Chinese technology and investment group Cocoon Networks is launching a GBP500 million (USD720 million) London-based venture capital fund aimed at investing in UK and European tech startups. Cocoon Networks, which has the backing of China Equity Group, one of the first investors in to Baidu, China's answer to Google, and
Noerr has advised the group Veolia on the purchase of Nuon Energie und Service. A team from Noerr’s Energy Group led by the Berlin partners Dr Tibor Fedke and Dr Christoph Spiering, and the Düsseldorf real estate specialist Christoph Brenzinger acted for Veolia. Nuon Energie und Service, which has to
Ipes is providing administration services to Gilde Buyout Partners, a leading European Private Equity firm, to support the closing and ongoing administration of Gilde Buy-Out Fund V. The fund closed at the hard cap of EUR1.1 billion in November 2015. Ipes performs all outsourced administration services to the fund including
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, is evolving its EMEA compliance offering to a tiered services model. 

With a focus on improving the choice, quality, efficiency and consistency of their service to clients, Cordium’s EMEA compliance offering will now be structured
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has supported the successful acquisition of EnServe Group by Rubicon Partners and Grovepoint Capital. EnServe is a leading provider of infrastructure support services to the utilities sector, operating principally in the UK. It was acquired during December 2010 by Cinven and today comprises three divisions:
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has acquired Fiverun, an specialist in the mobile point of sale (mPOS) arena. Together with Vista’s December acquisition and merger of software leaders MarketLive and Shopatron, the addition of Fiverun will create a unified omnichannel commerce solutions company called Kibo. Fiverun is best known
Imperial Innovations Group has committed GBP24.75 million to the new UCL Technology Fund, the first investment fund that UCL (University College London) has established to commercialise its multidisciplinary research. Over the next five years the fund is expected to invest up to GBP50 million to support ideas from academics in
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a minority investment in WAG payment solutions, (Eurowag), a provider of payment solutions for freight and passenger carriers across Europe and Turkey. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Serving international trucking companies, small haulers and operators of delivery and personal vehicle
A fund advised by SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH, has acquired puracon's business operations from the insolvent predecessor company. Based in Rosenheim, puracon is a packaging specialist focused on the sterile assembly and packaging of medical devices and implants in GMP certified cleanrooms. The range of services that it provides
Rubicon Partners and Grovepoint Capital have cquired EnServe Group Limited from European private equity firm Cinven for an undisclosed amount. EnServe is a provider of infrastructure support services to the utilities sector, operating principally in the UK. EnServe was acquired during December 2010 by Cinven and today comprises three divisions: Electricity,
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