Buyouts
Carlyle takes 95% stake in Cupa for €170m
Following press reports, fresh capital will be used to repay the company’s €155m net debt
Equistone acquires Sihl
GP acquires the business from Italian company Diatec, which had owned it since 2003
Mentha takes majority stake in petrol supplier Nefco
Transaction marks the second deal within a month for the Dutch private equity firm
Sovereign exits Lifetime Training to Silverfleet
Sovereign had backed the professional training group's management buyout in 2011
Investcorp buys Corneliani for $100m
Deal marks the fourth investment in the luxury clothing segment for Investcorp
Pragma Capital exits Nasse-Demeco to Siparex
Pragma Capital had supported the buyout of the removal company back in 2007
Quilvest sells Acrotec to Castik
Secondary buyout gives the Swiss business Acrotec an enterprise value of CHF 280m
EPF Partners and BPI invest in JVS
Previous investors Naxicap Partners, Societe Generale and Euro Capital are exiting the group
Triton buys Fläkt Woods from Equistone and Sagard
Exit comes nine years after the two GPs bought the company in an SBO
Sherpa acquires 85% stake in Galloplast for €16m
As part of the deal, the GP will invest an additional €10m for further bolt-on acquisitions
Argos Soditic reaps 3x return on Cisbio Bioassays exit
Secondary buyout marks new owner Abenex's 60th investment in France
Viking Venture, GMT et al. exit AddSecure to Abry
Exit is largest-ever for Norwegian VC Viking Venture, exceeding NOK 750m EV
GED buys Spanish frozen food producer Discefa
Spanish alternative lender Oquendo provided an equity-mezzanine package to support the deal
IK Investment Partners acquires OpenSolution
Investment maintains capital deployment momentum for the GP’s recently closed small-cap fund
Ufenau buys Doktorhuus
Ufenau plans to apply a buy-and-build strategy in the Swiss medical practice market
Agic buys Gimatic for more than €100m
Deal marks the second European transaction for the Sino-German vehicle
Maven Capital backs Prime Document MBI
Maven's backing will help the company expand into the electronic document management sector
Genesis buys Quinta-Analytica
Buyout marks the first deal for the €80m Genesis Private Equity Fund III fund
BPM backs MBO of Optometrijas
Poland- and Estonia-based BPM is backed by the Baltic Innovation Fund
Finint buys bakery Panificio San Francesco
Deal marks the sixth investment for private equity vehicle NEIP III
Karmijn acquires art lessor Kunst.nl
Kunst.nl is the first investment made via Karmijn's second fund, Karmijn Kapitaal II
Bridgepoint, Eurazeo sell Foncia to Partners Group for €1.8bn
Both firms have been invested in the group since 2011, and have been sole shareholders since 2014
LDC sells NWTC pub chain to Graphite for £50m
Vendor reaps a healthy multiple by divesting the pub and restaurant business after three years
Monterro takes 60% stake in Hypergene
Software-focused GP held a final close for its second fund on SEK 1.2bn a day before the deal