Deals
Eurazeo's Sommet Education bolts on Ducasse Education
Portfolio company Sommet buys 51% stake in culinary arts and pastry school Ducasse
Wise backs cybersecurity specialist Innovery
GP deploys capital from its €215m Wisequity IV fund, which invests tickets in the €5-20m range
Exponent sells Loch Lomond to Hillhouse Capital
Sale ends a holding of five years for Exponent, which acquired the company using its second fund
Penta invests £11m in Cellpoint Mobile
Fresh capital will be used to expand Cellpointтs team globally and develop the platform
Wineus Capital acquires Zurrfix
Wineus typically provides investments of between CHF 5-30m for SMEs in Switzerland
Investindustrial-backed Lifebrain buys clinical lab Galeno
Galeno will be integrated within the Lifebrain business and will consolidate its market position
Arkéa et al. back Children Worldwide Fashion in SBO
Former majority owner Dzeta PE reinvests in the high-end children's ready-to-wear specialist
Auctus-backed Magellan Netzwerke acquires Solit Systems
Magellan Netzwerke was acquired by Auctus in 2016 and became part of Fernao Networks
BtoV, Senovo lead €2.5m round for logistics startup Synfioo
Previous backers BFB Brandenburg Kapital and HPI Seed Fund also take part in the investment
GPs sell public transport operator Hansea to DWS
Belgium-based Hansea acquired four peers based in Flanders and Wallonia since 2014
Mid Europa sells Knjaz Miloš to KMV, PepsiCo JV
GP makes the divestment from Mid Europa IV, ending a holding period of four years
Horizon's DMC Canotec acquires United Carlton
Deal is the first acquisition for the printing and document management firm under the GP's tenure
Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Fysioconcept
Waterland acquired a majority stake in physiotherapy provider Rehacon in January 2019
Battery leads $35m round for Matillion
Existing backers Sapphire, YFM and Scale also invest in the round for the cloud-based data software firm
Taste of Italy buys land management software specialist Abaco
GP deploys capital from its Idea Taste of Italy fund, a food- and agri-business-dedicated vehicle
Bregal Freshstream makes first exit with Intergas
Trade sale is Bregal Freshstream's first full exit since launching its maiden €600m fund
Riverside buys mineral water specialist Galvanina
GP plans to consolidate Galvanina's market position, boost its expansion and enlarge its offering
Triton's Sunweb buys Corendon's tour operating activities
Triton acquired a stake in Netherlands-based Sunweb Group via its Triton Fund V in 2019
Triton-backed AVS bolts on Fero
Triton bought AVS from Steadfast Capital in 2017, drawing equity from its €3.3bn vehicle Triton IV
Avallon-backed Fiten files for bankruptcy
Fiten posted a loss of PLN 9.5m from sales of PLN 227.8m in 2018, according to company records
DPE to exit First Sensor for approximately €117m
DPE, Teslin Capital Management and other shareholders have agreed to sell their shares
Dawn leads $11m series-A for data integration platform Onna
Previous backer Nauta Capital also takes part in the round, alongside Dropbox and Slack Fund
BGF injects £10m into Extentia
Property services group is anticipating EBITDA of ТЃ16m for the year ending in June 2019
LPs worry about alignment issues in GP-led secondaries – survey
Four out of five respondents in the latest Coller barometer highlight it as their biggest concern