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GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis
Neuhaus Partners together with KfW Bankengruppe has invested an undisclosed amount in buildings and construction projects database provider Emporis.
GERMANY - Zurmont Madison acquires Röder Group
Zurmont Madison Management AG has acquired a 75% stake in tent systems provider Röder Group from the company’s management for an undisclosed amount. Röder Zeltsysteme und Service AG is headquartered in Büdingen, near Frankfurt/Main, and focuses on...
GERMANY – JC Flowers favoured to acquire WestLB stake
According to German press, US financial investor JC Flowers is currently favoured to acquire the stake in German regional lender WestLB, currently owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
UK – Kreos appoints Hirtzel COO
Venture debt specialist Kreos Capital has named Simon Hirtzel as chief operating officer.
IRELAND - CIT expands Irish presence
Commercial and consumer financial solution provider CIT has announced the expansion of its European Vendor Finance headquarters in Dublin.
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.
FINLAND - Empower Oy buys Daxtrum Oy
3i backed, Empower Oy, a service provider in the energy, telecom and industrial sector, has acquired a 90% stake in Daxtum Oy, a service provider for telecom operators in Finland. The management of 6 people will retain the remaining 10% of the shares....
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 £150m.
UK - Bowmark invests in travel services provider JAC Group
Bowmark Capital has invested £11m 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.