LATEST NEWS
Speed Check Services (“SCS”), the traffic management company, has secured £9m (€10m) of development funding from LDC to finance its expansion strategy.
Monday, 1st March 2010A group of private equity firms have shown interest in companies that Royal Dutch Shell wants to sell to fund a $28bn (€20.5bn) capital spending push.
Monday, 1st March 2010T-Venture has made an undisclosed investment in Lantiq, a next-generation access and home-networking technologies company.
Monday, 1st March 2010Olivier Schuepbach has left Wellington Partners, having served as a principal at the firm.
Monday, 1st March 2010Blackstone, the US-based private equity giant, was boosted last year by the recovery of the financial markets. The group recorded economic net income of $703m (€519m) in 2009 but did have to take $875m of charges, mostly because of its 2007 IPO, which pushed the firm into net loss of $715m last year, compared to a loss of $1.2bn in 2008.
Friday, 26th February 2010The private equity owners of TDC, the Danish telecoms giant that was Europe's largest buyout in 2005, are set to launch a flotation of the business.
Friday, 26th February 2010Private equity groups including Graphite Capital and LDC are lining up to acquire HobbyCraft, the UK arts and crafts retailer.
Friday, 26th February 2010The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is set to reduce the number of private equity firms with which it invests, in an attempt to cut costs and boost returns.
Friday, 26th February 2010Obtineo, Carlyle Group’s Dutch search engine marketing business, has agreed to a merger with LBi International, the Nasdaq and Stockholm-listed digital media and marketing company.
Friday, 26th February 2010Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has appointed Jeff Roberts, formerly of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as a partner.
Friday, 26th February 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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The new AA saga
“It’s just another example of an asset-stripping private equity firm taking money out of a good business to line its own pockets.” It all sounds rather familiar, doesn’t it?
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Esprit de corporates
While traditional VC fundraising slumped in 2009, corporate venturing remained solid. A growing number of start-ups are now seeking to take advantage of this symbiotic source of capital.
Feature
Northern lights
After more than a year of near silence, the Nordic private equity market burst into life in the final quarter of 2009. More good news could emerge in the year ahead.
Comment
The fear factor
Abandoned IPOs should set off alarm bells within private equity, raising concerns that a much-heralded route to exit has suddenly slammed its door shut.
News Analysis
Northzone hits €90m first close on fund six
Northzone Ventures has become the first major venture firm to brave the fundraising trail for well over a year, reaching a first close on its sixth fund with €90m of commitments. The fund’s final target is€150m.









