Exits
Enterprise Investors shelves Novaturas sale
GP is now considering a public offering on the Warsaw or Vilnius stock exchange
Rocket Internet floats HelloFresh in €1.7bn IPO
HelloFresh will raise €318m in expansion capital to fund continued growth and further acquisitions
Nordic region dominates Europe's IPO activity
IPO activity has rippled across Europe this year, but the Nordic region stands out, accounting for 30% of European listings
Triton exits Infratek Group
GP sells its shares to French concessions and construction company Vinci Group
Smedvig sells PPC to SDI Media
Sale of film marketing company brings to an end a seven-year tenure for the vendor
Stage Capital exits Mermeren in €73m trade sale
Added to previous value realisations, the exit delivers a 5x return on investment for the GP
Caledonia sells Sloane Club to Queensway and Clearbell
Deal ends a 26-year tenure and gives the private members club an enterprise value of £80.6m
LDC sells Mini-Cam to Halma for £85m
Sale of the pipeline inspection systems producer is the vendor's eighth exit in five months
FSN Capital in partial exit from Fitness World
FSN aims to continue expanding the health club in Denmark and abroad following the Kirkbi investment
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
Core Capital divests Cording to Rothschild's Orox
Real estate advisory firm has expanded via an international acquisitive growth strategy
Galia Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Barbarie
GPs replace owner and LT Capital as investors of pallet boxes business Barbarie Groupe
Eurazeo sells 3.34% stake in Moncler for €208m
Deal generated €188m of net proceeds for the fund manager, which will retain a 5.31% stake
Graphite backs £72m MBO of YSC from Livingbridge
Deal for the management consultancy brings to an end a four-year tenure for Livingbridge
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
CVC exits Paroc in €900m trade sale
GP sells the business after a three-year holding and expects the deal to complete by early 2018
Norvestor sells Life Europe after 12-year holding
Deal closes a 12-year holding for Norvestor, after establishing the business in December 2005
IK's TCM Group to float in Copenhagen
IPO would follow a short two-year holding period for IK, which bought the business from Axcel
Truffle et al. exit Vexim in €162m Stryker deal
US-based Stryker Corporation acquires French VC-backed company Vexim for €162m
Livingbridge exits IP Solutions in LDC deal
Communications technology business will look to make bolt-on acquisitions following the deal
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested £14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
EQT to sell remaining 12.1% stake in AcadeMedia
Swedish GP mandates Carnegie and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to run the bookbuilding
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%