Private Equity
The San Francisco-based firm will invest in a Turkish alcoholic beverage maker in the first of what it says will be many investments.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
New York-based KPS Special Situations has agreed to sell Ashcroft Holdings, unloading the company to Tokyo’s Nagano Keiki in a deal that will yield a 2x equity return.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories, unsuccessful in its bid for 3i’s German pharma business betapharm in February, has paid $324m for Advent International-backed Terapia.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The French arm of ABN AMRO Capital and Paris-based Astorg Partners have supported the €210m management buyout of roofing and packaging business OFIC Group.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
Los Angeles- and New York-based Qualia Capital has agreed to take over Gaylord Films and Rysher Entertainment in a reported $100m deal. The transaction represents private equity’s continued drive into the entertainment space.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The Boston- and London-based firm has sunk $90 million into Alma Lasers, betting on a sector the firm sees as growing rapidly.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
US-based Stryker has paid a venture capital consortium led by Israel’s Vitalife Life Science Ventures $50m for Sightline Technologies, a surgical products manufacturer.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based mid-market investor has sold equipment supplier Hydrex to Quilvest and the Shoaibi Group for £106m.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
The Asia-focused private equity arm of JP Morgan Partners has acquired the South African building services company in the country’s largest buyout to date.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK buyout group has reportedly seen off competition from three other European private equity firms to claim the German medical products business.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
