Deals
Ratos makes profitable Nebula exit
Swedish private equity house nets an IRR of 37% and a money multiple of 3.3x following the trade sale
VC firms back €360m series-E round for Auto1
Round is mix of debt and equity with cooperation from major banks, on the basis of a €2.5bn valuation
One Peak, Morgan Stanley invest €22m in Ecointense
Transaction constitutes an exit for BBAF and Wecken & Cie, while HTGF retains a significant stake
Capzanine backs Moving OBO
Previous investor Développement & Partenariat is exiting the group, while M Capital Partners stays on
Aurelius acquires majority stake in catamaran maker Privilège
Privilège will share production resources with Aurelius portfolio company HanseYachts
BC Partners buys DentalPro from Summit
Deal is the second transaction for the GP's 10th buyout vehicle, BC European Capital X
Spice invests £25m in casual dining chain Leon
UK-based healthy fast food chain will undertake an international expansion strategy
M Capital, Normandie Participations lead €4.7m Robocath round
Backers are joined in the round by previous investors Go Capital and NCI Gestion
Ambienta's Lakesight bolts on Chromasens
Deal is the third bolt-on acquisition for Ambienta's Munich-based buy-and-build platform Lakesight
Bain Capital fully exits Maisons du Monde
GP had already sold around 7 million shares in March, representing around 15.5% of the share capital
Sapphire leads $24.5m series-C round for Wandera
New capital will be used to build out the company's data analytics technology, infrastructure and team
Sodero Gestion backs MBI of Mobil M
Sodero Gestion invests alongside new company head Mikaël Le Gall and takes a minority stake
Inflexion sells down £42m On The Beach stake
GP retains a 2.9% stake in the UK travel retailer, which currently has a market cap of £496m
Wise sells Boglioli to PHI Industrial Acquisitions
GP fully exits the Milan-based menswear business after a 10-year holding period
CCI invests in pharmacy group Sam McCauley Chemists
Deal is the eighth investment made from Carlyle and Cardinal Capital's Ireland-focused vehicle
CVC's Douglas buys LLG from Orlando Management
Deal follows the recent bolt-on of Spanish competitor Bodybell in March 2017
Waterland-backed Hanse-Orga buys Tembit
Transaction will be the third acquisition Hanse-Orga has made in a week after the purchases of Dolphin and e5
P101 exits Misiedo via trade sale
Italian venture capital fund manager fully exits its investment after a three-year holding
DBAG sells Proxes to Capvis
Sale will result in a contribution of €9m to the income of DBAG's most recent financial year
Apax acquires Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus
Deal could reportedly value the industrial cleaning business at up to 12x EBITDA
Accent in SEK 760m Akademibokhandeln exit
Sale of Akademibokhandeln is the second exit for the Accent Equity 2012 fund
Verdane backs market intelligence company Dapresy
Deal comprises both a capital increase and the purchase of a stake from Dapresy backer Almi Invest
42Cap, HTGF and Littlerock in €1.8m round for MoBerries
Company will use the new funding to develop its technology and expand operations internationally
Spark Capital leads $20m series-B for Verse
Backers include US-based existing investor Greycroft Partners and eVentures