Exits
Agilitas sells Exemplar to Ares Management
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Agilitas, which backed the company via its Agilitas 2015 Private Equity Fund
ECI sells MPM to 3i for £170m
Other sponsors involved in the process included Livingbridge and Graphite Capital
Riverside sells Swedish Education Group for €18m
GP exits the business nine years after acquiring it via its 2008 fund Riverside Europe Fund IV
Hg exits Eucon to trade
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Hg, which backed the company via its Mercury Fund
GHO, co-investors complete Envision deal
Ardian and GHO started exploring options for the sale of Envision in May, with a deal struck in July
Agilitas buys TenCate Armor from Gilde's Royal TenCate
This is the sixth platform deal made by Agilitas via its second fund
Epidarex sells Sirakoss to VC-backed OssDsign
Epidarex Capital initially backed the ТЃ3.1m series-A for the bone graft substitutes developer in 2014
Maven, Par Equity sell Symphonic stakes to trade
US-based Ping Identity acquires the Edinburgh-headquartered identity and authorisation software
VCs sell Flaschenpost stakes to Oetker
Investors including Cherry Ventures and Vorwerk Ventures backed the drinks delivery company
Eurazeo exits Farfetch with €90.4m proceeds
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Eurazeo, which led a $110m series-F funding round for the company
Castik acquires Customs Support Group from Mentha
Buyout is the first deal from Castik's second fund, which closed in October 2020 on €1.25bn
LBO France completes FH Ortho trade sale
LBO France acquired the company via its €154m Hexagone III fund in 2014
Seafort sells Noventiz Group to trade
Packaging and waste disposal compliance business was acquired by Seafort from Auctus in 2013
Bregal to acquire STP from Hg
Hg invested in the legal software business via its first Mercury Fund in 2016
LBO France buys majority stake in Prenax
Andera has reinvested and Prenax has acquired LM Information's subscription management business
Key Capital Partners exits Hallam Medical
Sale ends a six-year holding period for KCP, which backed the company with a ТЃ3.3m investment
PE-backed Trustpilot to list in H1 next year – report
Danish internet company could reportedly be listed at a valuation of $1bn
Bridgepoint-backed Diaverum plans IPO in November – reports
Transaction could reportedly value the company at more than тЌ2bn
LDC exits Ellis Whittam to Marlowe in £59m deal
Sale ends a four-year holding period for LDC, which owned a minority stake in the company
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Ace buys Astorg's Aries Alliance, injects €20m in new money
Deal is the first for the aerospace-focused Ace Aero Partenaires fund, which reached a €630m first close
Investindustrial exits Aston Martin
Investindustrial sells its remaining stake of 4.12% in the company, fully exiting the investment
Rutland exits Armitage in £140m deal
Exit from Rutland Fund III realises a return of 5.7x on the original cost of the investment
Egeria invests in Apoc Aviation
Deal is an exit for minority shareholder Antea, which invested in the company in 2015