Private Equity
The Hong Kong-based firm arranged $40m in mezzanine capital for the steel component part manufacturer.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based firm has added on Beech Care and Nursing Agency to healthcare portfolio company Enara Group. Last year the firm exited its first buy-and-build investment in the same sector, having made eight add-on acquisitions to UK company Healthcare Homes.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Germany’s oldest private equity firm, which is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange, cited ‘unrealised valuation changes’ as the chief reasons for a loss of roughly €51m in 2008.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK private equity firm has reunited with the former management team of Covion, an outsourcing company that earned the group 4.4x its money two years ago, to inject £3.25m into sports facility provider @Futsal.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The German commercial real estate lender, partially owned by private equity firms JC Flowers and Grove International, has drawn down on €42bn of guarantees from the German government.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Luxembourg-based Genii Capital has submitted a stalking horse bid to buy the 70-year-old photography brand. Polaroid filed for bankruptcy in December last year, following fraud investigations into its parent company Petters Group Worldwide.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Intellectual property of the bankrupt former Apollo portfolio company has been acquired by private equity firm Hilco Consumer Capital and investment firm Gordon Brothers Group for vastly less than the original $1.3bn buyout value.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $10m funding round will be used to augment Viva’s team, improve its mobile media platform and develop new products.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
For its second funding round, the Israel- and China-focused private equity firm invested $13m alongside other investors in Chiral Quest Corporation.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
German private equity firm Afinum has bought equity in freight carrier Wallenborn Transport, intending to aid its pan-European expansion. The deal is reportedly valued at between €25m and €50m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
