Deals
Pragma acquires Proprietés-Privées from Initiative & Finance
Pragma will refinance the French real estate group to pursue a buy-and-build strategy
Intera’s Kamux cancels IPO after tax revelations
Private-equity-backed Finnish used car retailer was scheduled for a €330m listing on 7 June
Dunedin picks up Kingsbridge for £33m
Kingsbridge was previously backed by Livingbridge, which invested in 2014
CVC buys Sisal for €1bn
Shareholders Permira, Apax and Clessidra sell the business after a 10-year holding period
Kennet Partners leads $12m series-B for ABA English
Backers include existing shareholders Nauta Capital alongside Spanish high-net-worth individuals
Eurazeo reaps 1.7x multiple in Elis partial exit
Buyout house had invested in the company in a €2.3bn tertiary buyout in 2007, listed it in 2015
OpCapita buys AppelrathCüpper from Advent
AppelrathCüpper was part of Douglas Holding, which Advent has not yet fully exited
Investcorp divests GL Education
Investcorp has sold GL Education to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Livonia makes 10x on Qvalitas sale to BaltCap
Baltic GP earns 44% IRR over seven years on exit of final legacy portfolio asset
LDC invests in CMS Window Systems
LDC has taken a minority stake in energy-efficient building envelope manufacturer CMS Window Systems
CVC acquires ÅR Packaging from Accent and Ahlstrom
Exit comes five years after the Swedish mid-cap GP acquired ÅR in joint buyout with Ahlstrom Capital
3i invests €181m in Schlemmer
Hannover Finanz acquired Schlemmer in 2012 and claims the exit is one of the largest in its history
EQT in €830m Atos Medical exit to PAI
PAI Partners becomes the third private equity owner of Atos, following EQT and Nordic Capital
Sofimac et al. in €8m Ixaltis series-A
Company will use the fresh capital to develop its product pipeline and finance clinical trials
Tertium joins €3m fourth funding round for Ideol
French company has gathered a total of €10m in funding over the last five years
BWB Partners makes first exit with SGL sale
Exit marks the first divestment for BWB since rebranding and recapping former Odin funds
NVM reaps 2x on Silverwing sale to Eddyfi
Oil & gas testing business undertook an international expansion strategy
Tech startups power Italian recovery
Over the past few years, tech startups have accounted for an increasingly larger proportion of the Italian private equity landscape
Quadrivio reaps £12.8m in Directa Plus IPO
Venture capital fund exits the business after a seven-year holding period
Safinco takes 24% stake in Gimv's Vandermoortele
Family shareholders will regain full ownership of the business following the transaction
Trilantic’s Gamenet buys Intralot
Deal sees the Greek listed gaming operator Intralot acquire a 20% stake in the merged group
Invision buys Parkresort Rheinfelden
Business recorded revenues of CHF 14.8m for the financial year 2014
Innova, HarbourVest et al. in €100m Benestra exit
SBO means a final exit for the PE consortium that purchased central European telco GTS in 2008
LDC backs £22m MBO of Magicard
ID card manufacturer will invest in marketing and international expansion