Private Equity
UK-listed private equity group 3i has been linked with a £375 million bid for Erinaceous Group, a scandal-hit property business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout group TA Associates has made its latest acquisition in the healthcare sector, buying disease management company Alere Medical. It is the firm’s third deal in three weeks.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US and UK buyout firm Hellman & Friedman has bought Kronos, a provider of human capital management solutions, in a deal valued at about $1.8 billion.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts may yet face some serious competition for UK health and beauty chain Alliance Boots, after reports that Terra Firma and the Wellcome Trust are planning a rival bid.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp’s technology venture capital arm is buying a majority stake in UK online payments business Moneybookers for €105 million, realising some value for the current management team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Cinven has paid a reported €1 billion for Modamax, the holding company behind European retailer Camaïeu, which was previously owned by French buyout firm AXA Private Equity.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
European technology firm Amadeus Capital Partners has joined Pod Venture Partners, HarbourVest Partners and Shamil Chandaria in a $12m financing round of Swedish company Transmode.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partners, a technology-focused venture firm, will lead the latest $20 million funding round for ZBD, a QinetiQ spin-out that makes electronic labels for retailers.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
French buyout firm Astorg and mezzanine provider Intermediate Capital have bought pharmaceutical company Groupe Ethypharm for an undisclosed sum.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ICAP, the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, has sold 58 percent of its stake in the emerging markets broker Exotix to investment group IPGL and the company’s employees.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
