Deals
Stirling Square Capital acquires AD Industrie
Acquisition marks the exit of previous owners Ingefin, BPI France and GE Capital
Caledonia sells Park Holidays to ICG in £362m deal
Vendor will generate a 2.9x return on the sale of the caravan park operator after a three-year tenure
EQT exits BSN Medical in €2.74bn trade sale
EQT had acquired the group from Montagu Private Equity in 2012 for €1.82bn
HQ Equita sells Stettler to Groupe Imi
GP sold its controlling stake in the business via a trade sale after five-year holding period
Epiris and Alchemy sell Parkdean to Onex in £1.35bn deal
Sale of the UK holiday park operator to the Candian GP represents an IRR of 46% for Epiris
General Atlantic backs Hemnet in SEK 2bn EV deal
North American growth investor joins consortium to back the Swedish website
Argos Soditic backs Destiny Foods and CDD merger
Transaction marks the GP's last investment with Fund VI; Fund VII held a first close in November
Silverfleet sells Orizon for €81.6m
UK-based GP has sold its stake in the business via a trade sale after nine-year hold
Maven injects £1.1m into GCV
Deal for crowdfunding platform marks the GP's fourth VCT investment and 10th PE deal of the year
Exponent acquires Leisure Pass from Primary Capital
Secondary buyout of the tourist pass business is understood to be valued at below £150m
Norvestor buys Read Cased Hole
Deal marks first investment outside Norway for GP’s Guernsey-based vehicle
3i's Action in €1.675bn refinancing
GP will receive approximately £187m in proceeds from the transaction
Capidea invests in in Creativ Company
Danish private equity firm takes majority stake while founders continue as minority shareholders
LBBW leads €6m series-B for Amcure
Backers include existing investors KfW, MBG and S-Kap Unternehmensbeteiligungs
Future Positive, BPI France in €14.2m round for Ynsect
New funding round brings total raised by the startup to €35m over the last two years
Warburg Pincus-backed United Internet in €600m Strato deal
Acquisition comes one month after the GP first backed the company's business application division
Stirling Square sells ESE World to RPC for €262.5m
Exit comes one year after the GP refinanced the waste container manufacturer in a €90m deal
A Plus and Capital Export in €5.2m round for Adeunis RF
Latest funding round brings total raised by the startup to €9.8m.
Invision acquires TintenCenter
Deal marks the second acquisition for the GP in the printer consumables e-commerce segment
BGF backs Woodall Nicholson
British investor’s capital will go towards developing the firms's environmentally friendly buses
Connection invests £4.6m in IconX
Manufacturer of semi-automated key cutting machines is anticipating fourfold growth in its orders
Partech Ventures in €30m round for EcoVadis
New funding round brings the total raised by the startup since inception in 2007 to $35.7m
Vitruvian acquires Phlexglobal from BDC
BDC reaps 3x monet return after a two-year holding period
ProA Capital buys Go Fruselva for €40m
Deal marks the second investment for the Spanish mid-market GP in the food production sector