Vintage Venture Partners, a private equity secondaries investor focused on Israel, has completed the final closing of its debut fund with $64m of commitments.
Athens-based Dolphin Capital Partners is targeting €100m for a debut private equity fund focused on leisure-integrated real estate opportunities in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Croatia.
Network Associates has announced its intentions to sell its Sniffer network software line to the private equity firms while simultaneously changing its name to McAfee.
Contrary to market speculation, WH Smith has agreed to allow Permira to conduct confirmatory due diligence following its £940m approach for the UK retailer earlier this week.
Dutch private equity firm Egeria has launched its second fund with a €250m commitment from Bregal Investments, the Swiss group that manages the Brenninkmeijer family fortune.
The New York middle market firm has sold transmission parts and services franchiser Cottman to American Capital Strategies as it proceeds to harvest Fund II.
Accent Equity Partners, the Nordic mid-market private equity firm, has delivered a 30 percent IRR from the sale of Swedish software company Tribon Solutions to the UK’s Aveva Group for £19m.
Mid-market European private equity firm Waterland has exceeded its €150m target for a new fund dedicated to medium sized investments in the Benelux and Rhineland regions.
The recapitalisation of vitamin maker Leiner Health Products includes the sale of North Castle's majority stake, yielding the firm about three times capital invested.
3i, Earlybird and IKB have realised their investment in element 5 AG, an electronic software distribution supplier in Europe and Asia, via a $120 million trade sale to Digital River Inc.