Deals
Five Arrows Principal Investments backs A2Mac1
FAPI acquires French automotive benchmarking provider for a total of €200m
Sofinnova leads €12.3m round for Highlife
Following the deal, Sofinnova will become the largest shareholder in the business
SEP invests in Dotmatics
GP invests in the data analytics software provider with capital drawn from its £260m fifth fund
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
Core Capital divests Cording to Rothschild's Orox
Real estate advisory firm has expanded via an international acquisitive growth strategy
Galia Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Barbarie
GPs replace owner and LT Capital as investors of pallet boxes business Barbarie Groupe
Notion leads $6m series-A for Adfenix
Other backers include co-investor Industrifonden, as well as IT outsourcing company Goodfellows
Equistone's Concept Life Sciences bolts on Aquila Biomedical
Bolt-on will bolster Concept's discovery capabilities with a translational biology offering
Eurazeo sells 3.34% stake in Moncler for €208m
Deal generated €188m of net proceeds for the fund manager, which will retain a 5.31% stake
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
Graphite backs £72m MBO of YSC from Livingbridge
Deal for the management consultancy brings to an end a four-year tenure for Livingbridge
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
Cinven acquires agri-food business Planasa for €450m
Deal-maker deployed capital from its sixth fund, which hit its €7bn hard-cap in June 2016
CVC exits Paroc in €900m trade sale
GP sells the business after a three-year holding and expects the deal to complete by early 2018
Norvestor sells Life Europe after 12-year holding
Deal closes a 12-year holding for Norvestor, after establishing the business in December 2005
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
IK's TCM Group to float in Copenhagen
IPO would follow a short two-year holding period for IK, which bought the business from Axcel
Truffle et al. exit Vexim in €162m Stryker deal
US-based Stryker Corporation acquires French VC-backed company Vexim for €162m
Xenon's Benfante buys Gruppo Ecolfer
Bolt-on comes three years after the GP's acquisition of a minority stake in Benfante
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Livingbridge exits IP Solutions in LDC deal
Communications technology business will look to make bolt-on acquisitions following the deal
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017