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Kleiner Perkins, GTI back oil field technology

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has made a co-investment of $10 million with GTI Group in GloriOil, a company formed by GTI in 2005 to commercialise a biotechnology that increases oil well efficiency.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

3i buys out Bestinvest(2)

The London-listed group has completed a management buyout of UK investment manager and financial advisor Bestinvest. It believes the prospects for organic growth are strong in a rapidly growing sector.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

August plans building phase for 4Projects(2)

The UK mid-market buyout firm has completed its second deal this year, buying project management software business 4Projects.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Waterland exits e-payment business

Waterland Private Equity Investments and Prime Technology Ventures have sold GlobalCollect, an e-payment service provider, to General Atlantic for an undisclosed amount.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Imprint shares leap on Alchemy approach

Alchemy Partners is backing an £80 million buyout bid for UK-listed recruitment group Imprint. The company’s shares jumped 20 percent on the news.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Graphite backs £22m fitness club buyout(3)

Graphite Capital has invested in a £22 million management buyout of fitness business The Third Space Group.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

ECI bolts on wireless company to Aerial with eye to £200m exit(3)

UK buyout firm ECI has bolted on underground wireless networking company Avitec to Aerial, as it looks to exit the combined company in six to 12 months.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

VSS-backed company completes second bolt on this week(3)

Marketing company Loewy, the recipient of $24 million of growth capital from buyout firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson, has bolted on two acquisitions this week.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

HMV sells off Japan arm to DSM(2)

DSM Investments has won the battle to buy the 62-store Japanese operation of UK-listed music and books retailer HMV Group, which decided to sell the division following a strategic review.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

BC reaps bumper profit on Swiss hospitals

The European buyout firm has sold Swiss private healthcare group Hirslanden after five years, as another South African hospital group looks abroad for expansion.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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