Deals
Arle's Parques Reunidos valued at €1.25bn in Madrid IPO
GP initiates its exit from Parques Reunidos after a 12-year holding period
Silverfleet, Electra sell sausage casing maker Kalle to CD&R
CD&R bought the business for around €500m, equating to a 9-10x EBITDA multiple
MCH invests in fish distributor Brasmar
Deal marks the second transaction for the GP’s fourth fund, MCH Iberian Capital Find IV
TPG Growth acquires FRG from Livingbridge
Deal is understood to give the recruitment company an enterprise value of around ТЃ200m
Capidea acquires water treatment business Guldager
Buyout is brought on by succession and sees Steen Ulrik Madsen join the Danish company as CEO
Aksìa Group buys medical packaging maker Lameplast
Deal sees the founders and previous owners fully exit the pharma packaging business
Gimv acquires 40% stake in Joolz
Investment firm invests alongside the company's managing director and founder
Cinven buys Hotelbeds for €1.2bn
Backers include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the management team
3i sells Mayborn after 10-year holding period
GP had already received ТЃ32m as part of a 2012 refinancing deal for the business
Cathay, Nokia Growth in €31m series-C for Drivy
Fourth round of funding brings the total amount raised by Drivy to €47m
Tengelmann and IBB exit 42reports to Dilax Intelcom
VR Equitypartner and Omos Equity bought a majority stake in Dilax in early 2015
Investindustrial buys Valtur for €100m
Deal includes the acquisition of additional resort facilities across Italy
Accent Equity acquires Inteno
Deal is the second carve-out in 12 months for the Swedish mid-market buyout house
KKR, Permira reap €431m in Telepizza IPO
Selling shareholders Permira and KKR have received proceeds of €431m
Seventure injects €1.2m into tactile tech maker Actronika
Seventure has used its Quadrivium 1 seed fund to invest in the French tech startup's seed round
Tado raises €20m from Inven Capital
The startup raised €15.2m from Siemens, Statkraft and other backers in October 2015
LaunchPad raises £2m series-A from Sussex Place et al.
London-based LaunchPad will use the funding to improve its HR analytics offering
AnaCap to acquire Barclays' French retail banking operations
Financial specialist buyout house continues investments in European banking groups
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
Gemmes reaps €12m in Asten partial exit
Gemmes Venture will remain the majority shareholder in the business
LDC in £12m Vital Ingredient deal
Fresh funding will be used to double the company's retail outlets within the next three years
Abenex in partial Prosol exit, reaps 3x multiple
Sagard, Siparex, Five Arrows and Carvest secure a minority stake in the fresh products retailer
Partech in €12m series-B for Lendix
Deal marks Partech's third investment in the French crowdlending platform
BPI et al. exit Withings to Nokia in €170m deal
Previous VCs had backed the digital health company with €30m of investments