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• Investindustrial invests in European theme park 10 Sep 2009. Source: AltAssets. Investindustrial, a Southern European mid-market buy-out firm, has acquired 50 per cent of European theme park PortAventura from Spanish listed investment company Criteria CaixaCorp.

• NY private equity firm acquires 4.5 per cent stake in major Spanish media group 28 Aug 2009. Source: AltAssets. Talos Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired a 4.5 per cent stake in PRISA, a listed Spanish and Portuguese-language media group for an estimated €39m.

• Spanish firm Miura Private Equity acquires 60 per cent stake in security company 30 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. Miura Private Equity, a fund manager based in Barcelona, has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Proytecsa, a Spanish company that deals in advanced technological products and solutions for the security industry at a national level.

• National Express to reject CVC's takeover bid 27 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. National Express plans to reject a takeover bid from London-based private equity firm CVC and the transport operator’s biggest shareholder, Spain’s Cosmen family, according to the Financial Times.

• London-based private equity firm CVC in takeover bid for National Express 24 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. London-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has teamed up with National Express’s biggest shareholders to consider an acquisition of the transport operator, according to the Financial Times.

• Spanish venture firm Nauta Capital holds first closing on €100m 15 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. Nauta Capital, a venture capital firm with operations in Barcelona and Boston, has launched a new €100m fund, Nauta III.

• Spanish private equity firm ProA Capital acquires chilled foods company Grupo Palacios Alimentación 10 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. Spanish private equity firm ProA Capital has backed company management to acquire chilled foods company Grupo Palacios Alimentación

• European fund buys majority stake in Portuguese engineering business 26 Jun 2009. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firm GED has bought a 70 per cent stake in Portuguese engineering and architectural company FASE in a deal valued at €12m.

• Spanish online games developer eRepublik Labs raises €2m in venture capital 17 Jun 2009. Source: AltAssets. eRepublik Labs, the “first massive online social strategy game”, has raised €2m in a series A round financing from AGF Private Equity, after a seed round of €200,000 in 2007 and an angel round of €550,000 in 2008.

• Palamon and G Square team up to invest in Spanish care home provider 02 Jun 2009. London-based private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners and G Square, a European healthcare private equity group, have co-invested in Grupo SAR, a Spanish provider of residential and home care for the elderly.

• Private equity firm HgCapital acquires fifth Spanish solar photovoltaic plant 14 May 2009. Source: AltAssets. Private equity firm HgCapital’s Renewable Power Partners Fund, together with its local partners, have acquired a 5.25MWp Spanish solar photovoltaic project, bringing its Spanish photovoltaic portfolio to 42MWp across five projects.

• Asset manager Foresight Group acquires solar photovoltaic plant in Spain from Banco Santander 14 May 2009. Source: AltAssets. Foresight Group, a UK-based alternative asset manager, has acquired a 9MWp solar photovoltaic plant from Banco Santander in Spain for an undisclosed sum.

• Platina Partners invests €134m in Spanish solar projects 31 Mar 2009. Platina Partners, a private equity fund advisor specialising in the renewable energy space, invested €134m in three solar energy projects in Spain in conjunction with its Madrid-based investee company Anemoi Renovables.

• Hg Renewable Power Partners makes first solar investments 18 Mar 2009. Source: AltAssets. HgCapital's Renewable Power Partners Fund has invested in three Spanish solar photovoltaic plants, with a total output of 35.4MW. HgCapital purchased the stake from AIG Financial Products, an AIG company, and from 360 Corporate, a Spanish investment banking firm, for an undisclosed amount.

• Spanish voice biometric company raises €5.5m in venture funding 06 Mar 2009. Source: AltAssets. Agnitio, a voice biometric company headquartered in Madrid, Spain, has completed a new capital increase of €5.5m in a second round of funding. The round was led by Elaia Partners and includes a significant participation by Nauta Capital, leader of the previous funding round of €2.7m in December 2007.

• Spanish government-backed fund chooses Elaia Partners as investor 16 Feb 2009. Source: AltAssets. Neotec Capital Riesgo has partnered with digital technologies–focused venture capital firm Elaia Partners to invest in innovative Spanish companies. Neotec Capital Riesgo was set up by the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), a Spanish public organisation under the Ministry of Science & Innovation which is financially backed by Spanish blue chip companies.

• GMT secures refinancing for portfolio company 03 Feb 2009. Source: AltAssets. Communications-focused private equity firm GMT Communications Partners has refinanced its advertising portfolio company Redext's senior debt facilities through its pre-existing lenders, BBVA, Banesto and CAM.

• Realza Capital closes debut fund on €170m 06 Nov 2008. Source: AltAssets. Spanish lower mid-market private equity firm Realza Capital has closed its first private equity fund on €170m, exceeding its original target of €120m.

• Spanish firm SI Capital appoints Guillermo Briones as chairman 24 Jun 2008. Source: AltAssets. Barcelona-based cleantech private equity firm SI Capital Partners has appointed renewable energy entrepreneur Guillermo Briones as chairman. Briones will take a minority stake in the fund management company.

• 3i to invest €225m in Hispanic radio operator Unión Radio 22 Apr 2008. Source: AltAssets. 3i has agreed to take a minority stake in Unión Radio. The firm has made an initial investment of €125m in the Hispanic radio operator, out of a total commitment of €225m, via a private placement and capital increase.

• Tandem Capital closes first fund on €40m 26 Mar 2008. Source: AltAssets. Spanish private equity firm Tandem Capital has closed its first fund, Tandem Capital Gestion, on €40m. The fund was officially launched in July 2007.

• First Reserve agrees to acquire Gamesa solar unit for €261m 03 Mar 2008. Source: AltAssets. Energy-focused private equity firm First Reserve Corporation has agreed to acquire solar energy business Gamesa Solar from Spanish sustainable energy company Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica for €261m.

• Spanish mid-market firm Realza Capital holds €110m second closing on new fund 16 Jan 2008. Source: AltAssets. Spanish lower mid-market private equity firm Realza Capital has held a €110m second closing on its new fund, which has a target of €150m. It is expected to close towards the end of the first quarter of this year.