Deals
Inveready sells Spanish startup Respiro to Seat
Company plans to improve its product offering and expand to other Spanish cities
TGFS, GPS invest €2m in software startup Naventik
Fresh capital will be used to strengthen global marketing efforts and HR development
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Groupe Etienne
Acquisition is Alliance Etiquettes’s sixth add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
Platinum acquires Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $1.3bn
Blackstone, Bain, Centerbridge, CVC and PAI also reportedly bid for the holiday home rental company
Cerberus, JC Flowers to acquire HSH Nordbank
German daily reports that an informal agreement has been in place for several weeks
Egeria’s Clondalkin Group sells Cats-Haensel and Nimax to trade
Austrian packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles buys the confectionery and tea packaging businesses
Hellman & Friedman makes final exit from Scout24
Shareholders sell 9.25 million shares at approximately €36.74 per share
Enterprise Investors targeting Warsaw IPO for Danwood
If approved by the Polish regulator, Danwood would be listed in the second half of this year
Norvestor acquires majority stake in Sperre Compressors
Buyout firm will own a 94% stake and the management team will hold the remaining shares
Pontifax backs €16m series-A funding round for Abac Therapeutics
Backers include Global Health Science Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Nordic acquires additional shares in Nordax
Deal is outside the public cash offer submitted by Nordic Capital and Sampo earlier in February
Oaktree-backed NL Holding buys ProCrea, Archimed, Imer
GP-backed German reproductive medicine group NL Holding bolts-on three European competitors
Touchstone leads $3.5m round for Re:Infer
New backer Crane Ventures and existing investor Seedcamp also take part in the round
Cairngorm acquires NYTimber to merge with Thornbridge
Bolt-on of the timber merchant comes three month's after the GP's initial investment
Gilde sells Synbra to trade for €117.5m
Sale ends an 18-year holding period for Gilde, which acquired the company in 1999
Isatis invests in Hotline to finance Groupe Metalis bolt-on
Isatis-backed outsourced IT service Hotline acquires competitor Groupe Metalis in bolt-on
Speedinvest in $14.5m series-B for Payworks
Corporate venturing arms of Commerzbank (CommerzVentures) and Visa led the round
Alliance backs Boost AI in $5m funding round
Financing will be used to strengthen technical and commercial teams for expansion plans
Ascend Capital backs TactoTek in $23m round
TactoTek will use the fresh capital to expand operations and production capacity
Horizon partially exits Purcari Wineries in Bucharest listing
The Ukraine-focused buyout house remains an active shareholder with a 22.7% stake held
Genesis, Avallon acquire Triton-backed Eqos Energie operations
Once completed, the Czech and Polish companies will operate under the new brand Stangl Technik
Quaestio Capital backs Industrie Saleri
GP is deploying capital from its Quamvis SCA Sicav Italian Growth fund, launched in June 2015