Buyouts
BB Capital buys majority stake in Infradax
Deal is the GP's second acquisition of 2020, following skin care clinic chain Cosmetique Totale
Vitruvian Partners acquires majority stake in Scrive
Employees and board members of the company will retain a minority stake in the business
NGC acquires Gelford Gebäudereinigung & Dienstleistungen
MBO is part of a succession solution for the Germany-based building cleaning and services company
DMH acquires Pluradent
Sale of the dental supplier comes after self-administration was initiated in February 2020
Explore Equity acquires Nova Consulting Group
Target company generated NOK 337m in revenues in 2019 and EBIT of NOK 51m
FSN Capital to acquire majority stake in Handverksgruppen
GP reportedly paid €55-65m for the deal and deployed capital from its fifth fund
CGS Management buys Kalt Maschinenbau
GP aims to follow a buy-and-build strategy for the Switzerland-based cheese-making machinery company
Beyond Capital Partners acquires Ounda
Germany-based optician chain is the first investment from BCP II, which is set to close in H2 2020
Monterro buys RegTech company Trapets
GP reportedly buys a 70% stake in the business, valued at €30.5m
Torqx acquires Fabory
Grainger, the vendor of the company, mandated Rothschild to explore a sale process in November 2019
Cerea Partners backs Pagès Group
InnovaFonds, majority shareholder in Pagès since 2016, reinvests in the company and retains a minority
Sequoia-backed Charlotte Tilbury close to $1bn sale – report
Makeup producer and distributor generated around £200m in revenues for 2019
Green Arrow invests €75m in Italian biomethane sector
GP invests via its renewable-energy-dedicated fund Green Arrow Energy Fund
Sovereign backs Acolin MBO
Spencer House provided corporate finance advice on the acquisition of the fund adminstrator
Inflexion sells Glide to Alinda Capital for 3x money
Inflexion is said to be making a 3x money return on the sale of the fibre networks provider
Avista buys 50% stake in Vista Healthcare
Consumer health company is valued at €305m, making it the largest buyout deal in Belgium in 2020
Guru buys ETX from JRJ
JRJ began exploring a sale process for CFD brokerage in 2017, when it mandated RBC
Vortex acquires mortgage broker Hypotheek.winkel
Company's founders will retain a minority stake in the business
Invision backs Planet Sports
Company filed for insolvency in February 2020 and was once part of 21sportsgroup, formerly owned by Cipio
EQT buys visual content specialist Freepik
GP invests via EQT Mid-Market Europe, which closed on its €1.6bn hard-cap in May 2017
Bridgepoint buys insurance group CEP from JC Flowers
GP invests via Bridgepoint Europe VI, which closed on its €5.7bn hard-cap in December 2017
Genui to sell Cherry to Argand Partners
Germany-based GP will retain a 25% stake in the company, according to a competition authority filing
Nordic Capital to acquire financial adviser Max Matthiessen
Insurance broker sells the business six years after acquiring it from Altor
Committed Capital buys ID-ware
Deal is the first from the GP's third fund, which held a final close in January 2020 on €55m
