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European Capital is a publicly traded company for pan-European equity, mezzanine and senior debt investments with capital resources of approximately 2.3 billion euro ($3.2 billion). European Capital invests in and sponsors management and employee buyouts, invests in private equity buyouts and provides capital directly to private and public companies headquartered predominantly in Europe. European Capital generally invests between 10 million euro and 500 million euro per transaction in equity, mezzanine debt and senior debt to fund growth, acquisitions and recapitalizations.
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The IT sector saw the resurgence of semiconductor investing as European chip companies completed 16 venture rounds in the quarter, raising over euro 127 million in capital, the highest total since the third quarter of 2001. Accounting for the bulk of activity, nine later-stage chip companies raised euro 98 million in capital, a tenfold increase over 2006. One of the larger deals was the euro 22.5 million later-stage financing of Swedish WLAN chipmaker Nanoradio.
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Bridgepoint is a leading European private equity manager with a 25-year track record of investing in European companies valued up to 1 billion euro through a network of offices in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Nordic region, Poland and Spain. In the last ten years, Bridgepoint has completed more than 150 transactions with a total value of 18 billion euro. Bridgepoint's portfolio companies in France include Alain Afflelou, a French and Spanish optical retailer; Groupe Moniteur, the leading French provider of services and information to the construction, public works and architectural industries; and Moliflor, a casino operator.
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LONDON and NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ -- European venture capital investment climbed to euro 1.14B in the second quarter, despite a decreased deal flow of 213. The 5% increase in amount invested over 1Q07, despite a 20% drop in deal flow, is primarily due to increased deal sizes in early-stage investments. Year-over-year, investment was up and deals were down in nearly every industry, the report found, with healthcare companies seeing the biggest change, raising 10% more capital (euro 290 million v. euro 265 million) in 34% fewer deals (41 v. 62) than in the second quarter of 2006.
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Euro-Caribe Inc., a small, profitable Puerto Rican producer of sausages, had grown until production at its San Juan factory was bursting at the seams. Only three miles down the road was Federal Packing Company, a much larger and equally successful producer of cooked ham products, owned by the Cadenas family since 1967. In early November 1998, Euro-Caribe acquired Federal in an $18 million transaction financed by American Capital Strategies (NASDAQ Symbol: ACAS), a buyout and specialty finance company based in Bethesda, MD. The new company, under the name Euro-Caribe Packing Company, will be the largest independent producer of processed pork products in Puerto Rico.
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West Conshohocken, Pa. June 5th, 2003 - Nocopi Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has settled the arbitration proceeding commenced against it by Euro- Nocopi, S.A. (Euro). Under the terms of the settlement, Euro has paid $900,000 to NoCopi and will pay an additional $200,000 in the future for back royalties and all other matters in dispute between the two companies as well as the termination of Nocopi's 18% ownership of Euro. Euro's exclusive European license will continue in effect.
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