Private Equity
Belgian Capricorn Venture Partners and the IMEC research centre in Leuven will collaborate to support IMEC spinouts with start-up and seed capital from a €60m fund.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Apax Partners, the global private equity investor, has appointed two senior advisers to its financial services team, including new ITV chairman Sir Peter Burt.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Capvis, the Swiss private equity house, has agreed to acquire ABB’s Swiss building systems business for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Industry practitioners cast over 10,000 votes in PrivateEquityOnline's fourth annual European Private Equity Awards, with Permira claiming six.
4 min read · 30 December 2012
Barclays Private Equity, the UK-based European mid-market investor, has backed the £135m management buyout of Deb Group, a provider of skincare products and dispensing systems.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Sagitta Private Equity, a private equity firm investing in small UK mid-market companies, has closed its latest fund at £105m – beating its £75m target by 40 percent.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has agreed to acquire VWR International, a distributor of laboratory supplies, from pharmaceuticals group Merck in a $1.65bn leveraged carve-out.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Munich-based special situations investor has closed its oversubscribed debut fund on €300m, 70 percent of which was committed by US institutions.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Cambridge Silicon Radio, the provider of Bluetooth technology solutions that is backed by a host of venture capital firms, has announced a £250m flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK firm has backed management in the €125m buyout of Hyva Investments, a Dutch hydraulic solutions provider to the commercial vehicle sector.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
