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• Gilde Buy Out Partners closes third fund on €600m 05 Sep 2006. Source: AltAssets. Gilde Buy Out Partners, a mid-market buy-out specialist with a focus on the Benelux and the French and German-speaking regions, has closed Gilde Buy Out Fund III on €600m. The fund was launched in September 2005. There were two interim closings: a first closing on €315m in September 2005 and a second closing on €490m in January 2006.

• Spain-focused Adara Venture Partners raises €40m for first fund 07 Sep 2005. Source: AltAssets. Luxembourg-based, Spain-focused venture capital investment firm Adara Venture Partners has held a first closing on its first fund, Adara Ventures SICAR (Société d'Investisement en Capital à Risque), on €40m.

• Advent and Providence sell MACH to Warburg Pincus for reported €600m 14 Jun 2005. Source: AltAssets. Advent International and Providence Equity have agreed to sell Luxembourg and Denmark-headquartered MACH, a provider of inter-operator solutions within the telecommunications and data industry, to Warburg Pincus for a reported sum of around €600m.

• Benelux mid-market buy-out fund Egeria II reaches €293m interim close 23 Mar 2005. Source: AltAssets. Amsterdam-based Egeria Capital Management has reached an interim close on its second fund, Egeria Private Equity Fund II, on €293m. The fund's target is between €375-400m. Egeria launched its international fundraising in December 2004.

• Cinven and Altice buy French telecom assets for €528m 22 Dec 2004. Source: AltAssets. Pan-European buy-out firm Cinven and Luxembourg-based cable firm Altice have bought the cable operating subsidiaries of France Telecom and Vivendi Universal for €528m. The deal will make the second biggest cable TV company in France.

• US Ripplewood completes Honsel buy-out and hires ex-Chrysler chief 02 Dec 2004. Source: AltAssets. US buy-out firm Ripplewood Holdings has completed its acquisition of Luxembourg-based Honsel International Technologies Holdings, a manufacturer of automotive components, from the Carlyle Group. It has also announced the hiring of former DaimlerChrysler president Thomas T Stallkamp to help with its ambitions in the global auto components industry.

• Cinven in exclusive talks to buy cable units 11 Aug 2004. Source: AltAssets. Cinven and Luxembourg-based cable operator Altice One Group have entered into exclusive negotiations with France Telecom and Vivendi Universal to buy their cable television business. The transaction has been valued at around E500m.

• Spanish Grupo Rodania to raise wireless venture fund 13 Sep 2002. Source: AltAssets. Grupo Rodania has announced that it is an advanced stage in raising a E45m venture fund which will focus solely on the wireless sector. Grupo Rodania has already received a commitment from the European Investment Fund in Luxembourg to invest E15m, and hopes to hold a final closing before the end of 2002.

• New fund of funds for Luxembourg 14 Sep 2001. Source: AltAssets. SEB Invest has launched a new private equity fund of funds, continuing its drive to invest in alternative asset classes. .

• Loyens & Loeff bolsters private equity team 16 Jul 2001. Source: AltAssets. Benelux-based legal firm Loyens & Loeff has taken on three partners from Caron & Stevens/Baker & McKenzie in a bid to boost its private equity team.