James Taylor
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is trying to derail The Blackstone Group’s agreed £96 million bid for La Tasca, a UK tapas chain.
Equest Investment Balkans, an AIM-listed regional specialist, has invested €45 million to create a waste management market leader in Bulgaria.
NanoDimension has raised €45 million for a dedicated nanotech venture fund, which has already made its first investment.
US venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has led a first round of funding for CastTV, a video search engine company that has various internet business luminaries on its board.
Intel Capital has led a $40 million investment round for a company aiming to provide better television reception for the whole of China.
Shares in UK clothing retailer Next hit an all-time high on Wednesday morning, following speculation that it could be the next target for a private equity bid.
Apax Partners has looked to bolster the US presence of portfolio company Travelex by bolting on Ruesch International, a rival payment services business owned by Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.
Norway’s largest private equity fund has bought Jakob Hatteland Display, a marine computer display company, for an undisclosed sum.
Smedvig Capital has become the biggest shareholder in the UK’s leading car club business, as it hopes to cash in on the growing popularity of car pooling.
The GMB, which has been at the forefront of recent trade union attacks on the private equity industry, said today it would seek to ’build a constructive dialogue’ with Permira, following a meeting with boss Damon Buffini.