LATEST NEWS: ALL MARKETS
Advent International has hired advisers to prepare a sale of Poundland, the UK discount retailer.
Friday, 12th March 2010Primary Capital has acquired software and data services business Amtech from HSBC Private Equity in a deal worth £35m (€38.5m). Lloyds provided £15m of debt for the deal.
Friday, 12th March 2010HgCapital Trust, the listed investment trust that invests in HgCapital funds, has launched a share placing on the London Stock Exchange to raise £50m (€55.07m).
Friday, 12th March 2010Oxsensis has raised a £3m (€3.3m) funding round from Carbon Trust Investments and existing investors Albion Ventures, Seven Spires Investments, Frog Capital, the Rainbow Seed Fund and several private investors.
Friday, 12th March 2010DFJ Esprit has appointed Mikko Suonenlahti as a senior adviser. Suonenlahti will focus on investments in business-to-business and business-to-consumer software, as well as medtech, bio-IT and energy efficiency.
Friday, 12th March 2010Lenders to Almatis, the alumina business owned by Dubai International Capital, have agreed a deal to take control of the company.
Thursday, 11th March 2010NBGI Private Equity has announced the promotion of four members of its team.
Thursday, 11th March 2010Creandum, the venture and growth capital firm focusing on the Nordic region, has appointed former Balderton man Johan Brenner.
Thursday, 11th March 2010Elio Leoni-Sceti, the chief executive of EMI, has left the Terra Firma-owned recording business after just 18 months in charge. Leoni-Sceti was brought in by Terra Firma to lead a rescue plan for the indebted group.
Thursday, 11th March 2010Blackstone-owned theme park operator Merlin Entertainments, which last month put plans for a flotation on hold, is still considering the option.
Wednesday, 10th March 2010QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"If the raft of heralded IPOs is now not going to happen after all, GPs and LPs may have to modify their return expectations further."
Guy Fraser-Sampson, Cass Business School"Our impression is that corporates have become more aware of the potential benefits of corporate venturing to the enterprise."
Markus Thill, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Q&A: Robert Manz
Enterprise Investors managing partner Robert Manz talks to Real Deals about the new economic reality, getting deals done in 2010 and the looming spectre of regulation.
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Leader
Venture's victory
The European venture capital industry was given a much-needed fillip at the beginning of this month, when two pieces of good news hit the headlines in the UK.
Top Story
Q&A: Mark Wignall
Fresh from a strong 2009, the chief executive of Matrix Private Equity Partners explains why he is a “small is beautiful” man, and contends that the VCT model remains attractive.
Feature
Competitive disadvantage
Some areas of Central and Eastern Europe may have escaped lightly from the economic downturn, but fierce competition for scarce assets could drive up prices in 2010.
Comment
From Baird to worse
Much of today’s most important technology was invented by Europeans, but – as with venture – the Americans are best at “monetising” innovation.
News Analysis
Out with the old...
The departure of Atlas may be bad news for European venture, but a variety of smaller operators are lining up to fill the funding gap.
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