Sun Capital Partners, a private investment firm specialising in leveraged buyouts and other investments in companies, has sold its affiliated portfolio company Timothy’s Coffees of the World to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for approximately USD157m in cash, subject to adjustment. Timothy’s is a supplier of specialty coffees to offices, hotels,

Investcorp’s Gulf Opportunity Fund is to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Gulf Cryo, the Al Huneidi family-owned company that manufactures industrial, medical and specialty gases in the Middle East. Gulf Cryo was founded in Kuwait in 1953 by the Al Huneidi family and has expanded over two generations

Windsor-based Cogenta Systems has opened a data management centre in Newcastle following a GBP800,000 investment, including GBP350,000 by venture capital firm NorthStar Equity Investors. The investment by NSEI came from its Co-Investment Fund, while an additional GBP450,000 was raised by Hotspur Capital Partners. Cogenta Systems, which sits in the price

A study by Preqin has found that 89 per cent of private equity investors in Central and Eastern European focused funds intend to maintain or increase their exposure to the region over the longer-term. Over the past decade, the private equity market in Central and Eastern Europe has drawn a

HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, has reported an estimated net asset value of is USD656.4m, or USD7.91 per share, as at 31 October 2009. This represents a 0.1 per cent increase from the 30 September 2009 estimated NAV per share of USD7.90. The

Online real estate broker Redfin has completed a USD10m series D financing led by Greylock Partners. Existing Redfin investors Madrona Venture Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Vulcan Capital and The Hillman Company also participated in the round. This new investment brings the total capital raised by Redfin to USD30.8m. James Slavet

Eurazeo’s net asset value stood at EUR57.2 per share at 30 September 2009, compared to EUR47.8 per share at 30 June 2009. Eurazeo is the majority or leading shareholder in Accor, ANF, APCOA, B&B Hotels, Elis, Europcar and Rexel. Eurazeo is also the main shareholder of Danone. Consolidated revenues for

Liberty Global has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of Unitymedia, Europe’s third largest broadband cable operator, from its sole shareholder Unitymedia S.C.A, Luxembourg. The terms of the agreement imply a total equity value for Unitymedia of EUR2.0bn and an enterprise value

The Blackstone Group and Lion Capital have closed on the sale of the Orangina Schweppes Group to Suntory Holdings. The closing follows receipt of a binding offer from Suntory to purchase Orangina and the completion of all the social, regulatory and legal requirements necessary for a sale. Lion Capital and

A nanotechnology company based in the North East of the UK has entered into a joint venture with a Japanese company which could bring new investment and jobs to the region. OJ-Bio is a joint venture between Newcastle based Orla Protein Technologies and Japanese electronics company Japan Radio.   The