Noerr is advising SAF-Holland on its takeover bid for the listed Swedish Haldex Group. The Noerr team is led by the Frankfurt partners Dr Holger Alfes and Dr Stephan Schulz. Haldex is a provider of brake systems and air suspension modules for commercial vehicles. The cash bid values the
Clearwater International has advised MCH Private Equity, one of Spain’s largest independent private equity houses, on the acquisition of a shareholding in Grupo Brasmar, a Portuguese frozen seafood company. Brasmar is a fast-growing company based in Portugal, with a significant presence in Italy, Brazil and Spain. The business expects to
A shareholder group led by Investindustrial and L. Catterton (formerly known as L Capital), and including 21Investimenti, Ergon Capital, Wise and NB Renaissance, is to sell its investment in Stroili, an Italian affordable jewellery brand. The acquisition is being made by THOM Europe, the holding company of Histoire d’Or, the
Aurelius Group has acquired The Hospital Group, a provider of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures based in Birmingham, UK. With approximately 300 employees, The Hospital Group generated revenues of GBP30.4 million in 2015. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The Hospital Group is a provider of
DCM Ventures, an early stage global venture capital firm, has held the close of its eighth flagship fund, DCM VIII, with USD500 million in committed capital to be invested in early stage companies across the US, China and Japan. With the new fund, DCM Ventures now has raised USD770 million
Jet Environmental Systems, a provider of temperature control solutions for industrial and commercial buildings, and its sister company Jet AHU, which supplies and installs air handling units, have been acquired by Wozair. Wozair Ltd has purchased 100 per cent of Jet Environmental Systems Ltd and Jet AHU Ltd shares.
Private equity fund manager and enterprise investment scheme (EIS) specialist Calculus Capital has made a GBP2.5 million investment in diagnostics company Epistem via its EIS fund and venture capital trust (VCT) investment vehicles. Calculus is the cornerstone investor in a GBP6.5 million equity fundraising undertaken by Epistem. Epistem, an
Private equity firms Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners have backed the MBO of Indigo Telecom Group, acquiring the business from parent TTG-Global. Maven and YFM have invested in partnership to provide a GBP12 million funding package, including additional funds to support a buy and build strategy to scale
Marlin Equity Partners has held the first and final closing of Marlin Heritage Europe with EUR325 million of total capital commitments. The Heritage Europe Fund was exclusively offered to existing investors in Marlin's lower middle market focused Heritage Fund platform and closed at its hard cap in just over two
The global venture capital investment market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 35.86 per cent between 2016 and 2020, according to a report from Research and Markets. The report – Global Venture Capital Investment Market 2016-2020 – has been prepared based on an in-depth market
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