Deals
Newion leads €2.5m round for Mediatool
Financing round is aimed at bettering marketing campaign management for global brands and realising growth targets
Wolt raises €7.5m from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski
Investment brings the total amount that Wolt has raised to €267m
FII, Vam create Florence fashion group
Clothing companies Giuntini, Ciemmeci Fashion and Mely's Maglieria will be merged to create a fashion group named Florence
Novartis, Novo lead €9m series-A for Rappta Therapeutics
Round also saw participation from family office Advent Life Sciences, and Business Finland
Nordwind Capital buys majority stake in Trbo
GP said in a statement that it has also made additional growth capital available to the business
Silverlake buys Groupe Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs
UK-based GP reportedly paid €700m for its stake in the financial services company
Mutares buys Valmet's engineering services
Acquisition of the automotive engineering company is Mutares' sixth platform investment of 2020
Inflexion acquires Sparta Global; KCP to reap 7x return
Inflexion has previously invested in other businesses in the sector, including FDM
Blue Equity buys Danish tool manufacturer Junget
GP is deploying equity from its second fund, which is now almost fully invested
FPE invests in MaxContact
Lars Pedersen – CEO of another FPE investment, Questionmark – has joined the board as NEC
Nord Holding buys majority stake in Dr Födisch Umwelttechnik
Germany-based emissions measurement company is the GP's third in the environmental technology sector
Auctus buys majority stake in Pro Engineering
Switzerland-based building electrical engineering company is the GP's fifth buyout of 2020
Röko acquires majority stake in Dan-Form Denmark
Swedish GP focuses on SMEs with enterprise values of €15-100m and EBITA of €2-10m
Bridgepoint et al. sell Béaba to Bluegem
Bridgepoint inherited its Béaba shareholding in 2014 following its acquisition of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners
Lafayette Mittelstand Capital buys Geba Cables
Carve-out of the elevator cables producer is the special situations investor's fourth of 2020
IK to acquire Kersia from Ardian
Deal is GP's first investment from IK IX, which held a final close on its €2.85bn hard-cap in May 2020
Permira-backed Allegro lists with market cap of €9.8bn
Allegro intends to use the proceeds, alongside a new credit facility, to repay its existing debt
Mediterra acquires majority stake in Turkish fintech PayCore
GP typically makes equity investments of around €20m and currently has 30 portfolio companies
Investindustrial-backed Benvic completes €117.5m refinancing
Benvic has completed seven add-on acquisitions during Investindustrial's holding period
Miura backs Terrats Medical
Producer of dental implants and abutments operates under the DESS Dental Smart Solutions brand
Latour acquires Santiane from BlackFin for €200m EV
Santiane was marketed based on €15m EBITDA, with vendors expecting an EBITDA multiple of more than 10x
Omnes, Alliance Entreprendre inject €10m into Sekoia
Cybersecurity company had been self-financed for the past 10 years
Bonnier, Frog lead €15m series-B round for Winningtemp
HR technology startup has so far raised €18.5m since being founded in 2014
Kartesia carves out ADL Biopharma from Black Toro's ADL Bionatur
Deal includes a new debt tranche of €5m made available by Kartesia at closing and a capital increase of at least €10m
