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Deals

Electronics manufacturers
FII-backed Seco to list in Q2

Following the placement, the company intends to boost its expansion and pursue a buy-and-build strategy

  • Exits
  • 13 April 2021
Waterworks and sewer maintenance
Klar Partners to acquire ISS Kanal Services

Carve-out is the first DACH-region platform investment from Klar Partners' €600m debut fund

  • Buyouts
  • 13 April 2021
Facial recognition technology
Accel, IVP lead $69m series-B for Veriff

AI company has raised $92.8m to date and will use the proceeds to expand in the US market and enhance its product offering

  • Expansion
  • 13 April 2021
Ophthalmic surgery
Talde invests in AJL Ophtalmic

GP plans to consolidate the company's position in the ophthalmology sector, both in Spain and internationally

  • Buyouts
  • 13 April 2021
Financial reporting software
Polaris merges four financial advisory firms into North

Deal is the third from Polaris Private Equity V, which launched in 2019 and was targeting €550m

  • Buyouts
  • 13 April 2021
Rubber strips
Espiga sells Unica to Hexpol for €48m

Unica's management team stays on with the business and will continue to lead the company

  • Exits
  • 13 April 2021
Education apps and software
Main Capital buys majority stake in Paragin

Software-focused GP plans to pursue a buy-and-build strategy, targeting education software companies

  • Buyouts
  • 12 April 2021
Lifeboats and marine safety systems
Searchlight's Survitec completes refinancing

Ares' £270m package will be used in part to finance the add-on of IK's Hansen Protection

  • Refinancing
  • 12 April 2021
Money transfer firms
Nordic Capital-backed Trustly announces plan to list

Fintech company is reportedly seeking a valuation of €7-9bn

  • Exits
  • 12 April 2021
Identifying the most active investors
UK buyout rankings: who invested the most in Q1

Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the UK buyout space in an exceptionally busy first quarter

  • Data Snapshot
  • 12 April 2021
Alliance Etiquettes prints labels for bottles
Activa sells Alliance Etiquettes to Chequers

Activa reinvests in the business in exchange for a minority stake, via its ACF IV fund

  • Buyouts
  • 09 April 2021
Portfolio performance
PSG buys software developer Nalanda

This is the eighth investment made by the GP via its PSG Europe Fund, which closed on €1.25bn in February 2021

  • Buyouts
  • 09 April 2021
Lindorff deal marks third largest SBO in the Nordic region
Magnum sells Lexer to L-Gam's Grupo BC

Sale ends a three-year holding period for Magnum, which invested in the business via its second fund

  • Exits
  • 09 April 2021
Construction vehicles and excavators
KJK acquires heavy equipment provider Alwark

GP will acquire a 66% stake in the company via its €250m KJK Fund III

  • Buyouts
  • 09 April 2021
Real estate online searches
PE-backed Hemnet plans to list in Q2

The proposed listing comes six years after General Atlantic acquired a controlling stake in the company reportedly for around SEK 2bn

  • Exits
  • 09 April 2021
Tin cans
KPS to buy Crown's EMEA tinplate packaging business

European packaging sector buyouts in 2021 already exceed the aggregate value recorded in 2020

  • Buyouts
  • 09 April 2021
Yoghurt pots and lids
Equistone exits Charles & Alice

Management team becomes the controlling shareholder in the business, while Crédit Mutuel retains a minority stake

  • Exits
  • 08 April 2021
Wealth managers and financial advisers
PE-backed Allfunds to list within weeks

Company's backers could raise around €2bn through the IPO, according to Mergermarket

  • Exits
  • 08 April 2021
Creative agencies and marketing teams
Horizon Capital invests in The Marketing Practice

GP has made a £20m commitment to the UK-based B2B marketing company, with add-on deals to follow

  • Expansion
  • 08 April 2021
Groceries and food markets
SoftBank, Prosus lead €223m round for Kolonial

New round reportedly gives the company a post-money valuation of €750m, up significantly from its last valuation of around $178m in 2017

  • Expansion
  • 08 April 2021
Mandates to invest
Montana Capital completes US venture secondaries deal

Transamerica Ventures spinout HighScale Ventures will manage the assets following the sale by Aegon

  • Secondaries
  • 08 April 2021
Media planning and marketing
Capidea acquires Obsidian Group

Deal follows an auction process initiated by the company at the end of summer 2020 and was led by Deloitte.

  • Buyouts
  • 08 April 2021
UK & Ireland buyout activity
UK buyout activity sets new record in Q1

UK buyout market is truly back in full swing, according to preliminary figures from Unquote's proprietary database

  • Data Snapshot
  • 08 April 2021
Pills and supplements
Piper invests in Wild Nutrition

GP is investing £5m in the nutritional supplements producer via its Piper VI vehicle

  • Expansion
  • 07 April 2021
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