Deals
Gilde et al. to fully acquire Reesink for €279m
Offer values the company's shares at €139.6m and will be followed by an Euronext IPO
Deal in Focus: Livonia makes maiden deal with Ha Serv
Estonian wood products company becomes first acquisition from Baltic GP’s inaugural fund
Innogest leads €1.3m series-A round for Armadio Verde
Italian venture capital firms invest in the sharing economy startup
MML's Optionis buys pub accountant ARC
Deal marks sixth bolt-on for Optionis since being purchased by MML in 2014
Q4 Barometer: Record value in 2015 despite end-of-year dip
Fewer deals but higher aggregate value in 2015 meant the average deal value jumped by a whopping 53%
Core makes 2.4x on PDP Couriers trade sale
Exit is first for GPтs second fund and comes eight years after investing in PDP
JZ makes 1.3x money on €96.3m direct secondary
Deal sees firm reap combined тЌ96.3m in proceeds and 1.3x exit multiple
Ambienta buys SF-Filter
SF-Filter's Germany head Jochen Zähringer will take over as CEO following buyout
Apax-backed Ascential in £800m London IPO
Apax and GMG acquired the business for ТЃ1bn in 2008 when it was known as Emap
NB and Apax buy stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Duo acquired the stake at €66 price per share, representing a 18.1% premium
Syntegra et al. exit AML to Johnsons Electric for €65m
Trade sale comes six years after the GPs carved out the business from Valeo
MML's Iqarus buys C-Chec
MML acquired Iqarus in 2015 from former parent Capita
Riverside Company's Mintra bolts on OCS HR
OCS HR is the first add-on acquisition for Mintra since it was acquired in late 2014
Beringea scores 12x on Monica Vinader partial exit
Piper invested ТЃ14m while US firm Winona Capital supplied ТЃ6m
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GPтs European Fund IV
Redalpine backs Jodel
Latest round marks Jodel's third successful fundraising within the space of a year
MMC leads $6m series-B for Admedo
Programmatic advertising platform Admedo has closed a $6m series-B round led by MMC Ventures
Holtzbrinck backs Lamudi's €29m round
Holtzbrinck, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Tengelmann back Lamudi's €29m round
BPI France's Travel & Co bolts on Backroads
Bolt-on comes nine years after the state investor backed the tourism platform's inception
Verdane acquires five-company portfolio from Sequent Invest
Direct secondary deal is second portfolio acquisition by the Nordic specialist GP in 2016
Receipt Bank raises $10m from Kennet
Receipt Bank was established in 2011 after the founder acquired Receipt Farm
MBO and Arkéa offload Sira in trade sale
Exit comes almost eight years after both GPs bought a joint 40% stake in the business
IDI and Pechel in Dubbing Brothers MBO
Both GPs are understood to have secured a joint controlling stake in the dubbing specialist
QuiToque raises €1.5m from Isai et al.
Newly rebranded meal kit business will make new hires and seal partnerships with food producers