LATEST NEWS

Carlyle ends interest in Shanks 

The Carlyle Group has terminated its interest in acquiring Shanks, precipitating a sharp fall in the UK waste management group's share price.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Advent hires head of LP services

Advent International has appointed Robert Brown as a managing director and global head of limited partner services.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
CalPERS appoints former Barclays employee

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has appointed Janine Guillot as its new chief operating investment officer.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Law firm makes private equity hire

Global law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has appointed Shawn Atkinson as a partner in the firm's private equity and venture capital practice in London.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Sun European Partners appoints Culpan

Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, has appointed David Culpan as vice-president of capital markets.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Chandos Fund backs Intamac investment

The Chandos Fund, managed by YFM Private Equity, has backed the £2m (€2.2m) investment in Intamac System, a platform provider for next-generation networked and connected home services.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
360° Capital Partners leads Smartdate funding

360° Capital Partners has led a $2.2m (€1.6m) investment in dating site Smartdate. The funding will be used to launch the company’s Facebook-connected online dating site.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Vigor receives £500,000 backing

Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) has invested £500,000 (€550,000) in Vigor Renewables in the form of non-voting preference shares with rights over 90 per cent of the distributable profits.

Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Lenders to break up Linpac

Deutsche Bank and Lloyds, the lenders that took control of food packaging business Linpac from Montagu Private Equity last year, are planning to break up the business and sell it on.

Monday, 8th March 2010
Biffa puts landfill power unit on the market

Biffa, the waste management group owned by Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners, is said to have put its electricity and gas landfill business up for sale for £350m (€388m).

Monday, 8th March 2010

QUOTES 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
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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 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 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 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 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... 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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