Exits
KKR, Permira reap €431m in Telepizza IPO
Selling shareholders Permira and KKR have received proceeds of €431m
Nordic Capital fully realises investment in Thule
GP exits its final 10.5% stake in the listed sports equipment maker after a nine-year investment
Gemmes reaps €12m in Asten partial exit
Gemmes Venture will remain the majority shareholder in the business
BPI et al. exit Withings to Nokia in €170m deal
Previous VCs had backed the digital health company with €30m of investments
Lone Star initiates Forterra exit with £360m London IPO
Flotation gave the UK-based brick-maker a total market value of £360m
CVC, Charterhouse, Permira fully exit Saga
The private equity consortium sold their remaining 32% stake in the company
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Via Venture and ATP in DKK 1.6bn exit of Neas to Centrica
Exit comes a year after the Danish pension fund and its in-house PE firm invested DKK 500m
RCapital's Morses Club to float on AIM
UK-based small loans provider is yet to reveal whether IPO will provide GP with exit route
Carlyle sells 10% of Applus for €111m
Carlyle-backed Azul has reduced its stake in the business to 13.97%
Sunstone sells Tyba to Graduateland
Tyba’s management team will leave the business for a spin-off company, Source{d}
DeA’s SMRE floats 11% stake on Italian stock exchange
Trading of shares will bring €5.33m to shareholders and could lead to an exit for Idea
LDC sells Property Software to Zoopla for £75m
The £75m deal has resulted in a 4x multiple and 80% IRR for LDC
Norvestor exits Sortera to newcomer Summa Equity
Former Nordic Capital and Altor veterans make inaugural deal for new Nordic GP
Deal in Focus: Advent unlocks Spain's troubled housing market
An in-depth look at Advent’s €350m exit of Tinsa in the difficult Spanish property market
Ambienta completes tertiary buyout of Calucem from Argus Capital
The GP will become the third private equity owner of the Croatian cement maker after Argus and Mid Europa
Gimv and Draper sell GreenPeak to Qorvo
Sellers include Robert Bosh Venture Capital, Gimv Arkiv Technology Fund and other shareholders
Gilde buys Amor from 3i in secondary MBO
Overall, the jewellery business generated €197m in proceeds and a 2.3x return for 3i
Genesis Capital exits Servodata to BDO Advisory
Exit comes nearly five years after the GP’s second fund acquired the Czech IT services company
DBAG and Redwood exit Clyde Bergemann
Sale of Clyde Bergemann marks the last exit for DBAG's fourth vehicle
Arx reaps 4.1x on Tomplast exit
Sale to Finnish asset manager KJK Capital nets Arx a 20% IRR over its nine-year investment
Eurazeo sells €281m stake in professional clothing firm Elis
Sale represents a third of Eurazeo's stake in the company, which listed in 2015
Capvis buys Hennecke from Adcuram
Investor Adcuram acquired the company in 2008 in a spinout from Bayer
Cinven in final Numericable exit, reaps 4.7x multiple
European private equity firm Cinven has fully realised its investment in Numericable by selling its remaining shares in media and telecoms business Altice, Numericable’s listed parent.