Exits
Altitude scores 2.9x on The Care Division exit
Deal marks the fourth bolt-on acquisition for Bridges Ventures-backed Alina
Azulis leads Destia MBO
BNP Paribas Développement, Societe Generale Capital Partenaires and management co-invested
Towerbrook in swift partial exit from Van Geloven
GP bought a majority stake from Lion Capital and Avedon back in March 2015
Gimv sells controlling stake in VCST
Gimv has announced a net positive impact of €4.6m on the equity value at the end of 2015
Nordic Capital sells NOK 780m stake in Europris
The GP will retain a 32.7% shareholding in Norwegian discount retailer following the partial exit
NVM makes 3x money on Kitwave exit
Sale provides a full exit for the GPтs Northern 3 VCT fund, which first invested in 2011
Capiton exits Fruitwork
German investor Capiton sells fruit and nut distributor Fruitwork in a management buy-back
Chequers nets 50% IRR on €275m Metabo exit
Chequers Capital made a cash-on-cash return just below 5x on sale of tool producer Metabo
Maven scores 2.1x on Dantec Hose trade sale
Since Maven invested in 2011, the company has expanded geographically
Ardian completes tertiary buyout of d&b Audiotechnik
German audio equipment company finds a fourth private equity owner in Ardian
3i reaps £52m on partial sale of Eltel shares
Infrastructure network service Eltel was floated in February 2015
North East Technology Fund scores 2.9x on Route Monkey exit
North East Technology Fund has now made ТЃ8.6m in returns over course of six years
Motion Equity Partners buys Altaïr Group
Azulis Capital and Gimv exit after five-year ownership of cleaning products maker
Carlyle Group acquires Spain's Digitex in SBO
Deal marks an exit for Altra Investment after a five-year holding period
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
Demeter exits Födisch
French investor Demeter exits cleantech business Födisch to management and WMS
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Bain sells Brakes for $3.1bn
Bain Capital has exited UK-based food service distributor after eight-year holding
Astorg kickstarts sixth fund with HRA Pharma SBO
Vehicle "likely" to close on €2bn hard-cap before year-end, according to unquote" source
LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years
Alpha in €400m deal for Qualium's Cofidim
GP drew equity from its €700m sixth fund in a deal reported to value asset at €400m
Hat Holding acquires Italian chair producer Luxy for €5m
Italian GPs Opera and Quadrivio exit the business after five-year investment
MBO Partenaires exits 21% Edouard Denis stake
Real estate group was one of the last assets remaining in the GP’s fully invested €150m second fund
Eurazeo PME in €100m Orolia take-private
Deal sees minority owner Isatis reap 2-3x return upon exit, according to unquote” sources