Private Equity
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
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
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 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
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 Capital has invested in a £22 million management buyout of fitness business The Third Space Group.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
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
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
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
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