Buyouts
Promentum sells Danish AI business Grazper to Yokogawa
Danish venture capital firm exits the business after having invested in it in 2016
Gro acquires majority stake in Danish company Queue-It
Deal is the Gro Capital's third investment from its GRO Fund II, a €255m vehicle
Blackstone to continue preparations to acquire NIBC
Blackstone's offer comprises 995 euro cents per share, including the final dividend of 33 cents
Waterland to buy Direkt Gruppe
GP will acquire the IT and business consultancy group subject to competition authority approval
Down2Earth replaces Gimv as majority stakeholder in Grandeco
Gimv first bought the business 13 years ago and will remain a minority shareholder
KKR buys Viridor from Pennon in £4.2bn deal
Enterprise value of the company equates to 18.5x its adjusted 2018/19 EBITDA of £225.4m
Active Capital buys Delta Coastal Services
GP deploys capital from Active Capital Company Fund IV, which closed on €85m in September 2019
Viridor/KKR shows sponsor route to waste opportunities in Covid-19 market
Waste management, and particularly energy-from-waste, is fast becoming an area of heated dealflow
HBL acquires ZWT Wasser- und Abwassertechnik
GP will seek add-ons in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, as well as promoting organic growth
Cheyne Capital backs Irplast
Cheyne specialises in real estate debt, investment grade corporate credit, convertible bonds and equities
Baird Capital backs Aura Futures
Baird is currently investing from its maiden globally focused private equity fund, which closed on $310m
Axia buys insurance business Direct Gap
Gordons provides legal advice and Naylor Wintersgill provides financial due diligence services
Immatics acquired by sponsor-backed Arya
Immatics will receive proceeds of approximately $252m upon closing of the deal
Quadrum Capital backs Bark Packaging
GP invests via its Quadrum Investment Fund II, which held a final close on €100m in 2019
Eso backs facilities service Churchill
Current executive directors Joel Briggs and Phil Moxom will continue to lead the company
Flex Capital buys majority stake in Egoditor
Investment in the QR code business is the first from the GP's software-focused debut fund
Chiltern acquires Doby Verrolec
Chiltern is an evergreen investor that provides equity cheques of £3-15m of equity
TDR, Lone Star and Apollo make bids for Asda
Walmart is selling its majority share of the company and could command more than £7bn for the asset
NEVI, Tourn sell influencer business service Hubso to trade
Orgo will pay the sellers via newly issued shares in the buyer
YFM invests in ISS
Founded in 2009 and based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people
Endless buys Golfino
Deal marks the GP's first investment in a Germany-based company, according to Unquote Data
Fidelium Partners buys Summit Research Labs Dental
GP will carve out the medical and dental chemical products business from parent company Elementis
AdAstra acquires Kappus
Sale of the soap producer was initiated in December 2018 after the company filed for insolvency
Agilitas acquires Learning Curve from MML
Founded in 2004, Learning Curve is based in Durham and offers training and apprenticeships
