Deals
Afinum’s Lomb Art bolts on Archimede
Deal follows the company’s MBO backed by Afinum in October 2015
Star Capital buys Globalways
Star Capital plans to inject an additional €60m of growth capital in the future
Calculus makes 34.3% IRR on Horizon Discovery exit
Final exit of shareholding in British biotechnology company nets 1.82x money
Howzat et al. back Byhours with €1.5m funding
HR Ventures joins Howzat to support the Spanish online hotel booking platform
Aurora’s Alltub takes over Karl Höll
Combined group will have annual sales of €150m and 650 customers globally
VC-backed Roli bolts on FXpansion
Technology-focused musical instrument business expands with the addition of software company
Equistone invests in Apogee
Investment values the Maidstone-based digital printing business at £185m
Rutland sells Millbrook to Spectris for £122m
Exit generates returns of more than 6x for the GP's £322m second fund
21 Centrale reaps 8.5x return in Digital Virgo exit
Digital Virgo was created in 2008, when the GP re-invested in Jet Multimedia group
Verdane invests in Searchmetrics
Verdane simultaneously acquires shares in German startups Smava and Hornetsecurity
Altor’s Realia bolts on Valedo-backed Corbel
First add-on for the Nordic property management services group since the Altor buyout
Erhvervsinvest acquires Agrometer
Danish media suggests exiting owners received a combined DKK 100m windfall from the sale
Target Partners backs Senic’s seed round
Senic was founded within the Y Combinator programme, a US-based seed accelerator
LDC invests £16.5m in Team17
Deal will fund the computer game developer's bolt-on acquisition of Mouldy Toof Studios
Equistone’s Vivonio acquires Leuwico
Vivonio hopes Leuwico will enter a cooperation with Maja, another company in the group
Ardian-backed Trescal aquires Precision Metrology
Ardian acquired an 82% stake in the calibration services group from 3i and TCR in 2010
Quadriga buys GBA from Adiuva
Acquirer invested via Quadriga Capital Private Equity Fund IV, which closed on €529m
Activa-backed Mecadaq acquires Marignier
Activa Capital backed the company's OBO earlier this year
Black Toro buys 60% stake in Marypaz for €30m
Fresh capital will refinance the company’s debt and finance international expansion
Technology Venture et al. in £2.6m round for Micrima
UK-based breast cancer screening company will launch its Maria products later this year
Isai sells Hospimedia to MNH Service
Isai invested €2m and acquired a 33% stake in the group in 2013
Equistone acquires fire proofing business Roth
During Ufenau's ownership, Roth made four add-ons in different Swiss regions
Talde, Oquendo acquire stake in Rotecna
Spanish GPs invest in farm equipment producer Rotecna to boost its international expansion
GCP invests in Arrow Business Communications
GP acquires a 55% stake in the UK enterprise communications provider