Robert Venes
Paul Jozefak, an investment director at software group SAP, is joining Dr Neuhaus, a Hamburg-based venture capital firm, as a partner later this year.
Following the €10bn plus close of its fourth buyout fund last week, Permira has received acceptances from 52% of shareholders for a €815m takeover bid for Hungarian chemicals business BorsodChem.
Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired a majority stake in Lista B+L, a drawer and shelving company headquartered in Switzerland.
Danish private equity firm Danske Private Equity has raised €600m for its third fund of funds and has already made allocations to four European partnerships.
Following the departure of two of its founding partners last November, Compass Partners is looking to sell four remaining portfolio companies.
3i, the London-listed investor, has conditionally agreed to sell UK flower delivery business Interflora for £65m less than 18 months after acquiring a 65% stake.
US food group Kraft has bought the southern European division of United Biscuits, five months after Goldman Sachs was appointed to carry out a strategic review of the biscuit and snacks manufacturer.
Marc Mogull’s newly-launched private equity real estate firm Benson Elliot Capital Management has hired its second partner, Philip Irons, former head of direct property transactions at Schroders.
Two months after appointing its strategic advisory board, European financial services-focused AnaCap Financial Partners has hired to two directors and two associates.
The private equity firm headed by former Goldman Sachs investment banker Christopher Flowers has raised the cap for its second fund to $6 billion.