A holding company owned by the Permira funds is to acquire Intelligrated (www.intelligrated.com), a North American-based provider of automated material handling solutions, services and products, in a transaction at a valuation in excess of USD500 million. Intelligrated’s management, led by founders Chris Cole and Jim McCarthy, will maintain a significant
The General Assembly of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has elected Vincenzo Morelli (pictured), Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor to global investment firm TPG, as its Chairman for the year to June 2013. Morelli has a long track record in management, particularly in helping struggling businesses
Maven Capital Partners has sold its investment in Transys Projects Limited (Transys) to the German engineering concern Vossloh Kiepe, the rail transportation division of MDAX listed Vossloh AG. 

Transys is engaged in the provision of turnkey and engineering consulting solutions relating to the maintenance and enhancement of rail rolling stock.
Gresham Private Equity, the UK mid market private equity specialist, has successfully exited Marston Group through the sale of the business to Inflexion Private Equity. The performance of the Marston Group will result in a strong return on investment for Gresham. Gresham led the management buy-out of Drakes, a leading
Private equity firm Catterton Partners has made a capital investment in Mendocino Farms, the rapidly-growing gourmet sandwich casual restaurant brand. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed but Mendocino Farms plans to use the investment to fund expansion throughout Southern California and eventually to new geographic regions. Mendocino Farms
Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has invested GBP3 million of growth capital in the Cennox Plc group of companies (including ATM Parts and Mainet) which provides services to the ATM (cash machines) sector. Cennox was founded in 2004 by Clive
MapMyFITNESS, a health and fitness technology company powering the Internet’s largest and fastest growing community of fitness enthusiasts, has secured USD9 million in Series B funding led by Austin Ventures and Milestone Venture Partners. Strategic business partners Competitor Group, Inc. and The Running Specialty Group, LLC also announced their participation
Robert B Kaplan, Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, is to join Debevoise & Plimpton as a litigation partner resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office. In his role at the Asset Management Unit, Kaplan co-led a team of 75
KPS Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Robert Bosch’s global automotive foundation brakes business, through a newly-formed affiliate, Chassis Brakes International Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Lazard Freres & Co. LLC acted as financial advisor, and Hengeler Mueller as legal counsel, to KPS and its
Activa Capital, the French mid-market private equity firm, is merging Armatis and Laser Contact (a spin-off of Laser – itself a subsidiary of BNP Paribas and Group Galeries Lafayette), two major French call centre companies, to create the leading independent French onshore call centre company with combined sales of over
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