Private Equity
The private equity house has sold its remaining 25 percent stake in Stockholm-listed kitchen manufacturer Nobia, achieving a money multiple of nearly 8 times according to market sources.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital and Brigdepoint have sold Bladgen, the UK packaging group acquired for €149m in 1998, reporting a ‘healthy’ return on their investment.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
100 European chemicals companies are now under private equity ownership, but realisations are a challenge, according to a new report.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Abingworth Management, the venture capital firm specialising in life science, has appointed Joe Anderson as manager of its investments in quoted development-stage biotech firms.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CDC Capital Partners, the UK-based emerging markets investor, has completed a $26m mezzanine investment in Orascom Telecom Algeria as part of a €545m funding package for the business.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Sofinnova Ventures, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm, has closed its sixth fund, Sofinnova Venture Partners VI, at a capped level of $250m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Greenwich, Connecticut buyout firm, Littlejohn & Co., has completed its acquisition of the superabrasives business of General Electric.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Englefield Capital has joined forces with First Islamic Investment Bank to provide a £400m financing program for RWE Innogy’s UK-based wind farm portfolio.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has announced a new $120m co-investment agreement with Paul Capital Partners to acquire secondary private equity fund interests in the US.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has agreed to increase its stake from 15 percent to 100 percent in Verdugt, a Dutch maker of organic salts and acid blends.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
