Buyouts
Odewald buys Giata
Investment was made by Odewald’s KMU division, which focuses on smaller buyouts
Buckthorn Partners invests in Coretrax
Buckthorn becomes majority shareholder, while Coretrax MD Kenny Murray takes over as CEO
Rabo PE backs V&S Food Specialist
GP buys a 40% stake via Rabo Pariticipaties in Netherlands-based V&S Food Specialist
Vendis Capital buys Alpine
Vendis buys Netherlands-based Alpine Holding, an earplug manufacturer, from its founders
Ardenton invests in Shaftec Automotive
Deal for the automotive spare parts supplier is the Canadian GP's third UK investment
Motive Partners backs Finantix
Following the deal, the company's founders and management team will continue to lead the business
Mid Europa buys Intive from Enterprise Investors
Enterprise initially invested in BLStream, then backed SMT Software Services, and built up the group
AMP acquires Care Management Group – reports
Deal reportedly values the south-of-England- and Wales-focused social care provider at around ТЃ200m
Lonsdale invests in Cross Rental Services
Deal marks Lonsdale's seventh investment from its ТЃ110m debut institutional fund
NB Renaissance Partners buys Hydro from Mandarin
GP buys the firm from Mandarin Capital Partners, Atlante Private Equity and minority shareholders
Polaris et al. buy Danica Pension Sverige
Consortium is led by Polaris and Acathia, and comprises Sampension and Unigestion, among others
Herkules sells Stamina Group to Norvestor
Divestment comprises the Avonova Holding and Stamina Helse subsidiaries of Helse Holding
Alcuin invests in Servelec Controls MBO
Systems integration business will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy under the GP's tenure
Ambienta buys Image S
GP acquires the company via Next Imaging, its recently established buy-and-build platform
Growth Capital Partners backs secondary MBO of Indigo
Maven Capital Partners and YFM fully exit after backing a deal worth ТЃ12m in 2016
Brockhaus buys Palas
CEO Maximilian Weiß, who is also a minority shareholder, will continue to hold a significant stake
Ciclad backs VitrineMedia OBO, Siparex exits
Previous backer Siparex sells its minority stake in the business, having invested €1m in 2013
Parquest et al. carve out Sopral from Avril Group
Parquest, Idia Capital Investissement, Agro Invest and Unexo acquire stakes in Sopral
Arkéa et al. buy Malherbe from Siparex, NCI
Consortium of backers buy a minority stake in the logistics and transport specialist
Afinum and Invision team up for Ledlenser deal
Afinum is the lead investor, with Invision and the company's management team also participating
Nord buys two companies, creates Norwegian healthcare group
Companies will become part of Helsepartner Nord-Norge, a new healthcare group created by the GP
FSN buys Rameder from Findos
First deal FSN has completed in Germany since setting up a Munich office in March this year
Nazca Capital buys Terratest from Platinum Equity
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further expand internationally, especially in the US
Adelis buys DataCenter Finland
Fourth investment from Adelis's second fund, which held a final close on тЌ600m in June 2017