Deals
Aurelius carves out Cargill's Swiss animal feed business
Cargill's Swiss division generated revenues of €130m for the financial year ending in March 2017
EQT's Piab bolts on SAS Automation
Piab strengthens its presence in the North American region after initially expanding in Asia
Palatine invests in E-Days
Deal for the employee absence software developer is the second investment from the GP's impact fund
Amundi acquires minority stake in Greenoffice
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's international expansion into the US
Volume of PE-backed IPOs already up 25% year-on-year
Initial public offerings have proven to be a more popular exit route this year, although a lack of mega IPOs means aggregate value is still lagging
Pillarstone to gain control of RBD Armatori
Announcement follows the fund's acquisition of €560m of the company's debt in July 2017
AnaCap's Aldermore to recommend takeover offer from FirstRand
Deal would value the UK bank, which listed in 2015 and is still backed by AnaCap, at £1.1bn
Entrepreneur Venture backs InsideBoard
Entrepreneur Venture, BPI France and Banque Populaire invest $5m in the French SaaS platform
Inflexion merges insurance brokers Bollington and Wilsons
New company Bollington Wilson Group is expected to generate gross written premiums of around £120m
CCMP sells Pure Gym to Leonard Green in £600m deal
Pure Gym's revenues have increased fivefold over CCMP's four-year ownership
DBAG partially exits Cleanpart Group
DBAG acquired Cleanpart Group in 2015, at which time it reported revenues of €42m
JZ Capital reaps 9.2x cash on Factor sale
Fund manager received €69.7m of gross proceeds from the sale of the Spanish energy supplier
LSP in €42m series-B for Nouscom
Abingworth leads the round with participation from 5am Ventures and Versant Ventures
Oakley buys Career Partner Group
Oakley draws capital from its €800m buyout fund, which held a final close in October
CGS buys Stürtz Maschinenbau
GP aims to create largest PVW window production system manufacturing group in the world
OpCapita carves out footwear retailer Merkal
Deal is the third investment in Spain for OpCapita, which invested via its second buyout fund
UnternehmerTUM leads €10m series-A for 3YourMind
VC firms Coparion and AM Ventures, and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf, also take part
Vivocha sold to Aksía's Covisian
Deal sees Italian venture capital houses Principia and Vertis fully exit the business
Triton floats Befesa in €954m IPO
IPO prices at the bottom of the €28-38 range set by the company on 20 October
Battery Ventures leads $75m series-D for Getyourguide
KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Europe, Sunstone Capital and Nokia Growth Partners also take part
TransferWise in $280m series-E
Deal values the London-based money transfer service at $1.6bn
Fosun acquires PE-backed Tridem Pharma for €63m
Fosun acquires shares in the French drug distributor, which operates in African countries
VC firms in €21m funding round for Thermondo
Dutch energy company Eneco and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft also take part in the financing
Enterprise Investors shelves Novaturas sale
GP is now considering a public offering on the Warsaw or Vilnius stock exchange