Private Equity
VCs’ enthusiasm for backing social networking sites is stretching around the world to India, as seen in US venture firm Canaan Partners’ recent backing of BharatMatrimony. By Judy Kuan.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
L Capital, a private equity fund backed by French luxury products conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton, has acquired a majority stake in Italian clothing manufacturer Piazza Sempione.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Stirling Square Capital Partnes, a European mid-market firm, has backed a €230m management buy-in of Metroweb, a fibre optics network business based in Milan.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Apollo Management are eyeing a £5bn bid for Severn Trent, a UK water and waste management business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Ixico, a London University spin-out that is developing clinical image software for drug discovery, has raised £930,000 from UK venture fund The Capital Fund and several high-net-worth individual investors.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Mercapital, a Spanish mid-market manager, has acquired a majority stake in Spanish medical gas and respiratory home therapy provider Gasmedi in a transaction valued at €275m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Apax Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have undertaken preliminary analysis of Signet Group, a jewellery retailer with stores in the UK and US.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Bain Capital will sell Brenntag, a German chemical distribution company, to UK private equity firm BC Partners for around €3 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The global private equity giant has paid $150 million for Brandywine Senior Care.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partners, formed from the merger of Prelude Ventures and Cazenove Private Equity, has sold its stake in security technology company BlackSpider Technologies and invested in a second round financing of network graphics semiconductor business Newnham.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
