Deals
BC Partners buys Forno d'Asolo in SBO
Company will use the fresh capital to bolster its growth organically and through new acquisitions
Vitruvian buys Doctari
GP draws equity for the transaction from its €2.4bn buyout fund, Vitruvian Partnership III
HQ Equita buys Steindl Group
Steindl comprises packaging machinery manufacturers Fawema and HDG Verpackungsmachinen
Index Ventures leads $66m series-B for Kry
Funding round also sees existing investors Accel, Creandum and Project A participate
Eurazeo et al. invest in Back Market
Investors inject €41m into Back Market, a retailer of refurbished electronic devices
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
SHS-backed Novo Klinik buys Innocath
Novo Klinik is expanding its product portfolio in the field of airway management
CM-CIC, Sodero back Cine Digital Service MBO
MBO sees newly appointed managers Cédric Aubert and Etienne Roux acquiring stakes
Iris leads €15m series-A for Exotec
Existing investors 360 Capital Partners and Breega Capital also take part in the financing
Ufenau-backed Lavatio acquires Kruppert
GP plans on using its buy-and-build strategy to establish and grow the group in the DACH region
PHI Industrial acquires Brevi
GP buys the company as part of a debt restructuring involving a pool of banks
GED Capital buys Habock
Company intends to use the fresh capital to boost its growth and international expansion
LBO France buys My Media Group
GP draws capital from White Knight IX to invest in the French communications group
DBAG backs Karl Eugen Fischer in MBO from Equistone
Deal is the fourth MBO structured by DBAG Fund VII since it began deploying capital in 2016
LDC takes minority stake in RIBA commercial arm NBS
Investor injects £31.8m for a minority stake in RIBA Enterprises, which trades as NBS
FSN exits Green Landscaping in SEK 197m deal
GP sells its holding of 9,281,788 shares, held via its FSN Capital III fund, through a block sale
Gimv acquires One Of A Kind Technologies
OOAKT, a Dutch machine vision specialist, aims to triple revenues in the next five years
Bowmark backs buyout of The Instant Group from MML
Both MML and the company's management team are reinvesting for a stake in the new company
LDC acquires £28m minority stake in RCIB
Transaction comes two years after the insurance broker acquired three brands from trade vendor ERC
Ambienta, L Catterton buy Pibiplast
Company plans to broaden its product offering and expand internationally following the deal
Segulah acquires Pelly from Fouriertransform
Acquisition is the sixth investment from the GP's Segulah V fund, which closed in 2016
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
Nordic Capital sells AniCura to Mars Petcare
Deal ends a four-year holding period for Nordic Capital, which acquired the business in 2014
EI acquires Studenac
Studenac aims to accelerate the development of its regional store network