Deals
DBAG prepares exit from last Fund V investment Heytex
In 2017, the GP exited five of the 12 portfolio companies held via the €434m vehicle
Equistone-backed GalaKerzen buys Juwelkerze
Second candle manufacturer Equistone has acquired this year, after Ramesh Flowers
Alliance invests in Clas
Clas Equipement will use the new capital to boost its growth and development
Oaktree, KKR acquire Riverstone's Proserv via restructuring
Development comes three and a half years after Riverstone acquired the company for $750m
Bencis buys Halex from H2
Deal ends a four-and-a-half-year holding period for H2, which acquired the company in 2013
NorthEdge invests in Cloud Technology Solutions
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which typically writes cheques of £5-45m
Consilium's Celli bolts on FJE Plastic Development
Acquisition was made through Celli’s British subsidiary ADS2, bought in 2015
Aksìa buys bakery CRM
With the fresh capital, CRM plans to consolidate its position in the Italian market
VM Capital buys Ibykus
Long-standing board member Stephan Behr and other co-investors take a minority stake
Alto Partners backs Millefili
Company intends to bolster its organic growth following the investment by Alto
Maxburg buys jewellery retailer Perlkönig
Maxburg is a Munich-based private investment firm with approximately €600m under management
Turn/River injects $40m into Netsparker
Web-security scanning software company will undertake geographic expansion and invest in marketing
Cathay and OrbiMed divest Echosens to Astorg
Deal is the first exit for Cathay's 2014-vintage €500m Sino-European MidCap fund
EI's Novaturas sets share price for Warsaw and Vilnius IPO
Enterprise Investors holds a 70.7% majority stake via its Polish Enterprise Fund VI
Octopus sells Box-it Data to Montagu's Oasis
Records and information management company says the acquisition is its largest to date
Ardian's Italmatch bolts on Jiayou Chemical
Italmatch has bought the business from Ecolab, a US company operating in industrial water treatment
Torqx buys party products retailer Folat
Folat is the fourth investment from the GP's debut fund, Torqx Capital Partners Fund I
Hg's Cogital acquires Rawlinsons
Deal is the second bolt-on acquisition for the tax and advisory group's UK company Baldwins in two weeks
Lakestar et al. back €56.6m series-B for SolarisBank
Bertelsmann subsidiary Arvato Financial Solutions and Japan's SBI Group also reinvest
Accel-KKR invests in Kimble Applications
Data analytics software developer will invest in product development and international expansion
Progressio buys Save the Duck
CEO Nicolas Bargi will retain a stake in the business and continue to lead the company
FSN Capital sells 10.8% stake in Instalco
Following the sale, FSN Capital IV will no longer hold any shares in Instalco Interessenter
Northzone, Industrifonden in $13.5m series-B for Fishbrain
Round was led by US venture firm B Capital Group and previous investor SoftBank Ventures Korea
Eurazeo makes final exit from Accor
Eurazeo placed the shares with institutional investors through an accelerated book-building