Deals
Bridgepoint takes majority stake in Primonial
Previous investors BlackFin Capital and Latour Capital will exit the group as part of the deal
Finint & Partners buys CVS Ferrari
GP acquires the business to merge it with co-investor BP Handling Technologies
P101 leads €720,000 round for Velasca
GP injects €370,000 ticket alongside private investors and the management team
GCP invests in Shorterm Group
GP has invested with capital drawn from its previously unannounced fourth vehicle
Idinvest et al. in €150m series-E round for Sigfox
Latest round brings total raised by startup to around €230m
Verlinvest buys 24.5% of Mutti
Investor will boost the company's internationalisation and is understood to target an IPO
PM & Partners sells Plastiape for c€150m
Following three-year holding period, the GP sold its stake in an aunction led by Baird and Banca Imi
HTGF and Bayern Kapital in Mecuris seed round
Mecuris claims to operate in a €1.8bn market for prosthetics in Germany
Credo in £1.3m round for Cera
Funding round will support the launch of the London-based online social care platform
Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital doubled Lindorff EV before merger
Managing partner Kristoffer Melinder speaks to unquote” about the company's merger with its listed competitor
LDC exits Microlease to US competitor Electro Rent
Electro Rent is a portfolio company of American private equity firm Platinum Equity
Better Capital in exclusivity over £326m Gardner sale
Sale price would be above the figure sought for the aerospace company when it was first put up for sale
Ardian, Keensight, Parquest acquire Unither
Unither was acquired from a consortium of investors led by Equistone Partners Europe
Maj Invest sells KK Group to former Altor partners
Scandinavian investment firm Solix acquires the Danish wind turbine component maker
Warburg, General Atlantic sell 50% stake in Santander AM
Buyout firms Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic exit the asset after a three-year holding period
Omnes reaps 5x in Nomios exit to Waterland's Infradata
Omnes supported the group's management buyout in 2013 alongside Odyssee Ventures
Bridgepoint sells Oasis to Bupa for £835m
Sale of British private dental healthcare provider follows three-year holding period
HTGF in Filestage seed round
Germany-based VC High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at the seed stage
IBB in €4.2m SearchInk round
IBB invested together with former Google engineering director Michael Schmitt
Ratos sets date and price range for Arcus IPO
Norwegian spirits group sets NOK 39-45 price range for shares ahead of 1 December listing
Exponent acquires Livingbridge-backed Enra
Deal for specialist finance company comes three years after Livingbridge's initial investment
Polytech in $9.7m series-A for Ava
Other Swiss and American investors joined Polytech in the series-A round
CapHorn, Turenne Capital et al. in €3m round for Fidzup
New round brings total funding raised by the French software startup to €3.3m
HgCapital invests in Fundinfo
HgCapital invested via its Mercury fund, which targets lower-mid-market companies