Franklin Templeton Private Equity Strategy (FTPES), a fund advised by Darby Private Equity, has sold its equity holding in Symbiotec Pharmalab to private equity firm Actis. Symbiotec, based in Indore in Central India, is engaged in research, development, manufacturing and marketing of research based active pharmaceutical ingredients for corticosteroids and
The Abraaj Group has sold its entire stake in Tunisian pharmaceutical company Opalia Pharma to Recordati, an international pharmaceutical company listed on the Italian stock exchange. The Abraaj Group invested into Opalia in 2009 and the deal marks the group’s first realisation in the Tunisian market. Over the past four
Contego Fraud Solutions has raised GBP900,000 in the firm’s latest investment round, following early investment in 2012 by seed angels and the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund. The total raised to date is GBP1.4m. Investment has been secured from the Rainbow Seed Fund; the Angel CoFund; select business angel groups London
Private equity investor New Mountain Capital is to acquire talent acquisition and management specialist Alexander Mann Solutions for GBP260m. The transaction is subject to EU Competition Commission approval. New Mountain is investing alongside management who have a significant ownership stake in the company. New Mountain will support Alexander Mann
Video engagement specialist Rockabox has completed a series A funding round led by Notion Capital and supported by existing investors Frog Capital and fourteen17. Video is the fastest growing part of the USD100bn digital advertising market and is expected to reach a 14.5 per cent share by 20161. Rockabox plans
Water Street Healthcare Partners has sold its outsourced pharmaceutical services company AAIPharma Services to Cambridge Major Laboratories. AAIPharma and CML have merged to form a provider of integrated chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) services. The transaction marks Water Street’s fourth strategic transaction in the past three weeks. Water Street
UK-based private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in Oteac Limited, the firm’s third deal in the last 12 months. Oteac is a provider of integrated fire and safety services, both offshore in the oil and gas sector and onshore in the UK. The tougher
Almost half of M&A executives in Europe expect a rise in transactions over the coming year, with the German-speaking countries remaining the driver of the market. That is the conclusion of the M&A Outlook study, for which international commercial law firm CMS surveyed 225 representatives of companies, private equity houses
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is to acquire John Deere Landscapes (JDL), a unit of Deere & Company's agriculture and turf segment. Deere will initially retain a 40 per cent ownership stake in the new standalone company. The carve-out transaction is valued at approximately USD465m. With over USD1bn in
KKR has invested in wireless infrastructure businesses managed by Associated Partners. Under the agreements, KKR has made minority investments in PEG Bandwidth, AP Wireless and AP Towers. PEG Bandwidth designs, builds and operates Ethernet backhaul networks connecting wireless communications towers to the data fibre backbone, principally in rural geographies.
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