Western Europe

Esprit Capital Partners leads €15m Kiadis funding round(2)

Kiadis Pharma, the biotech company backed by European venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners, has raised €15 million in its latest funding round.

Candover brings an end to Stork saga

Candover has agreed to pay €1.5 billion to buy Stork, a Dutch industrial conglomerate that has been involved in a long-running battle over strategy with the two hedge funds that are its biggest shareholders.

Mid Europa buys Austrian mobile operator(2)

Mid Europa Partners and France Telecom have bought Austrian mobile operator One for €1.4 billion. The deal is the biggest industrial leveraged buyout in Austria to date.

Heavy-hitting group ups $3.8bn Laureate bid

A consortium of big-name banks, hedge funds and private equity firms has increased by 2.5 percent its offer for higher education provider Laureate. The board-agreed amendment increases the price-per share to $62, up from $60.50.

Capman consortium buys biofuel energy company(3)

A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.

Mid Europa buys Austrian mobile operator

Mid Europa Partners and France Telecom have bought Austrian mobile operator One for €1.4 billion. The deal is the biggest industrial leveraged buyout in Austria to date.

Esprit Capital Partners leads €15m Kiadis funding round

Kiadis Pharma, the biotech company backed by European venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners, has raised €15 million in its latest funding round.

Capman consortium buys biofuel energy company(2)

A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.

Capman consortium buys biofuel energy company

A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.

Blackstone in $1bn insurance deal

Investment firm Lindsay Goldberg has agreed to sell US insurance broker Alliant to Blackstone, after having purchased the company from GTCR Golder Rauner two years ago. Sources say the deal is worth roughly $1.2 billion.