3i and SEB Företagsinvest are selling Swedish vaccine distributor SBL Vaccines to Dutch biotechnology company Crucell for €39.4 million, generating an approximate 16 times return of the vendors’ investment.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Hermes Private Equity has returned to the hospitality sector with a minority stake in a French holiday park operator, its first investment in the sector since it sold a hotel chain, Galaxie Hotels, in 2005.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Benchmark Capital-backed social networking site Bebo has hired information technology veteran and former Google managing director Joanna Shields as president, and will move out of Benchmark’s offices this week.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Platina Finance has paid €13m for a two-thirds stake in a French engineering group in its first deal of 2007.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has invested €56 million in a French information technology services company that is hoping to double revenues to €1bn in three to five years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i has added its 25th healthcare business to its portfolio after closing a financing round for Glucon, a US medical technology company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Actis has boosted its oil and gas operations in Africa and South East Asia with sector veteran Meb Somani, who has been hired as head of the division.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Mid Europa Partners has made two exits with a total value of €620m, including the exit of an Estonian railway that was bolstered by rebuilt US locomotives.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
French firm Truffle Venture has added a second telecoms-focused company to its portfolio with the acquisition of MoMac, a mobile phone content business.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK firm Electra Private Equity is putting its safety equipment manufacturer up for sale for £500m and is thought to have attracted interest from private equity group Advent International and safety equipment companies Aearo and Norcross Safety.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
