Deals
PAI sells Albea's dispensers business for $900m
GP continues to manage the remaining business of Albea as a portfolio company of PAI Europe VI
CBPE invests in ETL
ETL Systems' management will stay on with the company to continue to lead it following the deal
Temasek leads $139m round for ManoMano
With the new funding round, the company plans to recruit 200 people in Barcelona and Bordeaux
FTV leads £32m round for Liberis
Senior investment adviser Jerome Hershey of FTV Capital will join the company's board
Ouest Croissance, Multicroissance back Idaia Group
GPs invest in the business alongside the founder Barbier and the management team led by Maderay
Existing investors participate in $80m round for Currencycloud
Existing investors Sapphire Ventures, Notion Capital, GV, Accomplice and Anthemis all participate
Consortium invests €10m in Snowleader
French retailer of mountain sports equipment plans to open shops in France and abroad
Triton's Meine Radiologie buys Strahlentherapie Augsburg
Triton invested in the radiotherapy provider in 2019 and the company has since bought several clinics
Merino-backed Hawkin's Bazaar appoints administrators
Company reported a loss of almost £1m on £15.3m in sales in 2018 and employs 177 people
Crédit Mutuel Equity backs Axialease
GP invests €4.7m in the France-based B2B leasing service to fuel international expansion
Foresight invests £16.8m in Signature
Foresight Group will provide an initial £5m revolving credit facility to Signature
Altitude et al. back Nobl series-A
Cannabis data, conference and consulting service was backed by sector-focused investors
Passion Capital leads $1.7m round for Chai
Dynamo Ventures and MMC Ventures also invested in the commodities pricing company
Rhône Capital exits Milan-listed Unieuro
Total proceeds from Rhône Capital's investment in Unieuro amount to approximately €202m
MW&L acquires Chairman Mentors
MW&L invested £66m in oil well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions in October 2019
Equistone-backed PIA buys Nordpol+
GP has been pursuing a buy-and-build strategy for the advertising company since 2014
Omers' Trescal Group bolts on four peers
Under Omers' ownership, the calibration services group completed 21 acquisitions
Permira sells Duff & Phelps for $4.2bn
New York-based Duff & Phelps is a business service that employs 3,500 people globally
RDIF et al. in Carprice, Travelata, Elementaree
RDIF is injecting capital jointly with its Russian, French and Middle Eastern partners
Vistara backs Kurtosys
Canada-based GP provided growth capital to the financial services software provider
Generis backs Kickmaker
GP backs France-based business support company via €5m capital increase transaction
Insight Partners leads $20m series-A round for Hivebrite
US-based VC backs the France-based provider of branded community management platforms
BC Partners puts CeramTec on exit radar
While a formal process is yet to launch, Goldman Sachs is seen to be in a strong position for the mandate
HLD Europe to buy Exxelia from IK
IK backed the France-based business in 2014 via its IK VII fund, which closed on €1.7bn in 2013