and Natalie Polischuk as the first members of its Kiev team.