Articles by Oscar Geen
Steadfast buys Reutter and ITIB
GP plans to merge and further integrate the two companies together with minority shareholder Fortas
ISB leads funding round for Savedroid
New capital will be used to provide the 150,000-strong user base with more contract categories
Campbell Lutyens appoints Bajnai as chair
Former Hungarian PM takes on role after sitting on the advisory board in a part-time role since 2011
Accel-KKR's ESG buys Utiligroup from NorthEdge
Accel-KKR portfolio company Energy Services Group (ESG) has bought UK-based software and IT services company Utiligroup from NorthEdge Capital.
Phoenix sells Key Retirement to Partners Group for £200m
New funding will be used to expand the companyтs distribution capacity and drive product innovation
Idinvest et al. in $75m series-D round for Actility
Expansion will focus on developing industrial internet of things solutions in additional sectors
Cinven backed Synlab raises €250m via capital increase
Cinven will remain the majority shareholder of Synlab and other LP will retain its current stake
Deal in Focus: Bain and Cinven to take Stada private
Acquisition of German pharmaceutical company would be the largest buyout ever recorded in the country
Ecapital and IBB sell Geo-En to GASAG
Acquisition of Geo-En provides a strategic expansion into energy services for GASAG
ZFHN exits Dataglobal in MBO
Management buyout is being led by CEO Wolfgang Munz, who originally founded the company in 1992
HTGF et al. sell Symetis to Boston Scientific for $435m
Companies have developed complementary heart valve technologies
TGFS and Madsack Mediengruppe in €2m series-A for Dipat
Company will use the fresh capital to expand its services across Germany, and will also move to Leipzig
ECM-backed Wieners+Wieners bolts on Apostroph
Bolt-on is continuation of ECM’s buy-and-build strategy in the German-speaking language services market
NEA leads $16m series-A for Konux
New funding will be used for the development of new product features and further European expansion
Bayern Kapital backs Terraloupe
New capital will be used to build the product platform and expand the business internationally
Bain and Cinven to take Stada private
Offer of €66 per share values the German pharmaceutical company at €5.3bn EV
3i invests €200m for majority stake in Hans Anders
Optical retailer was bought by Alpha Private Equity and Alpinvest in 2011 for an estimated €230m
BlueGem acquires Sirdar to create DMC Group
Sirdar will be merged with GP's portfolio companies DMC and Wool and the Gang to create the new group
LDC hires two investment directors
Duo will oversee ТЃ1.2bn of equity investments in British companies over the next three years
HTGF to hold €200m first close for third venture fund
Consortium of 15-20 investors will provide €60m, with the remainder coming from the German government
Committed Advisors closes third secondaries fund on €1bn
Strategy will focus primarily on mature private equity assets in North America and Europe
Waterland's Atos bolts on Orthoparc
Acquisition will increase Atos's number of beds by 20%, raising the total to more than 300
UnternehmerTUM, Coparion in $5.5m series-A for Vimcar
Additional capital will be used to develop further fleet management features for the application
83North holds $250m close for tech VC fund
Fund hopes to take advantage of the UK's exit from the EU by accelerating activity in other European cities

























