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Sainsbury’s faces fresh takeover interest(2)

Three Delta, a Qatar-based investment group, has bought a 15 percent stake in UK retailer Sainsbury’s, increasing the pressure on the board to realise greater value from its real estate assets.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Cipio buys Siemens’ venture portfolio(2)

Cipio Partners has acquired the majority of Siemens Venture Capital Communications in one of the largest secondary direct portfolio transactions completed in the last few years.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

STAR flying high with double deal(2)

STAR Capital Partners, a UK-based fund that specialises in capital-intensive infrastructure investments, has bought and merged two flight simulator businesses as it continues to tap into the airline industry’s trend towards outsourcing.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Nikko sells RoadChef to Israeli group for £375m(2)

Nikko Principal Investments has sold UK firm RoadChef to an Israeli real estate group for £375 million. Nikko had owned the motorway service station chain for nearly ten years.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

3i closes medical technology funding round(2)

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

Mid Europa snaps up another telecoms business(2)

European private equity firm Mid Europa Partners has broken new ground in the Baltic region with the €450m acquisition of a mobile telephone operator.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

3i makes two investments in two days

3i has made its second investment in two days as it returns to a third round of $125m fundraising for an Indian broadcaster alongside a US supplier of networking equipment for the internet and Oman Investment Fund.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Investcorp buys inspection company from Close Brothers for $311m(4)

Investcorp has made its first investment in the energy sector with the $311 million acquisition of an inspection services company from Close Brothers.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group

XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Sainsbury’s faces fresh takeover interest

Three Delta, a Qatar-based investment group, has bought a 15 percent stake in UK retailer Sainsbury’s, increasing the pressure on the board to realise greater value from its real estate assets.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

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