Exits
Foresight makes 2x on sale of Blackstar
Deal ends a five-year holding period for Foresight, with the company's revenues more than doubling
Ekkio Capital exits Amatsigroup
Amatsigroup is said to be valued at €130m in the transaction, non-inclusive of its residual debt
MB Rahastot sells Cityterveys to Synlab
Divestment comes from the GP's buyout vehicle, MB Equity Fund IV, which held a final close on €260m
Chequers buys Synergo's Bozzetto
Synergo sells its stake in the business after a 13-year holding period
Palatine acquires The Bunker from Foresight
Deal for IT company is the fifth investment made from the GP's £220m third fund
Palamon sells Sigla to Alchemy Special Opportunities
Italian listed asset management firm DeA Capital fully exits its stake alongside Palamon
DPE sells Elevion to ČEZ group
Sale was based on EBITDA of €19m from €256.9m in sales for the financial year ending June 2016
Viking Venture exits EcoOnline in Summa-backed SBO
Viking Venture acquired the Norwegian software company in a buyout three years ago
Shortcut et al. sell Mediakraft to Gamigo
Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital are among the company's previous investors
Xing buys Kizoo-backed Prescreen for €17m
Purchase price could rise by €5-10m from earn-out payments based on 2020 targets
Aurelius sells Getronics to Bottega for €220m
Trade sale of British IT networks business is the Germany-based investor's largest ever exit
Enterprise Investors exits Elemental Holding
Enterprise sells 9.22% stake through a secondary transaction on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Ardian's Italmatch buys Magpie Polymers
Magpie was previously backed by Emertec Gestion via the Fonds Lorrain de Materiaux
Five Arrows buys Voogd & Voogd from Bencis
Bencis led the management buyout of the Dutch insurance services business in 2013
Gimv sells stake in RES to Ivanti
Deal ends a seven-year holding period for Gimv, which initially invested in the company in April 2010
Argand Partners acquires Brintons Carpets
Carlyle Group exits the UK-based carpet manufacturer to the US GP after six years
GPF Capital to sell Acuntia to Vinci Energies
Deal will end an 18-month holding in the Spanish ICT service provider
Listings continue low-key revival in CEE
IPOs of DP Eurasia and Waberer's were far from stellar, but show that IPOs for CEE assets could be due a revival
AAC sells industrial water purifying firm Desotec to EQT
Media reports suggest the water and air decontamination business was valued at around 10x EBITDA
Resource Partners sells Melvit to Polfood
GP backed one bolt-on transaction with the purchase of Lithuanian cereal brands Granum, Granum Extra and Le Chef
Foresight generates 400% IRR on sale of Simulity to ARM
GP sells its stake in the Internet-of-Things business for £11.4m just eight months after it invested £4m
High-Tech Gründerfonds sells Fruux
GP sells its stake to the company's founding partner after a five-year holding period
Tecnet, EQVenture sell NXT Control to Schneider Electric
Austrian VC firm Tecnet Equity purchased a 38% stake in the company for €2m in October 2009
BGF sells Chemoxy stake to Eurazeo-backed Novacap
Sale of speciality chemicals manufacturer comes just two years after the GP first invested