Amsterdam-based Life Sciences Partners has launched a new life sciences fund with $100 million from Swiss agribusiness Syngenta. The vehicle will be managed from the firm’s new Boston office, which opens next week.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
London-based private equity firm August Equity’s investment trust has made a £15m commitment to a fund managed by Parallel Private Equity - rising to a possible £30m.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Jan Amethier, a 12-year veteran of JP Morgan, will join the European mid-market investor this July to focus on the firm’s investments in the Nordic region.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
French media group Canal Plus has sold a 60 percent stake in struggling football club Paris St Germain to Butler Capital Partners, Colony Capital and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based private equity firm has made its second investment from its Montagu III fund with the £182m acquisition of UK finance software provider Misys General Insurance.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Ian Nolan, a managing director in 3i’s European buyouts arm, will take over responsibilities for the UK buyout operations of the London-listed investor.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The global private equity firm has unveiled total realisations of £1.82bn in its pre-close announcement.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Boston- and Munich-based venture capital firm TVM Capital has named three partners in its German office.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
CVC’s acquisition vehicle Alpha Prema now controls 100% of the motor racing business following the acquisition of a remaining interest from Lehman Brothers.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The recent glut of rejections of public-to-private bids by private equity firms in the UK has contributed to a sedentary buyout market in the first quarter of 2006.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
