Buyouts
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Ixo and BPI France in Neotec OBO
Both investors will control a minority stake in the business alongside the CEO and majority owner
Deal in focus: Polaris completes first software buyout with Configit deal
An in-depth look at how Polaris managed to win Configit despite not being the highest bidder
Ardian buys Argos-backed F2A
Deal comes three years after Argos acquired majority stake through its sixth fund
Quadrivio acquires Somacis for €100m
Italian technology components maker Somacis to bolt on English competitor as part of buyout
UI Gestion and Sofipaca sell Villas Prisme to Amundi et al.
GPs acquired respective 52% and 8% stakes in residential constructor through 2008 OBO
BDC exits Unifaun to Vitruvian
Sale of Unifaun, formerly Memnon Networks, completed four years after BDC backed company
Main Capital buys majority stake in Denit
In line with previous investments by the GP, the business will grow via a buy-and-build approach
Gilde et al. to fully acquire Reesink for €279m
Offer values the company's shares at €139.6m and will be followed by an Euronext IPO
Deal in Focus: Livonia makes maiden deal with Ha Serv
Estonian wood products company becomes first acquisition from Baltic GP’s inaugural fund
Q4 Barometer: Record value in 2015 despite end-of-year dip
Fewer deals but higher aggregate value in 2015 meant the average deal value jumped by a whopping 53%
Ambienta buys SF-Filter
SF-Filter's Germany head Jochen Zähringer will take over as CEO following buyout
Beringea scores 12x on Monica Vinader partial exit
Piper invested ТЃ14m while US firm Winona Capital supplied ТЃ6m
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GPтs European Fund IV
IDI and Pechel in Dubbing Brothers MBO
Both GPs are understood to have secured a joint controlling stake in the dubbing specialist
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth ТЃ28m
Equistone buys German candlemaker Gala
Equistone acquires majority stake in candle producer Gala as founder retires
Maven backs £11m EE Smith MBO
Maven invested via its Maven Investor Partners fund rather than through its VCT vehicles
Elysian Capital in MBO for Sambro International
Transaction marks first platform deal for Elysian Capital II LP fund
Vendis inks first Nordic deal with Ferm Living MBO
Takeover of Danish design furniture brand is second deal for GPтs тЌ150m-plus second fund
I&FP buys Nova Technology
Buyout of IT consultancy is fifth to be financed via GP’s €135m buy-and-build fund
Siparex kickstarts regional fund with Labojal BIMBO
Siparex’s €800,000 injection is the latest to be announced by the VC following a busy January
Siparex backs MBO for Déchelette-Malleval
The deal, financed with a €600,000 ticket, is the 23rd for GP’s 40%-invested Rhone-Alpes fund
Synova scores 16x on Kinapse sale
Synova first backed the company in 2012, with sales growing since from ТЃ6.5m to ТЃ27.5m