Deals
Project A, Creandum lead €8.5m series-A for Comtravo
New funding will be used to accelerate product development and facilitate future international expansion
Five Arrows buys Voogd & Voogd from Bencis
Bencis led the management buyout of the Dutch insurance services business in 2013
HIG buys medical supplies provider SLPA
SLPA plans to use HIG's backing to accelerate its European expansion plan
Bain and HSBC refinance LDC's Adler & Allan
LDC backed the secondary buyout of the environmental services business from Spirit Capital in 2014
Terra Firma's Annington in £4bn refinancing
Terra Firma raised an extra ТЃ550m from investors to contribute equity in the recap
IK buys minority stake in Third Bridge
Growth capital investor Beringea first invested in Third Bridge in 2012 and will sell its stake to IK
Gimv sells stake in RES to Ivanti
Deal ends a seven-year holding period for Gimv, which initially invested in the company in April 2010
Accel leads €14m PayFit round
Series-B also sees Xavier Niel and Otium Venture invest in the French digital payroll and HR business
Argand Partners acquires Brintons Carpets
Carlyle Group exits the UK-based carpet manufacturer to the US GP after six years
GPF Capital to sell Acuntia to Vinci Energies
Deal will end an 18-month holding in the Spanish ICT service provider
Listings continue low-key revival in CEE
IPOs of DP Eurasia and Waberer's were far from stellar, but show that IPOs for CEE assets could be due a revival
Runa and XAnge in €4m Yoopies series-A
Further undisclosed amount was raised to fund the takeover of UK-based FindaBabysitter
AAC sells industrial water purifying firm Desotec to EQT
Media reports suggest the water and air decontamination business was valued at around 10x EBITDA
Foresight generates 400% IRR on sale of Simulity to ARM
GP sells its stake in the Internet-of-Things business for ТЃ11.4m just eight months after it invested ТЃ4m
Progressio buys controlling stake in Garda Plast
GP buys a controlling stake in the bottle preforms manufacturer via its Progressio Investimenti II fund
ProA Capital backs Men At Work's MBO
Deal is the first acquisition in Italy for Spanish fund manager ProA Capital
High-Tech Gründerfonds sells Fruux
GP sells its stake to the company's founding partner after a five-year holding period
Bain, Cinven to bid again for Stada as CEO resigns
Stada CEO Matthias Wiedenfels has resigned today and will be replaced by Engelbert Coster Tjeenk Willink
Adelis takes majority stake in AddPro
Investment is likely to be the last made by Adelis's тЌ340m maiden fund
EdRip invests in Studia
Transaction is the fourth closed with Cabestan Capital II, following Klaxcar last month
Priveq takes minority stake in Omegapoint
Deal is the seventh for Priveq Investment V and its first in the tech sector
Tecnet, EQVenture sell NXT Control to Schneider Electric
Austrian VC firm Tecnet Equity purchased a 38% stake in the company for €2m in October 2009
BGF sells Chemoxy stake to Eurazeo-backed Novacap
Sale of speciality chemicals manufacturer comes just two years after the GP first invested
Ardian takes minority stake in Sarbacane Software
Third investment completed by Ardian Growth in the past two months, following Santédiscount and Abvent