Deals
Deal in Focus: Wise backs Tapì’s SBO
Italy-based bottle cap producer will adapt its expansion strategy to account for geopolitical developments in Central and North America
PE-backed ICBPI nets DB Card Acquiring for €30m
Deal marks the fourth acquisition after the business' PE-backed MBO in June 2015
Colony Capital exits AccorHotels
Colony first entered the Accor group in 2005, making a €1bn investment in the listed entity
Sovereign backs MBO of Arachas
Irish insurance brokerage will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy under its new ownership model
Nordic Capital sells €81m Tokmanni share block
GP's seventh vehicle entered a lock-up period ending April 26 after the partial sale
Advent sells remaining 12.1% stake in DFS for £58.5m
Divestment values shares in the sofa retailer at 24% less than when the GP sold a 14% stake 10 months ago
Sentica sells final shareholding in Kotipizza
Accelerated bookbuilding process run by Carnegie and Pareto Securities sees the Finnish GP exits its shareholding in the pizzeria chain
Karmijn Kapitaal sells Tuvalu Media
Karmijn acquired a controlling stake in the group in 2013 alongside company management
Holtzbrinck and Battery invest $4.2m in Zeitgold
Fintech startup will use the capital to roll out its product to small businesses
Forbion, Seroba co-lead €29m series-B for Prexton
Backers include existing investors Merck Ventures, Ysios Capital and Sunstone Capital
HTGF, Tengelmann et al. sell Trademob
Paris-based marketing company Adikteev becomes the majority shareholder of the company after the exit
Chinese GP leads €214m round for Meridian-backed Food Union
Latvian dairy will deploy the freshly raised capital in support of expansion across the Chinese market
Fortino, Inkef, Partech in $23m series-B for Bloomon
Inkef and Partech had previously invested in the group through a series-A round in 2015
Lyceum acquires Timico in deal worth more than £50m
Acquisition of the IT business marks the GP's second investment in the sector over the past seven months
Mid Europa sells Alpha Medical to Apax's Unilabs
Vendor has owned Slovakia-based Alpha Medical since a 2012 SBO, while Apax acquired Unilabs in December 2016
Ouest Croissance and CM-CIC back Sidamo’s MBO
Arkéa Capital Investissement backed the group's first MBO in 1994
Waterland invests in Enhesa
Waterland recently closed its sixth buyout fund, WPEF VI, on €1.55bn
CD&R reaps $2.3bn in Mauser trade sale
GP first acquired its stake in the business in May 2014 for $1.2bn from Dubai International Capital
Great Hill sells Momondo to The Priceline Group for $550m
Transaction values the online travel search business at more than three times its valuation at the time of the GP's initial investment
BC Partners sells SEK 2.25bn Com Hem stake
GP will retain a minority stake in Stockholm-listed internet services provider after share sale
Endless and GCP sell Excelsior to Mondi for £33m
Deal comes four years after GCP first backed the packaging company and two year after Endless's initial investment
Ardian increases stake in Genesi Uno to 75%
GP first acquired a 40% stake in the business in 2005 via its Axa Infrastructure Fund III
PE-backed ICBPI bolts on MPS's merchant payments business for €520m
Deal marks the third acquisition for ICBPI during its private equity ownership
Maj Invest carves out TDC Hosting
Formerly PE-owned Danish legacy telco TDC will divest 100% of its subsidiary