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PEI Staff
The private equity arm of the Dutch bank will no longer include a mezzanine operation and its second fund is being terminated.
The Finnish private equity house has agreed to pay E17m for the Swedish venture capitalist in a bid to bolster its presence in Swedish early stage technology investment.
The latest data reveals that new investment has virtually halted as companies rein in their venture units.
Mortal Mans Inn takes cash injection for pub purchase; VCs invest in US wireless multimedia firm; $4.25m injection for Digital Fuel Technologies.
The co-founder is reported to have become unsure of Edengene's strategic direction.
The investment group has hired a politician, former Treasury Minister John Maples.
The firm has backed the E16m management buyout of an Italian chemicals group from Italian conglomerate Montedison.
The former head of MGPE has joined forces with Matthew Collins, who has left Merrill Lynch, to raise a E500m mezzanine fund.
The two firms have joined forces to promote each other’s wares and work on European investments in the financial IT services market.