Buyouts
Quadrivio acquires fashion brand GCDS
GP deploys capital from Made in Italy Fund, which targets companies across the fashion, design and food industries
Literacy invests in Tyrefix
Literacy Capital generally invests in companies with EBITDA of £1-5m and is sector-agnostic
IK buys majority stake in GeoDynamics from Sofindev
Sofindev had reportedly been looking to sell its 50.1% in the company and had mandated EY for the process
Capvis buys Arag
GP invests in the company via Capvis Equity V, which held a final close on €1.2bn in September 2018
Ufenau to acquire Mac IT-Solutions
Ufenau intends to build an e-commerce software platform via a buy-and-build strategy
Auctus buys Landbäckerei Sommer from SIP
SIP acquired the bakery chain in 2011 and has made returns of more than 20x its total investment
DeA Capital buys Gastronomica Roscio
This is the first deal inked by the GP via Taste of Italy 2, which recently held a final close on €330m
Novalpina buys majority stake in Laboratoire XO
Deal reportedly values the company at more than €300m, and unitranche debt was provided by debt fund manager Ares
Livingbridge invests in Visualsoft
Livingbridge invests through its Enterprise 3 fund, which closed on £334m in October 2019
PAI acquires LDC's Addo Food and Equistone's Winterbotham Darby
Both management teams have reinvested and operations will continue to be run separately
LDC sells Babble to Graphite for £90m
LDC retains a minority stake in Babble, while the management team is reinvesting some of its proceeds
PAI acquires Angulas Aguinaga from Portobello
PAI invests in the company via its PAI Mid-Market Fund, which recently held a €500m first close
Agilitas sells Exemplar to Ares Management
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Agilitas, which backed the company via its Agilitas 2015 Private Equity Fund
Bertel O Steen Kapital buys partial stake in ITVerket
Computer services company expects to generate a turnover of NOK 170m (€15.6m) in 2020
Apiary invests in Radiant
Radiant's management team will be led by Peter Mann as chairman and CEO Simon Cogman-Hellier
ECI sells MPM to 3i for £170m
Other sponsors involved in the process included Livingbridge and Graphite Capital
Apse buys TerraQuest for £72m
Apse Capital typically backs European tech-enabled SMEs with an enterprise value of €50-200m
Aleph, Crestview back Framestore's acquisition of C3M
The two GPs in 2014 formed a €1.2bn strategic alliance to invest in companies based in the UK and Europe
Endless buys Hovis from Gores, Premier Foods
Endless invests in the business via its Endless Fund IV, which closed on £525m in December 2014
Andera, Capza reinvest in Octime in minority SBO
Andera (then EdRip) acquired a majority stake in the business along with management in 2016
IK Investment carves out Alba from Alba Baving Group
GP is deploying equity from the IK Small Cap II fund, which closed on its hard-cap of €550m in February 2018
Chiltern backs Inciner8 buyout
Chiltern is an evergreen investor that provides equity cheques of £3-15m
GHO, co-investors complete Envision deal
Ardian and GHO started exploring options for the sale of Envision in May, with a deal struck in July
Buyout rankings: who has invested most across Europe since April?
EQT, Ardian and KKR remained very active and struck sizeable deals amid the coronavirus turmoil