Matilda Battersby
Ganymed pharmaceutical has now raised €117m from mostly German private equity firms to develop its cancer drugs pipeline.
In its 76th buy-and-build transaction, Italy's 21 Centrale Partners has purchased French cosmetics packaging company Biopak. Mazime D’Haussy the former sales and marketing director of Socoplan has been appointed Biopack’s chief operating officer.
The Scandinavian venture capital firm has raised €75m to date for a fund focused on mobile and wireless technology firms.
The private equity firm specialising in environmental infrastructure investments has opened a new office in Italy to continue raising its European Solar fund. It is targeting €50m and has already raised €40m.
The US private equity firm has continued its buying spree in 2008 despite the turmoil in global markets. The Herbal Garden, an Illinois-based supplier of organic produce, is the firm's 30th acquisition this year.
The Canadian pension suffered a negative 8.5% return in the second quarter owing largely to a decline in its public equities portfolio, which has in turn increased its exposure to private equity, real estate and infrastructure.
The Eastern European private equity firm has closed its deal for non-alcoholic beverage producer Kofola-Hoop in what it says is the region’s largest ever transaction in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
The growth investor has made a minority investment in Sao Paulo-based Qualicorp.
The two private equity firms have submitted a proposal to delist American fashion retailer Charlotte Russe, a year after KarpReilly failed to secure buyout negotiations for the company. The proposed deal represents up to a 38% premium over yesterday's closing share price.
Miles Cresswell-Turner will join the UK mid-market firm, which is currently investing a €960m fund.