Buyouts
Axcel acquires Loopia and Active 24 from Visma
Axcel plans to expand the company, which offers web domains, shared web hosting and IT services
Dunedin buys GPS
GP draws capital from Dunedin Buyout Fund III, a £300m fund that held a final close in June 2013
Warburg Pincus to buy Supplier Assessment Services for £160m
Deal sees the GP acquire the UK-based provider of compliance services from trade vendor Capita
EQT, PSP Investments buy Azelis in >€2bn deal
Apax is likely to generate a multiple in excess of 3.5x on the sale of its majority stake
Litorina acquires Johan i Hallen to build platform company
GP deploys fresh capital to acquire the firm, which will partner with portfolio company Bergfalk
CapMan sells The North Alliance to Norvestor
Norvestor will become majority shareholder following the acquisition from CapMan and management
IK carves out KPMG Sweden's business advisory division
GP used capital from IK VIII Fund to finance the deal, after acquiring Aspia PwC in February
Magnum Capital buys Aire Networks
Magnum secures a majority stake in the Spanish telecoms operator, with the founders retaining a stake
MBO Partenaires buys-back Groupe LT
GPs Arkéa Capital, Amundi Private Equity and CEO Eric Van Acker acquire minority stakes
Triton acquires Unident
Unident is the fund's first investment in the healthcare sector and was led from the Nordic office
Trocadero et al. back Escalotel
Consortium of investors acquire the family-owned AccorHotels franchise business
BWK buys H&R Industrierohrbau
Co-founders Alexander Hock and Andreas Rohleder will both retain a stake in the new company
FSN forms new IT group with triple buyout deal
Nordic GP deployed capital from its FSN Capital V fund to finance the deals
QuattroR, Italmobilare to buy Ferrarini
QuattroR will deploy capital from its €711m fund, which held a first close in July 2017
FNB Private Equity buys Sud-Ouest Lartigue et Fils
French GP completes its second investment while approaching a final close for its maiden fund
Ceder acquires Persson from Connecting Capital
Ceder acquired a majority stake of around 90% in the business, together with management
CVC's Delachaux foregoes IPO, acquired by CDPQ
Although an IPO price range was announced last week, CDPQ ultimately acquires the business
Invision sells Swiss Education Group to Summer Capital
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Invision, which acquired the business in 2008
Argos acquires Factum from Naxicap et al.
Deal for the equipment leasing company brings to an end an 11-year holding period for Naxicap
Advent buys Deutsche Fachpflege from Chequers
Current management team will retain a stake in the new company and remain in their positions
Omnes et al. back Mistral MBI
Transaction is the first investment from Omnes Capital's small-cap Omnes Expansion III fund
Adelis sells IT Relation to Hg
Deal ends a two-year holding period for Adelis, which established the business in 2016
Isatis Capital, Entrepreneur Venture back Everwin MBO
Management team acquires a majority stake in France-based software publisher Everwin
Nazca Capital backs Phibo
Company will use the fresh capital to increase its production capacity and boost its market position