Deals
BGF exits The Exchange Lab in trade sale
Business Growth Fund provided ТЃ5m of growth capital to The Exchange Lab in November 2013
POP Capital buys New & Lingwood
Sale to US luxury brands investor POP Capital follows Cavendish-led sales process
Litorina acquires KungSängen
GP takes majority stake with founding family retaining minority
VC-backed Acerta sold to trade for up to $7bn
VC backers make partial exit and are set to fully divest in the future
FSN Capital buys Netcompany
IT consultancy comes under PE ownership for the second time, reportedly valued at DKK 1.1bn
NorthEdge backs TKC MBO
Deal marks 13ths transaction from NorthEdge's debut fund
Equistone buys Sicame from Siparex
SBO sees VC score 2x-plus return
Carlyle to buy Astorg's Saverglass in €560m SBO
GP's bid prevailed over five other private equity funds
3i makes 3.9x on Element Materials Technology exit to Bridgepoint
3i's proceeds from the investment total ТЃ215m
Ratos makes NOK 265m on Hent refinancing
Refinancing will cover most of the GP's initial investment in the Norwegian construction company
Summit Partners invests €31m in Signavio
Deal marks Summit Partner's third investment in a software company this year
Livingbridge's Centre4 Testing merges with The Test People
Deal was funded with debt supplied by Yorkshire Bank
Main's Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
Northzone and GP Bullhound invest SEK 30m in Matsmart
Capital will support national and international growth for the Swedish e-commerce company
MS Ventures backs Inthera Bioscience's €3.4m round
MS Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of healthcare business Merck
Partech leads $4.5m seed round for Giroptic
VC draws equity from €60m seed fund; 360 Capital Partners also takes part in round
Innova acquires Slovenian construction company Trimo
Innova acquired the business from banks after Trimo landed debt restructuring agreement
DBAG buys minority stake in Mageba
DBAG scores its first ever Swiss deal, also plans capital increase for the company
Vatel invests €2.2m in Syracuse MBI
New CEO Jean-Pierre Gori to control the Corsica-based hotel following the MBI
PAI to acquire Carlyle's B&B in €825m SBO
Exit of French budget accommodation operator is set to generate a 2x-plus return for Carlyle
Chequers buys Spandex from Gilde
Gilde scores 3x money on the sale of the Swiss sign-making and printing business
Idinvest leads €4.5m round for Azalead
Round adds to Aurinvest-led €2m series-A in March and will support future growth
Target Partners leads Navvis's €7.5m series-B
Startup receives funding from Germany and US
EdRip leads €15m round for GamaMabs Pharma
InnoBio, Irdinov, Alto Invest and Ixo Private Equity also take part in capital increase