Buyouts
Andera Partners et al. invest in Tournus Group
Andera, Unigrains and BPI France provide mezzanine and equity financing to support the business
Andera Partners leads €100m investment in HR Path
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France and Banque Palatine provide debt
Axcel acquires European Sperm Bank
Peter Bower, founder and previous majority shareholder of the sperm bank, will retain a stake
Sherpa Capital buys Luxiona
Sherpa is currently investing from its €150m third fund, Sherpa Private Equity, which closed in 2018
Quilam acquires home improvement loan provider Propensio
Deal is the seventh transaction completed by Quilam, which makes investments of up to ТЃ25m
Intuitis acquires Laboratoires Humeau
GP invests in Laboratoires Humeau alongside new managing director Jean-Christophe Toux
Trajan Capital backs Thomas Plants MBI
Nicolas Paul takes the helm of the France-based producer of organic vegetables
Horizon acquires ResearchBods, Bonamy Finch
GP will merge the data companies under the Strat7 brand and pursue further bolt-ons
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LDC acquires minority stake in Littlefish
GP has committed to providing the IT consultancy with follow-on funding for acquisitions
FSN gets €50m insurance pay-out, sues Procuritas
Consortium of 12 underwriters led by Liberty GTS announced yesterday that it had paid тЌ50m to FSN
CCI backs Sports Surgery Clinic Dublin
Fund sponsored by The Carlyle Group and Cardinal Capital Group backs sports medicine clinic
VR Equitypartner acquires Informatik Consulting
VR Equitypartner writes equity tickets of up to €20m and acts as an evergreen fund
Arx buys two Czech facades businesses
Newly created business will be rebranded as Fenestra and expects sales of €40m this year
Cathay et al. sell Amplitude Laser to L-GAM
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for the GP's €200m Cathay Capital II vehicle
LBO France buys Infodis majority stake in SBO
France-based IT services firm Infodis has been controlled by the PE firm Ciclad since 2016
EQT buys biotech company Igenomix from Charme
GP deploys capital from its EQT VIII fund, which hit its €10.75bn hard-cap in February 2018
Magnesium Capital, BMO Global acquire Cyberhawk
Cyberhawk plans to expand into the US, develop its technology and pursue strategic M&A activity
Bain Capital backs Maesa in SBO
Global private equity investor is replacing funds managed by Andera Partners (formerly EdRip)
Innova buys Drukarnia Embe Press
Deal is only the second PE-backed buyout completed in Poland in 2019 and the third in CEE
Impilo acquires The Fertility Partnership
New owner will support the expansion of TFP's offering and its international growth
Wise buys Trime
GP plans to support the lighting company's organic and acquisitive growth strategy
CVC backs Spanish university Universidad Alfonso X
GP deploys capital from its €15.5bn CVC Capital Partners VII fund, which held a final close in June 2017
Ardian sells Indigo to Mirova and Meag
Mirova and Meag and Crédit Agricole Assurances intend to help the group develop in China