Exits
Aquiline sells Simply Business to Travelers in $490m deal
Sale of online insurance brokerage comes less than a year after the GP acquired it for ТЃ120m
HTGF, NBR et al. sell Gestigon to Valeo
Gestigon will continue to operate out of Lübeck in the same capacity as it has since 2011 while taking advantage of a larger team
Waterland sells Mauritsklinieken to Holland Venture
Waterland Private Equity acquired a majority stake in the dermatological clinics group in 2010
Patron and Invesco sell Generator Hostels to Queensgate for €450m
Sale brings to an end a decade-long tenure that saw the hostel business grow from two to 14 sites
Omnes Capital and BPI France exit Grain d'Or Gel
Grain d'Or Gel will merge with Lubrano & Fils to form a new group, branded as Novepan
Bain Capital buys BlueGem's Fintyre
London-based mid-cap private equity house BlueGem sells the asset after a nine-year holding period
Bain sells down 12% stake in Ibstock for £97m
Partial divestment of shares comes 27 months after the GP first invested in the business
Argos Soditic acquires Revima group
Deal for aerospace business sees previous investor CM-CIC exit the company six years after its initial investment
Inter-Risco, Portugal Ventures sell Cold Land to trade
Backers have sold their asset after a nine-year ownership period
Primary Capital reaps 2.9x on Thompson & Morgan sale to BVG
Sale of the horticultural retailer comes 15 years after the vendor's initial investment
Capzanine takes over Geomedia
Transaction marks the third buyout for the infrastructure software developer
CVC backs Vitalia's SBO from Portobello
As part of the deal, existing shareholders will retain a minority stake in the business
Hellman & Friedman buys Allfunds for €1.8bn
Deal sees Santander, Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic and Intesa Sanpaolo fully exit their investments
Polaris-owned HTC Sweden sells FGS division
Polaris bought flooring business HTC Sweden from 3i for less than тЌ40m in 2013
Carlyle sells ITRS to TA Associates
Divestment of the financial software company marks the sixth exit for the GP's second European tech fund
Lion Capital snaps up protein bar maker Grenade
Deal is the second investment by Lion Capital's fourth fund
Lone Star to float Neinor Homes in Madrid
Texas-based private equity firm intends to exit the Spanish home builder after a two-year ownership period
Epiris's Axio sells Risi to Euromoney for $125m
Sale of the forestry products intelligence business marks the sixth realisation from the group
3i and LDC sell MKM to Bain Capital
SBO of builders' merchant reportedly values the Hull-based business in the region of ТЃ200m
Credo disposes of Labflex to founders after 15 months
Norwegian private equity fund told local media it had been dissatisfied with the investment
Nordic Capital sells final Europris shares for NOK 1.9bn
Final block of 54 million shares was disposed through an accelerated bookbuilding offer run by Carnegie and DNB
PE-backed Keepmoat sells regeneration division to Engie for £330m
Home builder backed by TDR and Sun Capital has grown its revenues by 22% under the GPs' tenure
Gradiente sells Alucap to Constantia Flexibles
Italian GP exits is holding in Trento-based packaging manufacturer after a three-year investment period
Aurelius acquires Warehouse Express from Barclays
UK photographic retailer will merge with the acquirer's German portfolio company Calumet Photographic