Deals
Gimv sells Multiplicom to Agilent Technologies for €68m
GP claims a return on the sale above its long-term average return rate
Value4Capital makes 2x gross return on MedLife IPO
Exit comes as part of the Romanian private healthcare provider’s RON 522m IPO in Bucharest
Altor makes SEK 2.294bn take-private offer for part-owned Transcom
GP has held a 24.3% stake in the Stockholm-listed business since 20 March 2015
Deal in Focus: Astorg sells Kerneos to Imerys for €880m
Sale of the specialised chemicals company follows a three-year holding period in which the group invested in new ventures and made bolt-ons
Equistone sells Meilleurtaux.com to Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs takes over holding company Finizy, which includes five different brands
KKR tenders offer for GfK
Following the deal, KKR and the company will own a combined 75% stake in the business
Three Hills purchases minority stake in Pelostop for €15m
Deal marks the GP's first investment in the Spanish market
Amadeus divests Nomad to trade buyer Alstom
Sale of the commercial wifi supplier comes one year after the business undertook a £7m refinancing deal
Inflexion invests £41m in LCP
Deal will enable the financial consultancy firm to reacquire a stake owned by Alexander Forbes
Lyceum sells Clearswift via trade sale
GP has fully exited the business after five-year holding period
MVM Life Science Partners injects €7.5m into Valneva
Previous investors BPI France and Groupe Grimaud will respectively retain 9.6% and 15.6% in the group
P101 leads €1.2m round for Sellf, Waynaut and Wiman
Backers in the round include Tim Ventures and Atlante Seed
Oakley buys Casa.it and AtHome.lu
GP acquires the businesses via its Oakley Capital Private Equity III vehicle
Exponent to sell Immediate Media to Hubert Burda
Deal would value the UK media company at £260-275m, according to media reports
Naxicap takes over Ecotel Chomette Favor
Naxicap is acquiring the group from Weinberg Capital Partners, Initiative & Finance, Salver and Five Arrows
Lion Capital acquires Loungers in deal worth £137m
Existing investor Piper exits after four years at the helm
Epiris sells Innovia to CCL in CAD 1.13bn deal
Sale of the banknote substrate supplier comes shortly after Epiris's £1.35bn exit from Parkdean
Silver Lake leads funding round for Flixbus
Backers include existing investors General Atantic and Holtzbrinck Ventures
Maven injects £1.1m into Whiterock
Deal for Scottish 3D graphics and video business marks the GP's 11th investment of 2016
Imi Fondi Chiusi purchases 83% stake in Trasporti Romagna
French agro-business specialist Unigrains has co-invested alongside the Italian PE house
Advent exits Bulgarian group Devin in trade sale
Transaction sees company valued at €120m and is expected to close in Q1 2017
BGF invests £3.75m in Setfords Solicitors
UK law firm will look to make a number of appointments following the deal and invest in marketing
Naxicap to acquire Sogelink from Keensight Capital
Keensight had co-acquired a stake in the group alongisde Fondations in 2013
Inventure sells Rightware for €64m
Existing shareholders include Finnish Industry Investment, Inventure and Nexit Ventures