Western Europe

MTS and Oaktree add to home healthcare portfolio(2)

MTS Health Investors and Oaktree Capital Management have acquired Links2Care to grow the pediatric home healthcare arm of their portfolio company Loving Care Agency.

Three Delta returns to QIA for £500m equity in Sainsbury’s bid

Specialist acquisition firm Three Delta’s bid for Sainsbury’s awaits an 8 November deadline as its talks with the supermarket’s pension trustees near completion.

Candover withdraws its offer for Stork(3)

The UK buyout firm has brought to an end the long-running take-private battle for industrial group Stork and withdrawn its offer, though it is continuing talks.

Five VC firms inject $225m in telecom startup(3)

Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures and Centennial Ventures have committed $225 million in Series A funding for Zayo Bandwidth, a fiber-based network operator.

Sainsburys opens books to Delta Two(2)

The UK retailer could become the second FTSE100 retailer to go private after Boots Alliance. In a bid to appease its critics Delta Two has become the first fund to commit to the Walker Report's standards of transparency and disclosure.

Candover, Electra, Lombard wind up 20-year-old investment(2)

UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.

Darwin hits half-way milestone with £122m(4)

Darwin Private Equity has held a second close of its debut fund just three months after launching with the backing of City grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild and his RIT Capital Partners trust.

MidOcean sells water parks to Candover for $330m(3)

Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has sold its Palace Entertainment portfolio to European amusement park operator Parques Reunidos, a Candor portfolio company, for $330 million.

Candover withdraws its offer for Stork(2)

The UK buyout firm has brought to an end the long-running take-private battle for industrial group Stork and withdrawn its offer, though it is continuing talks.

Cognetas off the mark in Milan

The buyout of vending machine business Gruppo Argenta by Cognetas and Investitori Associati marks the former’s first Italian deal since launching a Milan office in September 2006.