European venture capital fundraising declined from 2Q 2013 and 3Q 2012 both in the number of funds and amount raised, according to DJX VentureSource’s latest Europe venture capital report. Venture capital investment into European companies experienced a quarter over quarter decline. Business and financial services and energy and utilities
Record levels of cash on balance sheets and increasing boardroom confidence will fuel M&A growth, according to a report from law firm Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovell’s latest Evolution Report examines the conditions required to reignite the global economy, through a survey of 240 board level members at leading global companies.
Management consultancy JMJ Associates has agreed to an equity investment from 3i Group, a London-headquartered international private equity investor. Following JMJ's recent strong growth, the current shareholders of JMJ decided to seek an investor to support the continuing expansion of its international footprint. 3i will support JMJ's next stage of
Odyssey Investment Partners is to sell its portfolio company One Call Care Management to Funds advised by Apax Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, One Call is a provider of specialised cost containment services to the workers' compensation industry. In December
Idinvest Partners, a private equity firm specialising in French and European SMEs, has held the initial close of its Idinvest Digital Fund II at EUR60m. The fund is exclusively dedicated to financing the growth of developing businesses in the digital and new technology segments (web-based, media, mobile, e-commerce services and
CMO Compliance has completed a management buyout backed by private equity investor Inflexion. CMO's collaboration with Inflexion coincides with the completion of the first stage in its long term business plan to develop the world's most configurable, versatile and user friendly HSE / GRC software solution. In stage two
Norway and the UK are set to host the concentration of private equity portfolio company exit deals in the European oil and gas sector, as a potential further 24 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas reputedly remain in the North Sea, says S&P Capital IQ. Looking at current opportunities
BaltCap has signed an investment agreement of EUR1.5m with Latvian cosmetics producer and franchise developer Stenders. Stenders has 225 franchise stores in 23 countries worldwide. It is particularly strongly represented in China and Russia, with revenues from these markets comprising more than half of the company’s turnover. The product assortment
Filtration Group is to acquire Porex Corporation from Los Angeles-based investment firm Aurora Capital Group. Filtration Group is owned by Chicago-based Madison Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The combined company will have a robust portfolio of products and technologies that serve a
Rage Frameworks, a managed service provider of business process automation and big data solutions, has partnered with growth private equity firm Kayne Partners. Headquartered in Westwood, Massachusetts, Rage was founded by serial entrepreneur Venkat Srinivasan (chairman and chief executive) and launched its managed services business in 2006. Rage delivers its
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