Private equity houses may still be focusing their efforts on the best assets, but the combination of significant amounts of dry powder and a growing sense of optimism on macroeconomic indicators throughout Europe means activity in the small to mid-market has improved significantly, according to NBGI Private Equity. Deal completions
Sobera Capital has acquired the venture capital fund BayTech Venture Capital from Bayerische Landesbank, European Investment Bank, Bpifrance, Versicherungskammer Bayern, and BayernLB Capital Partners. Among others, the fund holds participations in EnOcean (Munich), Pieris (Freising), Scaleo chip (Sophia Antipolis), and OneAccess (Paris). Sobera Capital was backed in this secondary
A consortium led by KKR Asset Management (KAM), a sub-investment grade manager that is wholly owned by KKR, is to acquire Winoa Group from LBO France. The acquisition facilitates a recapitalisation of the business through a significant reduction of the debt and access to new money for growth. Winoa
Atlante Seed, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group Fund and start-up incubator Digital Magics have signed an agreement for the joint development of investment activities in digital start-ups. The goal of the partnership is to increase investment capacity for the start-ups selected and incubated by Digital Magics, guaranteeing adequate financial resources for
Zwitserleven, the Spoorweg pensioenfonds and the Pensioenfonds Openbaar Vervoer have made a first deposit in the SNS FMO SME Finance Fund. SNS Impact Investing, part of SNS Asset Management, and the Dutch development bank FMO jointly initiated this fund, which aims to support local SME’s in developing markets. The
An affiliate of Roark Capital Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in CKE Inc with senior management retaining a minority stake. CKE is currently majority-owned and controlled by investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The
Exclusive Networks Group has acquired Dubai-based Secureway, a security specialist value added distributor in the Middle East with clients in ten countries in the Gulf region and EUR50m turnover expected in 2013. This operation follows the implementation last September by Omnes Capital and all shareholders of a capital increase of
The Royal London Group (RLG) has entered into an agreement with funds advised by independent private equity firm Vitruvian Partners to support a management-led buyout of Royal London 360° (RL360°). RLG is confident that the transfer of ownership will enable RL360° to achieve its strategic vision through a further acceleration
Private equity firm 21 Partners has agreed to acquire Synerlab from Ardian. The transaction will be executed alongside Synerlab’s management team, led by its president Pierre Banzet. Ardian will subsequently reinvest in the company in order to support Synerlab with its pan-European development, together with 21 Partners. Synerlab
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and BMO Capital Partners have invested in Corporation de développement Nautilus Plus, which owns the largest corporate network of fitness centres in Québec. The investment, made equally by la Caisse and BMO Capital Partners, will enable them to acquire a block of
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