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PRINT THIS PAGE Weekly Deals and Funds Roundup: 19 December 200719/12/2007. Source: AltAssets. 
A selection of the latest deals and funds news from across the globe - essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the industry's key developments. This weekly roundup provides an update on deal and fund activity that did not feature as separate stories in AltAssets' daily news service.
Buy-out firm Advent International has completed the acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Bucharest, Romania-listed ceramic bricks and clay roof tiles producer Ceramica Iasi. The company produces some 450 tons of bricks and 50 tons of roof tiles per day.
The Ludgate Environmental Fund has invested €2m in Dutch wind turbine manufacturer and wind park contractor Emergya Wind Technologies. The investment will be in two-year secured loan notes with warrants attached. The investment is part of a €20m fundraising round which was led by AtlasInvest, an investment company based in Antwerp with a particular focus on renewable energy.
Utrecht, the Netherlands-based Gilde Healthcare Partners has invested €7.5m in a €20.4m private investment round by Danish biopharmaceutical company Santaris Pharma. In connection with the financing, Gilde general partner Edwin de Graaf will join the Santaris board of directors.
Growth business investment specialist YFM Private Equity has backed the buy-in of domiciliary care business Able Care for an undisclosed amount. The deal was led for the YFM Group by Deborah Heyes and Paul Cannings with investment from four funds managed by YFM Group - The Chandos Fund, North West Business Investment Scheme, The British Smaller Companies VCT and The British Smaller Technology Companies VCT2. Able Care provides home-based care to the elderly and disabled who wish to live in the community. The company was established ten years ago by Irene Mayers who is retiring following the sale. It now has over 300 care staff.
Mid-market private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe has invested £12m in oil industry engineered components maker ESS Steels Holdings. ESS was founded in 1992 and operates from two sites in Sheffield and Rotherham, UK. The group provides a range of semi-manufactured steel alloy-based engineered products.
Ukrainian private equity firm Dragon Capital has sold a small minority stake to Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs has invested in Dragon Capital via a share capital increase. Dragon Capital's management continues to control the firm and run its day-to-day operations following the entry of the new minority shareholder.
Private equity firm Spencer Trask Ventures has sold its outstanding stock in healthcare firm Health Dialog to private health business BUPA. The transaction values Health Dialog at $775m and represents a 15 times return on an eight-year investment for Spencer Trask, according to a statement.
US-based mid-market private equity firm Centre Partners Management has completed the acquisition of US solid waste transportation firm Environmental Logistics Services for an undisclosed sum. The buy-out took place in conjunction with members of Liberty's senior management team. Liberty handles municipal waste, construction and demolition debris through three facilities in the US Northeast and Midwest. It also operates a rail transloading facility in Kearny, New Jersey, and a 1,285 acre landfill site in Springfield Township, Ohio.
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