All Mergers & Acquisitions
Barclays Private Equity to Equistone after buy-out
The management team of Barclays Private Equity (BPE) has acquired the private equity division of the high street bank in a buy-out and renamed the business Equistone Partners Europe.
Double deal day for Google
Internet giant Google has made its 58th and 59th acquisitions of the year with the purchases of Apture and Katango.
Tech M&A surges ahead
The value of disclosed global technology deals has risen by 8 per cent to a total of $56.4 billion during the third quarter of 2011, new statistics show.
BGF expected to rival dealmakers
The government-backed Business Growth Fund (BGF) is expected to bring about direct competition with private equity firms, new findings show.
Blinkx buys and places
AIM-listed video search engine Blinkx has made its second acquisition of 2011 with the purchase of Prime Visibility Media Group (PVMG).
Rakuten closes book on Kobo
E-commerce business Rakuten has agreed to buy electronic book (e-book) retailer Kobo for $315 million (£197 million).
AIM on track with 2010
August saw a total of £161.1 million raised via new and further issues, with £87 million raised through new issues alone.
Private equity investments improve
Companies backed by private equity have seen improved or unaffected performance, new findings reveal.
Cloud business mindSHIFT is Best Buy
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has acquired mindSHIFT Technologies, a day after announcing that it was pulling the plug on its joint venture with UK mobile phone business Carphone Warehouse.
Datatec deals again
Information communications technology (ICT) business Datatec has continued on from its busy summer period by making the acquisition of Sentronics.
Hard work for private equity
Despite the majority of private equity professionals believing that their firm will be engaged in fund raising in the next 12 to 24 months, a significant amount believe that many of these new ventures will fail to get off the ground, new research shows.
Compliance deal for IDOX
Software and services business IDOX has acquired UK-based Interactive Dialogues and Interactive Dialogues NV in a deal worth €2.2 million (£1.9. million).
Oxford Instruments seeks US expansion
Oxford Instruments, a provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, eyes greater growth in the US after acquiring Platinum Medical Imaging for an initial $18 million (£11.2 million).
Lloyds backs Encon buy-out from Wolseley UK
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance has backed the management buy-out of Encon Group from its parent company, Wolseley UK, committing a £35 million line of credit for the company.
Publicis grows in China with Wangfan purchase
International communications company Publicis Groupe has wholly acquired Shanghai-based Wangfan for an undisclosed sum as part of a strategy to double in size in the Chinese market.
Quindell Portfolio acquires Maine Finance
Brand extension business Quindell Portfolio has announced the acquisition of online financial services broking company Maine Finance for £2.1 million.
Educated buy for Lumesse with Edvantage
Talent management software provider Lumesse has completed the acquisition of Norweigen software-as-a-service (SaaS) education company Edvantage Group for an undisclosed amount.
Socialbakers backs up fundraising with deal
Social media analytics company Socialbakers, on the back of its recent £1.3 million financing round, has acquired Social RSS.
Complete Telecom makes native buy
Complete Telecom, a telecom services provider based in Dublin, has acquired Intellicom, for an undisclosed amount, as it looks to build its cloud services.
WINS bought by ManTech
ManTech International has bought out Worldwide Information Systems (WINS) in a deal worth $90 million (£55.9 million).
Round-up of today's M&A deals
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