Picard Surgelés has gone to a consortium led by Candover and French group Chevrillon et Associes.
At least 72 new corporate venture funds have come to the European Market since June 2000 - an opportunity rather than a problem for VCs?
Atle has recommended that shareholders accept an offer which values the quoted VC firm at £580m.
Investors in the financial portal include Seat, Carlyle Internet Partners Europe and NetPartners.
Venture capital group Advent Ventures Partners has closed the largest UK-based technology fund, seeing investment opportunities that are 'better than ever'.
GSC Partners is on the way to reaching the $1bn target it has set for its European mezzanine fund.
The private equity arm of WestAM has closed its Special Private Equity fund-of-funds and started promoting its next.
Irish finance group Treasury Holdings, the main backer of the Legacy consortium, may drop its bid for the Millennium Dome. Reports suggest the BBC may step in.
The greatest amount of cash in history was raised by venture capitalists in the US last year.
The QXL founder is the second senior executive to depart from the private equity firm in two months.