Private Equity
Gilde Buy Out Partners is buying Groupe Novasep for €425 million, after materials business Rockwood Holding grew the company after a merger in 2004.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The London- and Paris-based investment group has wrapped up a total of €86m in fresh funding.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The Benelux-focused buyout firm has bought a subsidiary of the UK food business Uniq and sold CABB, a German specialty chemicals business to Axa Private Equity.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partner is leading a syndicate of angel investors including Brent Hoberman, the founder of Lastminute.com, in an investment in Where are you now?, the latest social network to attract venture backers.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Astorg, a French mid-market firm, is hoping for a quicker fundraising for its fourth fund, which it will begin marketing in earnest next year, according to one investor.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The European private equity firm has embarked on its first deal in Spain since opening its office in September this year with the acquisition of Avanza, a bus operator.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
French growth capital manager Turenne Capital is listing a €60m fund on Alternext, the Paris exchange’s growth segment, after ditching plans for a €100m vehicle.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
The ratings agency says infrastructure is overvalued, blaming private equity interest in the sector and cheap financing.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The tax and legal framework in Europe is more conducive to private equity compared to the previous year, according to a benchmarking study by EVCA, and the gap between the average and top-ranked countries is narrowing.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
In the last two months four private equity funds have blown through their hard caps, which, Helix Associates’ Ian Simpson says, demonstrates general partners’ growing weakness to the smell of money.
3 min read · 11 January 2013
