Jenny Bollen

The UK mid-market captive has backed its second management buyout in two months, buying more than 60 percent of an edible oils and bio-diesel company.

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with rival BC Partners to takeover Techem in Germany’s first ‘hostile’ public-to-private.

UK sugar group Tate & Lyle’s corporate venture fund has made its first investment since its 2006 launch with a £2 million stake in a food safety company.

Mid Europa Partners has made two exits with a total value of €620m, including the exit of an Estonian railway that was bolstered by rebuilt US locomotives.

Mid Europa Partners has made two exits with a total value of €620m, including the exit of an Estonian railway that was bolstered by rebuilt US locomotives.

3i has made 10 times its original investment in a temporary building provider through a €100m sale in its second exit in two days.

Macquarie Bank is advising on an offer for an Australian energy company, which could also see its first investment in the sector since buying UK water company, Thames Water, for £8bn in October.

ABN AMRO Capital has spun out its life sciences venture arm, which operates a €200m life sciences fund, focused on the US and Europe.

Advent Venture Partners has raised almost $10.3m in a first-round fundraising of a technology business to support the company’s development in Europe, the US and Asia.

The Carlyle Group has promoted eight professionals to managing director in its US offices in a bout of global appointments.