Deals
Raise to back Artemis Courtage
Raise Investissement typically invests €10-50m in companies generating a €30-500m turnover
Idinvest leads $17m series-B for 21Buttons
Latest round brings total funding to $31m, and will be used to expand into the US market
CapMan sells InfoCare
Transaction ends a 13-year holding period for the Helsinki-headquartered private equity house
Oakley sells Damovo to Eli for up to €140m
Sale of the IT business will generate a 5.4x return for the vendor, equivalent to a 57% IRR
Afinum sells Orwo Net
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for Afinum, which acquired a minority stake in 2011
HTGF, ECapital invest €4.6m in FMC
Round is closed just nine months after HTGF backed a seed round for the business
Hivest buys St Mamet in SBO
Florac sells stake in canned fruits specialist Saint Mamet having invested in 2015
NB Renaissance acquires Uteco
Uteco Group's management team and current majority shareholders will retain stakes of 9% and 10%
Attestor Capital makes €200m offer for Condotte
Troubled Italian construction firm will enter administration unless an agreement is reached quickly
Chevrillon & Associés buys DCW Editions
Chevrillon provides equity tickets in the €5-75m range for businesses valued at between €200-250m
Madison Dearborn and HPS acquire UK insurance firm PFP
US private equity houses own Ardonagh, a group of UK-based insurance brokers
Waterland acquires Helgstrand Dressage
Deal marks Waterland's first investment in Denmark after the opening of its office in Copenhagen
VC firms back $20m series-C for Fever
Round is co-led by Spanish media company Atresmedia and technology real-estate business Labtech
Investindustrial buys Dispensa Emilia
Third acquisition from Investindustrial Growth, which hit its €375m hard-cap in May
Cinven's Chryso buys Ruredil
Chryso, a producer of additives for concrete and cement, buys assets from Italy-based Ruredil
NVM leads £2m round for Newcells Biotech
NVM provides £1.5m towards the round, while Northstar contributes the remaining £500,000
MBO Partenaires backs Laboratoires Embryolisse
French GP provides a €16m ticket for the transaction, which values Embryolisse at between €50-100m
Quantum Capital Partners exits Barcelona Cartonboard
Group is sold to Italian trade buyer Reno de Medici after a three-year holding period
RCapital acquires Havelock from administrators
Acquisition of shopfitting company will safeguard 300 jobs and Havelock's manufacturing sites
Weinberg's Pharma Omnium sells Biodim subsidiary
Apax Partners' NuPharm acquires France-based Laboratoire Biodim from its parent company
Nordwind acquires Supernatural
Nordwind invests in companies with revenues between €5-100m on a deal-by-deal basis
Nordic inks Prospitalia deal with Five Arrows
GP intends to support management in its plan to strengthen the company's market position
21 Investimenti acquires Carton Pack
GP acquires an 80% stake in the Italian food packaging group while the CEO retains 20%
Stirling Square's Viscolube bolts on Centro Risorse
GP acquired a majority stake in motor oil regeneration specialist Viscolube in December 2011