Specialist European real estate private equity firm Peakside Capital has acquired 80 Hammersmith Road, London from Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society on behalf of the Peakside Real Estate Fund I (PREF I). The building, located in the heart of Hammersmith, currently comprises 41,574 sq ft of net lettable area over

European private equity firm, Cinven, is to sell in-vitro allergy diagnostics company Phadia Group to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc for an enterprise value of EUR2.47 billion.   Having identified the diagnostic testing sector as a segment with strong growth characteristics, Cinven’s Healthcare team led the acquisition of Phadia in early

Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity investor, has reached an agreement with GAS NATURAL FENOSA, a leading multinational in the gas and electricity sector, to acquire a group of companies dedicated to the transportation and supply of electricity to 1.4m customers in Guatemala in a transaction worth USD345m plus assumed

Earlybird Venture Capital has sold its portfolio company BridgeCo Inc to SMSC, a semiconductor company enabling content rich connectivity systems. BridgeCo’s JukeBlox technology connects tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs and other consumer electronics products to a new world of audio entertainment. Earlybird invested in BridgeCo in 2000 as the company’s first

Exponent Private Equity has acquired Pattonair, the supply chain division of Umeco plc. Pattonair is a leading international provider of value-added distribution and supply chain outsourcing services to customers in the aerospace and defence market, specialising in the supply of small and medium value components.  Customers include Rolls-Royce plc, BAE

ARX Equity Partners, the Central and Eastern Europe‐focused private equity investment firm, has acquired a controlling stake in online pet-retailer Telekarma. Following the deal, ARX will focus on the merger of Telekarma with existing portfolio company Kakadu, a Polish pet products retail chain. ARX originally acquired Kakadu in March 2009,

AXA Private Equity, the leading diversified private equity has acquired a 25% stake in Ticket Surf International (TSI), the leading French provider of e-money services, as part of an owner buy-out (OBO). A capital restructuring at TSI will enable minority shareholders to withdraw and marks a new phase in the

Push Technology Ltd, a provider of enterprise messaging and Internet communications solutions, has secured an equity investment from Stephens Capital Partners, the family owned investment business based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Stephens’ investment will provide the company with the capital needed to accelerate growth in its key financial services and

Equity Finance and FCPR Epargne Développement II and FCPR ED Capitalisation Intermédiaire, two FCPR funds managed by Chequers Partenaires, have reached an agreement with Weinberg Capital Partners relating to the sale of their holdings in the Groupe E.CF (Ecotel Chomette Favor), in agreement with the other main shareholders of E.CF,