Deals
Debeka and VC firms in €20m round for Ottonova
Holtzbrinck, Vorwerk, Tengelmann and B-to-V reinvested in the round to the tune of €10m
Creathor leads CHF 2.5m round for Allthings
Number of private investors from the real estate industry also participated in the round
Montana to acquire GP Nem
Proposed deal follows a government-led €17bn rescue package issued for Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Idinvest in €12m round for M2i
Idinvest Growth Fund II was launched last year and held a first close on €250m in November
CM-CIC backs Le Normandy and Clinique Développement merger
CM-CIC started backing the Le Normandy group in 2000, structuring a €9.3m financing round
Palatine sells Chase Templeton to Nevada
Private medical insurance broker was the first investment from the GP's ТЃ150m second fund
IK takes majority stake in Pinard Emballages
GP invests in the packaging business via the IK VIII fund, closed on €1.85bn last year
Oaktree invests in Irish homebuilder Cannon Kirk
Capital will be used to repay loans to Ireland's bad bank as well as for expansion purposes
Towerbrook et al. buy Springwater's stake in Aernnova
Deal is the first acquisition in Spain for Towerbrook, which opened an office in Madrid in 2016
Carlyle sells Holland & Barrett to L1 Retail for £1.77bn
Deal is a partial divestment from the GP's 2010 investment in US-based group Nature's Bounty
EQT buys 20% stake in Ottobock
GP will use capital from EQT VII to make the investment, based on a €3.15bn EV
Endless supports Theo Fennell MBO from administrators
High-end jewellery business went into administration in May four years after being taken private
Mittel buys 80% in Ceramica Cielo for €15m
Deal follows the acquisition of elderly care homes operator Gruppo Zaffiro in November 2016
BGF injects £3.85m into Dolphin Homes
Deal is the 12th transaction in 2017 for the UK-based growth capital investor
Inflexion invests in ProLabs
GP invested from its Enterprise fund, which typically provides equity tickets of ТЃ10-20m
Benchmark, Idinvest et al. sell Zenly to Snapchat
Zenly has raised an estimated $35.12m (€32m) in total to date through three expansion rounds
Mid Europa to float Waberer's
Trucking company's IPO price range has been set at €16.50-20.37
Lakestar, GV lead $40m series-B for Blockchain
Digital currency platform will look to expand internationally and invest in research and development
Tikehau, Italmobiliare make offer for Fondo Italiano portfolio
GPs set up an equally split joint venture to acquire FII's portfolio of assets
Apax and Altamir sell Altran share block
France-based Apax Partners took part in a €130m capital increase for Altran in 2008
Accel leads $11m series-A for Soldo
Connect Ventures, IrReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners also took part in the round
GED buys GTT from Realza
Realza sells its majority stake after a four-and-a-half-year holding period
GTCR-backed Callcredit acquires Confirma
UK-based software analytics company expands its business in Spain
Mobeus leads £3m funding round for tutoring website MyTutor
Transaction is Mobeus's seventh growth capital investment in the last 12 months