Exits
Investindustrial and KKR sell Avincis for €2bn
Investindustrial and KKR have sold Avincis Group, a supplier of helicopter and fixed-wing emergency services, to UK engineering services firm Babcock in a deal that gives the firm an enterprise value of around €2bn.
VC-backed King to begin trading at $22.50 per share
Gaming giant valued at more than $7bn
VC-backed McPhy raises €32m in IPO
Offer oversubscribed by 8.6x
Triton acquires Cubility
Triton's second investment in Norway in nine months
VC-backed Xeros raises £25.8m in IPO
Flotation gives washing machine manufacturer market cap of £80m
Wheb exits Petainer, reaps 2x return
Original buyout co-investor Next Wave acquires Wheb's stake
VC-backed Horizon Discovery raises £68.6m for IPO
Offering gives company £120.5m market cap
Bravofly to pursue Zurich IPO
Listing expected to raise €80-110m
CD&R-owned Exova to float on LSE
Material testing business aims to raise £110m
Deal in focus: Nordic Capital reaps 3x on FinnvedenBulten exit
Nordic Capital made a final exit from auto parts maker FinnvedenBulten at the beginning of March, marking the second exit from the GP’s fifth fund in quick succession.
Accent exits Hööks to Alipes
GP had acquired the business in 2011
GI-backed Cambian announces IPO
Business expected to raise £20m in flotation
Doughty Hanson fully exits listed HellermannTyton
Firm sells remaining 21.6% stake in company through placing
Inveready–backed MásMóvil sold to Ibercom
Inveready to take 11% stake in Ibercom as part of transaction
Greycroft’s Tagman sold to Ensighten
VC-backed US business Ensighten has acquired Tagman, a London-based tag management company backed by Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital.
KKR’s Pets At Home lists with £1.2bn market cap
KKR receives £136m in cash for paying down company debt
LBO France's Labeyrie in €275m refinancing
Placement more than 15x oversubscribed
Cavendish’s Polypipe targets £400m valuation in planned IPO
Company planning on 50% free-float
Chequers exits DTK Deutsche Telekabel in trade sale
Merger of PrimaCom and DTK to rival Kabel Deutschland
Lifeline Ventures exits Applifier
VC exits after only 16-month holding
VC-backed Just Eat aiming to raise £100m in IPO
Offering could be first on London Stock Exchange's HGS
Vodafone acquires Grupo Corporativo Ono
Ono valued at 7.5x 2013 EBITDA
Clessidra divests Pirelli stake
Clessidra has been an investor in the company for less than a year
Charterhouse buys Skillsoft in SBO
Sale reportedly valued at more than $2bn