Exits
Vision Capital sells Park Cake to management team
Deal saw the GP realise its investment in the UK bakery producer after a 10-year holding period
Epiris sells remaining Allflex stake for £70.3m
GP held an 11% stake in the animal identification and monitoring business prior to the deal
Altice acquires VC-backed Teads for €285m
Founded in 2005, the tech startup has reportedly raised a total of $127.7m in funding since inception
3i sells ESG to Socotec, generating £30m in proceeds
Deal follows a nine-year tenure in which the business sold non-core assets and made 15 bolt-ons
Encore sells UK Heating to Irsap
Sale of radiator business comes 10 years after Encore supported its management buyout
Aquiline sells Bisam Technologies for $205.2m
Factset will expand its portfolio services offering by integrating Bisam products
Ardian to acquire Prosol
Company founder Denis Dumont will reinvest in the group alongside the new majority shareholder
Ratos sells final Arcus share block for NOK 762m
After the share sale, listed Swedish private equity firm Ratos will no longer be a shareholder in the Norwegian wine and spirits group
Bain Capital reduces Maisons du Monde stake
GP reduces its stake in the group from 31.2% to 15.8% through the transaction
Bayside sells Bodybell to CVC's Douglas
Bayside first bought into the company's loans in 2009 and swapped its position to equity in 2015
SVG sells Xceptor to CBPE Capital
Divestment comes as the vendor prepares to wind down after HarbourVest acquired its portfolio
Inflexion acquires Cawood Scientific from NVM
Agriculture-focused laboratory testing business acquired Sci-Tech under the vendor's tenure
Sofinnova's Avantium launches IPO with €277m market cap
IPO brought the renewable energy specialist a capital increase of €103m
Alcedo backs Duplomatic's €27m SBO from Progressio
Company's private-equity-ownership history started in 2008, when Ardian acquired an 85% stake
Inflexion sells off On the Beach block
Inflexion has been gradually selling off its stake in the firm since its 2015 IPO on the London Stock Exchange
Phoenix sells Vivid to Privet
Sale of toy manufacturer brings to an end a 14-year holding period for the vendor
OGF looks for €1bn refinancing as part of OTPP takeover
Teachers' Private Capital had already secured a minority stake in the French funeral services group in 2015
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 £120m
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