Buyouts
Pinova buys Sill Optics
Sill Optics managing director Christoph Sieber has taken a minority stake in the transaction
Down2Earth backs The House of Marketing
GP invests in Belgium-based marketing agency alongside previous owner Quanteus Group
Artá Capital buys majority stake in Preving from Corpfin
GP deploys capital from its second fund, which held a final close on €400m in February 2018
Afinum sells Avantgarde to EMH
EMH will acquire a majority stake in the business by acquiring shares from Afinum and management
Sofina backs Nuxe
Belgian GP buys 45% of family-owned, France-based cosmetics brand Nuxe in a €500m deal
Egeria backs Tuindeco Group MBO
Company's management team acquires a minority interest and will lead the business
CVC buys 50% stake in DFE Pharma for NZD 633m
Sale price comprises a cash payment of NZD 537m and an interest-accruing vendor loan of NZD 96m
CD&R to back Socotec in €1.8bn deal – report
Five Arrows and BIP Investment Partners sell minority stakes in Socotec, report says
IceLake Capital buys NetRom
Netherlands-based IceLake backs NetRom to support its expansion and build new facilities
Montagu buys Jane's from IHS Markit
Carve-out will result in Jane's operating independently; no financial details released
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