Exits
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for £15m.
Advent mulls DFS listing
Advent International is in the early stages of considering a listing of home furniture retail chain DFS.
DailyDeal founders buy pepperbill from bm-t
Fabian and Ferry Heilemann, founders of DailyDeal, have acquired a 60% stake in iOS payment system provider pepperbill from bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen and pepperbill's management.
Terra Firma holds onto Odeon
Terra Firma Capital Partners is understood to have shelved its plans to sell the Odeon cinema chain after a strategic review.
Arle exits Qioptiq in trade sale
Arle Capital Partners has sold photonic products manufacturer Qioptiq to Excelitas Technologies, an electronic system provider.
Terra Firma’s Infinis considers IPO
Terra Firma-backed Infinis, a UK-based independent renewable energy generator, is preparing for a potential IPO.
Auctus sells entitec in trade sale
Auctus Management has sold IT services provider entitec to data processing service provider IT.UV Software, reaping a 4x money multiple.
Oaktree’s Stock Spirits to float
Stock Spirits Group, the Buckinghamshire-based drinks maker backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has announced its intention to raise approximately £52m in an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
BDC buys KHG from Procuritas
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Swedish customs services provider KHG Customs from Procuritas.
Apax-backed Candy Crush developer to float
Apax Partners-backed King, the games developer behind Candy Crush Saga, has confidentially filed its IPO plans with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to reports.
Doughty sells part of HellermannTyton stake
Doughty Hanson has sold a 20.9% stake in listed cable management products manufacturer HellermannTyton for £119m.
TPG-backed Grohe goes to Lixil in trade sale
TPG Capital and Credit Suisse's private equity arm have sold bathroom fittings manufacturer Grohe to Japanese household equipment maker Lixil and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in a €3bn trade sale.
Litorina exits Ateljé Margaretha
Litorina has sold Swedish distance retail company Ateljé Margaretha to its management and private co-investors.
Sovereign looking to sell City & County
Sovereign Capital has hired Panmure Gordon to handle the sales process of care home company City & County.
Nextstage in €15m round for Cap Cinema
Nextstage has taken part in a €15m funding round for French multiplex operator Cap Cinema.
Kingsbridge sells insolvent Kunert
Kingsbridge Capital has sold part of stocking retailer Kunert to turnaround investor Erhard Grossnigg.
Capman completes Nice exit
Capman has wholly divested Nice Entertainment Group, a pan-Nordic content production company, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) for an enterprise value of €84.4m.
Credo offloads Fora Form for NOK 67m
Credo Capital Partners has sold Norwegian furniture manufacturer Fora Form to Swedish interior design firm Lammhults Design Group for NOK 67m.
Pontis sells Lixto to McKinsey
Pontis Capital has sold software company Lixto to management consulting firm McKinsey in a trade sale after a holding period of seven years.
Numericable plans IPO
Cinven- and Carlyle-backed Numericable has laid out plans for an IPO on the NYSE Euronext Paris.
Beaufort Capital exits getemed
Beaufort Capital has sold its 32% stake in medical technology company getemed to the firm’s management.
AMC backs Invia; offers MCI partial exit
Czech travel business Invia.cz has received a €7.5m capital injection from Mezzanine Management, with the GP acquiring a minority stake in the business.
VC-backed Criteo files for $190m IPO
Criteo, a French advertisement targeting solutions provider for e-commerce sites backed by a number of venture capital firms, has filed for its IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
VR Equitypartner steps out of Melvo
VR Equitypartner has sold shoe care brands company Melvo to US trade buyer SC Johnson.