Deals
Bridgepoint-backed Primonial buys 40% of LFDE
Financière de l'Echiquier will take over Primonial's asset-management activities
Miura, Demeter sell Contenur to US PE firm Acon
Acon Investments takes over with management retaining a significant stake in the business
Eurazeo to buy C2S from Bridgepoint
Eurazeo Patrimoine enters talks to buy French private clinics operator C2S from Bridgepoint
Trilantic's Gamenet sets IPO price
Offering price is €7.50 per share, equating to a market capitalisation of around €225m
Nordic Capital buys Alloheim from Carlyle
Reports put enterprise value at €1.1bn, 12.5x the company's €88m projected EBITDA
Trilantic sells Betty Blue
Transaction sees premium womenswear brand Elisabetta Franchi wholly acquire Betty Blue
Equistone acquires Fertighaus Gruppe from Adcuram
Under Adcuram's ownership, the group's revenues have increased from €200m to €300m
Broodstock acquires 52% stake in Maritech
Norwegian PE firm targets SMEs in high-growth niche sectors in the seafood industry
DeA sells Targetti to trade
Having completed a restructuring, DeA sells the light fixtures manufacturer to corporate 3F Filippi
Synova-backed Defaqto refinances
New funding package will enable the business to repay shareholder debt and invest in further growth
Warburg Pincus sells Inea to Macquarie
Deal ends four-year holding period after Warburg acquired minority stake in April 2013
Ascend et al. in €12m round for Canatu
Japanese corporate Denso and French autoparts maker Faurecia also take part in the round
General Catalyst leads $28m series-C for Contentful
Existing investors Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital also take part
Pentech et al. in £3m round for TravelNest
Deal for the holiday bookings management platform is the first made by Pentech and Mangrove's new funds
Vitruvian acquires majority stake in EasyPark Group
Verdane retains the option for future co-investment ahead of the closing of the deal
HTGF backs seed round for Unity Robotics
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Staufen.Digital Invest and Haas Equity also take part in the round
Agilitas acquires Danoffice IT
GP draws capital from its 2015 fund, which backed the £150m MBO of Exemplar in 2016
Stirling Square buys Vernet
GP acquires a majority stake in French copper-wax thermostatic elements producer Vernet
Vitruvian buys 30% stake in Bitdefender
Deal marks end of 10-year holding period for Romania-based PE firm Axxess Capital
Terra Firma calls on H/2 to accept Four Seasons proposal
Development comes a month after the GP proposed to hand over its stake for a nominal sum
Portobello acquires gym group Supera
Deal marks second investment from the GP's latest fund, Portobello Capital Fondo IV
Actera to acquire Gratis
Turkish buyout firm filed a request with the Turkish Competition Authority to acquire a 55% stake
Hg-backed Cogital buys Shelley Stock Hutter
Shelley Stock Hutter is the first acquisition made under the Blick Rothenberg brand
Abénex backs debt manager Premista
GP acquires minority stake in debt consolidation expert Premista in LBO transaction