Buyouts
Anacap buys SundhedsGruppen
Anacap will acquire a majority stake via its €900m fund, Anacap Financial Partners III
PAI's sale of B&B Hotels to Goldman Sachs nears €2bn
Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs to buy a majority in the French budget hotel chain
Black Toro in talks for clothing brand Trucco
GP is currently investing via its second fund, which held a final close on €235m in February 2017
Mosaic acquires minority stake in SkinnyBrands
GP acquires a 37.5% stake in the low-calorie drinks brand and typically writes cheques of up to £10m
Auctus buys QuinScape with new fund
QuinScape plans to implement a buy-and-build strategy and will geographically expand
Andera, Omnes buy majority stake in Spherea
Company management and existing shareholders Ace and Irdi-Soridec Gestion reinvest in the business
Capvis acquires Xovis from Emeram
Emeram and the management team invested in Xovis in 2016, with Emeram taking a majority stake
NVM reaps 2.7x on £37.5m sale of MSQ Partners to LDC
UK-based marketing communications firm will pursue international expansion under its new owners
EQT, ADIA to acquire Nestlé Skin Health in CHF 10.2bn deal
Auction process saw KKR, a consortium of Advent International and Cinven, and Unilever as bidders
H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders
Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share
Oakley buys Videotel and Seagull, Herkules exits
Transaction, following which both businesses will merge, values Videotel at $90m
Dunedin acquires Acquis in MBO
Dunedin is currently investing from its Dunedin Buyout Fund III, which closed on £300m in 2013
V4C buys Dreamcommerce
Second investment from the GP's V4C Poland Plus Fund, a vehicle fundraising towards a €150m target
KKR acquires controlling stake in Telepizza in €604m deal
GP, which already owns a 28.57% stake, will reach 56.29% and will be able to de-list the company
Arcus Capital, BE acquire Sendmoments
Management has retained a 35% stake, BE has taken a minority stake and Arcus has taken the majority
Jet Investment buys Tedom
GP draws capital from Jet II Fund, which held a final close on CZK 4bn (€153m) in November
Omnes et al. back Camerus, which bolts on Lign'Expo
Furniture rental company Camerus's buyout coincides with the bolt-on of domestic peer Lign'Expo
Inflexion sells Vivona to Webster Equity Partners
US-based acquirer is currently investing from its $875m fund, which targets deals with EVs of $25-150m
Ampersand takes minority stake in GenDX
Ampersand typically invests $10-50m in companies with $10-100m in annual revenue
Apax buys Baltic Classifieds Group
First deal Apax has made in the Baltic region and only the second in the CEE region
Quartum Kapital acquires Polywest
Quartum Kapital focuses on companies with turnovers of less than €50m in the DACH region
Waterland buys EuroParcs majority stake
GP plans to support the Dutch family-owned business in its expansion at home and abroad
HIG buys Cadica from Gradiente, builds new group
In addition to Cadica, HIG also buys Tessilgraf and Bernini, which will be merged into a new group
Consilium, Progressio buy Gelit
GPs deploy capital from their funds Consilium Private Equity III and Progressio Investimenti III
