Buyouts
Growth Capital Partners backs secondary MBO of Indigo
Maven Capital Partners and YFM fully exit after backing a deal worth £12m 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 €600m in June 2017
Amulet acquires Open Health to merge with Peloton
Consolidated healthcare communications agency will have operations across three countries
Quadriga backs merger of Vescon and Schiller
Combined group will employ 700 people and expects revenues in excess of €100m for 2018
LDC sells Amberon to H2 after 17-month holding
Temporary traffic lights and roadworks signage provider Amberon acquired Barrier Services in November
Main Capital acquires strategic stake in Cleversoft
Regulation tech company plans to expand through a buy-and-build strategy as well as organic growth
Cross buys Boes Group
Cross is currently investing from its second buyout fund, which closed on CHF 100m in August 2017
Average holding period stays high as quick exits lag
Lower proportion of deals are being exited within three years, and more after seven years
Gilde buys Gundlach Automotive Corporation
Company's management team has invested alongside Gilde for a minority stake in the business
CVC in exclusivity for stake in Premiership Rugby
Reported deal would see the GP pay more than £200m in exchange for a minority stake
NB Aurora acquires minority stake in Club del Sole
Pool of Italian family offices also takes part in the deal and acquires a minority stake
Arkéa, Sofimac back Decortiat Estelle MBI
Dominique Bidaut buys a majority stake in Decortiat, a perfumes and luxury cosmetics packaging company
Newly launched Ethos acquires Ares-backed Miles 33
Publishing software developer generates EBITDA of £3m, while Ethos invests £3-8m per deal
UI Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Treo BIMBO
Thierry Girardeau and Dominique Marrast are appointed as director and sales manager of Treo
Ardian acquires majority stake in Neopharmed Gentili
Mediolanum Farmaceutici will retain a minority stake, and Alessandro Del Bono will be appointed CEO
Xenon buys Emmeti, Sipac, Mectra, Logik to create EMS Group
Following the acquisition, the four companies will be merged in a new entity called EMS Group
