Buyouts
LT Capital buys minority stake in EXTeam
GP invests in the digital engineering and consulting firm alongside its founders
Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire
CataCap to acquire AerFin
CataCap has acquired aerospace services company AerFin alongside management and Schroder Adveq
Raise Investissement invests €200m in Epsa
Transaction sees the management team retain a majority stake in consultancy Epsa
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Lovell Minnick, Pantheon to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal
US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor
Idia, Carvest et al. back Groupe Mauffrey in SBO
Previous backer Siparex divests the business while the Mauffrey family retains a majority
Younan Company buys Chateau La Garelle
Chateau La Garelle is the second vineyard acquisition in the Bordeaux region for the US-based GP
NVM invests in Mobius
NVM Private Equity makes its second acquisition in Leicestershire in September 2019
Geneo backs Pinette Emidecau Industries SBO
GP will help industrials business Pinette to grow externally in Europe and the US
Halder buys Drumag Fluidtechnik and EPH Elektronik
Investment in the group is the second of Halder VI fund, which closed in January
Andera, Capital Croissance sell stakes in Snadec
Deal sees Aumndi and LFPI invest in French decontamination and asbestos removal specialist
Serafin backs Covestro carve-out
Covestro says the decision was part of its ongoing portfolio optimisation process
Silverfleet carves out two divisions from Boa group
Boa is the 10th investment from Silverfleet Capital Partners II, which closed in 2015
Investcorp buys Vivaticket from Bravo Capital
GP intends to boost the company's growth, both organically and through add-on acquisitions
Exponent to acquire East End Foods
Exponent Private Equity has taken a majority stake in the Asian ingredients producer
ADM acquires HHP assets
Cibus Fund, which is focused on food production companies, has acquired several divisions of HHP
Mentha Capital backs Kader MBO
Owners van Dijk and KleinJan will remain minority shareholders of Dutch consultancy Kader
LDC invests £24m in SRL MBO
Crescent Capital Group also provides equity and debt financing to the traffic systems company
Qualium backs Magnolia.fr MBO
GP invests in French online insurance brokerage, while management retains a majority stake
NVM acquires Secure Retail
NVM Private Equity has acquired the UK-based payments products distributor Secure Retail
Ciclad buys back FrogPubs from Amundi PEF
GP invests via its Ciclad VI fund, which held a final close on €180m in September 2018
Amundi, BPI France, Socadif invest €115m in Wifirst
GPs carve out France-based Wifirst, an internet access provider, from the Bolloré Group
DBAG ECF buys STG Braunsberg
This is the seventh buyout from DBAG ECF, which raised an additional €97m for its second new vintage in 2018