Exits
Synova scores 16x on Kinapse sale
Synova first backed the company in 2012, with sales growing since from £6.5m to £27.5m
Kester scores 3x on Garrets sale
Kester first backed the marine catering business in 2012 in a deal thought to be worth £17m
Chequers Capital acquires Phoenix Group from Opera
Chequers Capital buys controlling stake in Italian Phoenix Group
Ergon buys HIG’s Looping
SBO comes five years after HIG helped set up theme park group with €20m investment
Vespa offloads WSP Textiles
Vespa first backed Stroud-based billiard table upholterer in 2011
PE-backed Oceanet merges with NBS
Capital Croissance steps in as new investor via its €75m, 40%-invested Cairn Capital I fund
Investcorp in €1bn exit of Icopal to GAF
Danish roofing materials maker had been an IPO candidate before the trade sale to GAF materialised
Gores sells Unify to Atos for €366m
The transaction was leveraged with €48m, with Unify's enterprise value standing at €590m
Palatine sells Selection for £34.8m
Palatine backed Selection's £15m MBO in December 2011, investing via its first fund
Siparex sells Silfox stake to Isatis
Siparex will re-invest a minor amount of equity and mezzanine, according to an unquote" source
LitCapital sells Putoksnis stake to chairman Stulpinas
Lithuanian GP exits its stake in the struggling manufacturer of PET packaging to its majority shareholder
PE-backed Volotea eyeing IPO in February
GP owners will use flotation to exit part of their stakes
Montefiore exits 27% Demos stake in trade sale
Third asset to be exited from the GP's €120m, fully invested second fund
Deal in Focus: PAI checks in to B&B Hotels in €825m SBO
An in-depth look at Carlyle and Montefiore's sale of B&B Hotels to PAI Partners for €825m
Equistone returns to Gaucho
Equistone backed Gaucho's first MBO in 2005 before selling to Phoenix for £55m a year later
Omnes exits 55% SLG Recycling stake to Derichebourg
Sale comes seven years after GP created SLG Recycling group via dual merger
Rubicon and Grovepoint pick up EnServe from Cinven
Following an aggressive sell-off programme, the remaining business of EnServe has been sold by Cinven
Argos Soditic supports SBO of Talentia from Fondations et al.
Fondations Capital and Women Equity Partners backed the company's MBO in 2011
Carlyle acquires Seraphim’s TestPlant
Venture backer Seraphim exits seven years after initial investment in software diagnostics business
Alchemy's Incisive Media sells Legal Week to ALM
Legal information and events brand adds to the number of Incisive businesses carved out last year
Nordic IPO health check – how have 2014’s listings fared?
With the Nordic private equity market continuing to list assets, how have 2014's IPOs performed?
Merino picks up Tobar from Primary Capital
Tobar Group, the operator of Hawkin's Bazaar, fell into administration in December 2011
Deal in Focus: Arle and Eyrir complete three-step divestment of Stork
An in-depth look at Arle and Eyrir's three-step sale of Dutch oil and gas services company Stork
Priveq sells Office Management to Inter Ikea Investments
Exit comes three-and-a-half years after Priveq took a 65% stake in the Swedish office supplier