Exits
Astorg buys Aries Alliance in SBO
Phoenix, CM-CIC Investissement, BNP Paribas Développement and Ace Management exit the business
Sports Direct buys ECI's Evans from pre-pack administration
Deal brings to an end a three-year holding for ECI, with PwC mandated to find a buyer
Initiative & Finance sells Fil Rouge to Altavia
Marketing business Altavia is minority-backed by Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners)
Star Capital exits Gia
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which bought the company via its Star Bridge Fund
Gimv to acquire La Comtoise in SBO
Céréa Partenaire and Unigrains-backed La Comtoise is currently doubling production
CVC, GRO Capital buy Omada from C5 Capital
GPs will partner with the management team to accelerate the company's expansion and innovation
Chequers buys Riri from Gilde
Chequers is currently investing from Chequers Capital XVII, which it closed on €1.1bn in May 2017
Duke Street reaps 3.4x from £559m Wagamama trade sale
GP has sold the UK casual dining chain to listed trade buyer The Restaurant Group
VC-backed Themis announces IPO price range
Size of the offering for Austria-based Themis is €55.3m – at the high-end of the price range
Star Capital exits CastFutura
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Star Capital, which acquired the company from Synergo
Sofindev to sell House of Talents
PE house hires advisers to end holding period of two years for its €107m Sofindev IV Fund
PE firms carve out division from Siparex-backed Safe
Carved-out division, Safe Cronite, generates sales of €74m and employs 800 people
Afinum sells Let's Go Fitness to Naxicap
Sale ends a holding period of four years for PE vehicle Afinum Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Accel et al. divest Blue Vision to Lyft
Augmented reality developer will be integrated into Lyft's self-driving development division
Caledonia sells Choice Care to Icon for £152.5m
Sale of the care group generated a 1.9x return for the vendor following a five-year holding
Livingbridge reaps 2.4x on £52m Symphony trade sale
Transaction for the automated operational processes firm comes 14 months after the GP's investment
Palatine sells MJ Quinn telecoms arm to Visabeira/Constructel
Partial exit from the infrastructure services firm comes 10 years after the GP's initial investment
Lion sells Hema
Sale ends a holding period of just over eight years for Lion, which first mulled a sale in 2010
ICG to sell Stella Group
ICG appoints Lazard to conduct auction for France-based Stella Group, say reports
FPE exits Ikon Science to Great Hill
New investment sees previous investors FPE Capital and Tullow Oil exit the UK-based company
Bullnet Capital sells Zhilabs to Samsung
Following the deal, Zhilabs will continue to operate independently under its own management
Rutland sells assets of arson-struck Gardman to Westland
Newly developed warehouse of garden products business was destroyed by fire in March
Maven reaps 2.7x on sale of Cursor to DiscoverIE
Sale of trackball manufacturer brings to an end a three-year holding period for the fund manager
Endless sells Affinity Workforce to Castlerock Recruitment
Deal for the recruitment business brings to an end a holding period of just 16 months