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Inflexion is backing the £44m (€61m) MBO of Eurotel, an independentUK provider of telecom services to Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). The firm founded in 1995, employs 300 people and has more than 15,000 customers. In 2005, Eurotel was acquired by Young Associates for £19m. The firm specialises in acquiring and developing telecoms and […]
ECI Partners has agreed to sell Bounty for £70m (€97.6m) to Kaboose, the largest independent family-focused online media company in North America. Bounty also acts as a marketing and advertising platform in the UK, targeting new and expectant mothers. Through access with most UK-based hospitals and established relationships with brand owners, it says it reaches […]
A report by the former science minister Lord Sainsbury says the Government should set-up a nationwide fund to solve the early stage funding deficit. Tom Allchorne looks at the proposal, and the review in general, and finds that whilst VCs endorse it, there are reservations.
London-headquartered buyout firm Gresham Private Equity has bought UK toothpaste tube maker Betts Global from Permira, Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland for an enterprise value of £110m.
Fabory, a Netherlands-headquartered maker of nuts, bolts, nails and power tools has been sold by Dutch mid-market firm AAC Capital Partners to UK private equity house HgCapital for €345m in a secondary buyout transaction.
Ornis, a Paris-based provider of IT and telecoms services to business, has been sold by its venture capital backers to Euronext listed company Risc Group, an IT data protection provider.
Vox Mobili, a French company that specialises in software for mobile devices, has been acquired by Indian telecoms company OnMobile.
Baird Capital Partners Europe has sold TEAM BS, an Offenbach-based provider of short-term staffing solutions, for €71m to Randstad Group.
Cardsave, a UK provider of credit card terminals and services, has been sold by a private equity consortium to Exponent Private Equity in a £70m deal led by Clive Kahn, the former chief executive of Travelex.
UK buyouts giant Apax Partners has sold its minority stake Healthcare at Home, an in-home healthcare provider, to Hutton Collins, the debt and equity investment firm, in a deal worth more than £200m.