Deals
NB Aurora to float and acquire FII's portfolio
Fund expects to raise €150m in a private placement for institutional and professional investors
Permira acquires Exclusive Group in €1.3bn deal
Permira buys French cybersecurity and cloud distributor Exclusive Group in SBO deal
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of ТЃ1.3bn
VC firms back £29m series-B for Enterprise Therapeutics
Forbion, Versant, Novartis, Epidarex and IP Group all take part in the financing
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
Actera, Esas exit UN Ro-Ro in €950m trade deal
Danish ferry company DFDS Group is acquiring a 98.8% stake in UN Ro-Ro on a debt-free basis
Star Platinum Capital invests in Naf Naf carve-out
Chinese backers buy the French womenswear retailer from corporate Vivarte in a €52m deal
BMW I Ventures leads $15m round for Mapillary
Samsung Catalyst Fund and NavInfo take part, along with previous venture capital investors
CVC-backed Avast to float on London Stock Exchange
Listing would result in a free float of approximately 25% of Avast's issued share capital
BC-backed Springer Nature announces intention to float
BC Partners may make a secondary placement of shares and will provide shares for a greenshoe option
PE-backed Wilson Therapeutics in SEK 7.1bn trade sale
Alexion Pharmaceuticals announces a public cash offer to acquire Wilson for SEK 232 per share
PE-backed Snaitech sold to Playtech for €846m
Playtech will have to make a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining Snaitech shares
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Orlando Italy to sell Favini
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for Orlando Italy, which acquired the company in 2009
Acton leads €7m series-A for Cluno
Existing investor Atlantic Labs also takes part after providing seed capital in 2016
Mobeus invests £14m in Geotech
GP's buyout team led the deal for the UK-based provider of ground stabilisation services
OTPP buys 40% stake in European Camping Group SBO
Former backers Carlyle and Montefiore retain a majority stake in the French mobile-homes rental business
Adiuva Capital-backed AC Dental buys NT Dental
Adiuva generally makes investments between €5-40m for majority and minority positions
Folmer exits Jatkopolut to Familar
Familiar is a subsidiary of healthcare and social services firm MehilУЄinen, backed by Triton and KKR
Norvestor-backed NetNordic acquires Efftel
Transaction is part of NetNordic's consolidation strategy in Sweden and the wider Nordic region
Palatine reaps more than 3x on Westleigh sale to Countryside
Transaction values the home builder at up to ТЃ135.4m, two years after the GP invested at a ТЃ65m EV
iBionext et al. in $15m round for GrAI Matter Labs
iBionext Growth Fund, 3T Finance and 360 Capital Partners back the French AI technology startup
Felix, Target Global lead $21m series-B for TravelPerk
Spark Capital and Sunstone also take part in the round alongside newly founded VC firm Amplo
Iris Capital injects €6m into Singlespot
Company will use the fresh capital to strengthen its presence in France and expand internationally