Buyouts
Summa Equity acquires HyTest
Investment marks the Nordic private equity firm's first deal in the Finnish market
Via Equity invests in C&B Systemer
Current management team retains a stake alongside Via Equity and Jan Gaardboe Jensen
Antin picks up Sølvtrans from Oaktree
With the new funding, Sølvtrans plans on growing its role as live fish operator in the market
Epiris acquires auction house Bonhams
As part of the deal, Bruno Vinciguerra from Sotheby's will take on the role of executive chair
Falcon Private Holdings buys Halcón Cerámicas
Banco Santander and CaixaBank are providing debt financing to support the transaction
Maven completes £20m MBO of UAP
PE firm invests £8.7m alongside reinvestment from the senior management team
Siparex, Arkea exit Nadia Group
Previous backer Unexo and management reinvest in the France-based industrials group
Verdane acquires Zisson and Penetrace
GP acquires shares resulting in around 70% ownership in both Zisson and Penetrace
Pollen Street backs Irish property auction house BidX1
BidX1 has already kicked off plans to expand into South Africa, Spain and Greece
Investcorp acquires Softgarden from Cipio et al.
GP will invest further capital into the business to enable expansion in the DACH market
Quantum carves out Gianetti from Accuride
GP appoints Goran Mihajlovic as CEO and chair of the board to lead Gianetti's management team
NorthEdge backs Orbis Protect MBO
NorthEdge secures a significant majority stake in the facilities management company
Nordian Capital backs Codema
Nordian is currently investing via its Nordian Fund II vehicle, closed in 2014 on €300m
FnB Private Equity, Agro Invest buy Valade
French PE houses FnB Private Equity and Agro Invest have jointly bought a majority stake in France-based fruit-processing company Valade Groupe.
Polaris acquires Falck Safety Services
Denmark-based GP intends to develop Falck Safety Services along a buy-and-build strategy
F2i in late-stage acquisition talks for Farmacrimi
Deal is part of the GP's buy-and-build strategy aimed at creating a group of pharmacies across Italy
LDC backs FC Business Intelligence MBO
Earlier reports suggested the vendors were hoping for an £80m valuation for the events company
ECI acquires MThree
Company will continue to be led by its founder and CEO, Alex Headley, who retains a minority stake
Argos Wityu acquires AktivOptik
GP draws capital from its seventh vehicle to buy the optician and hearing care chain
Siparex backs NG Travel in MBO
Olivier Kervella and the management team retain the majority of French tour operator NG Travel
Bridgepoint invests in Elgin
GP invests in the road traffic information firm via Bridgepoint Growth, which invests £5-15m
Mobeus invests £8.4m in T&G MBO
Deal for travel-focused insurance company is the seventh by Mobeus Equity Partners IV
Ardian in talks to buy Trustteam
Ardian is set to acquire Belgium-based IT company Trustteam, owned by Naxicap since 2014
Leo buys Deinzer
Acquirer introduces Oliver Segendorf, who will join the company’s management team