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Doughty's VC arm scores 5x exit as it raises Fund II

Nearly nine years after the firm’s initial investment in Gomez, the web services company is being sold to CompuServe for $295m.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone to pay $2.7bn for theme park operator

The firm will use $1bn in equity in to purchase Busch Entertainment's 10 US theme parks, including Sesame Place, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone nears $3bn theme park deal

SeaWorld is among the theme parks Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell to the mega-firm. Meanwhile, CVC has reportedly increased the equity ratio in its €1.3bn bid for the brewer's CEE assets.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CD&R to pay $477m for stake in JohnsonDiversey

The deal includes a $1.9bn debt financing package from up to 11 lenders.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Oaktree, Anchorage to steer Bavaria Yachtbau

The lenders will anchor the German yacht maker with a €55m investment and write down most of its debt. Bain bought Bavaria for €1.3bn in July 2007.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Candover loses another investment, delays fund decision

As stakeholders discuss what to do with the firm’s suspended €3bn 2008 fund, Candover has lost control of laboratory business ALcontrol to GSO Capital.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Liquid Realty invests $60m in UK secondaries deal

The seller of the interest has not been named, though Liquid Realty said the fund manager focuses on core office properties in the West End of London.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CHAMP, Castle Harlan seal A$757m malt business exit

United Malt Holdings will be bought by listed Australian grain handler GrainCorp.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Montagu buys airfield lighting business from Siemens

The European private equity firm paid an undisclosed amount for the business, which has serviced more than 2,000 airports since it was formed in 1947.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: Blackstone, Warburg to strike it rich

The reported $4bn sale of Kosmos Energy to ExxonMobil comes as institutional investors show increasing appetite for natural resources.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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