Deals
Deal in Focus: SIP wins over Mittelstand company
Silver Investment Partners' long-term approach saw it win over German aircraft supplier Schüschke's founder
PE-backed Volotea eyeing IPO in February
GP owners will use flotation to exit part of their stakes
LDC’s Away Resorts acquires Cosways Holiday Park
Deal marks first bolt-on for Away Resorts since being acquired by LDC in April 2015
Deezer raises €100m in wake of pulled IPO
Listing was cancelled due to “market reasons” by the music streaming business in late October
VC-backed Spotify bolts on Soundwave and Cord Project
Music streaming service Spotify has raised more than $1bn in funding since inception in 2006
BGF injects $7.2m into Adestra
Marketing technology software and services provider will continue to pursue global growth
Vendis-backed Inula bolts on Veriditas Botanicals
Belgian aromatherapy group created via merger of Pranarôm and HerbalGem in 2014
Litorina takes majority stake in Fresks
Swedish GP takes a majority stake through its fourth fund, alongside the founding Oscarson family
I&FP launches aeronautics build-up with Serta buyout
Buyout is the fourth deal to be financed via I&FP's €135m third fund, recently used for a fifth deal
Marlin buys Cobham’s surveillance business
TSB offers video, audio and other surveillance products, typically used by intelligence agencies
Linxo raises €2m from Crédit Agricole et al.
Fintech specialist will strengthen its technical team as it expands from France to the rest of Europe
Verdane buys Aggregate Media portfolio in direct secondary
GP’s Verdane VIII fund acquires shares in seven Aggregate-backed companies
Telensa raises $18m from ETF and SVB
Cambridge-based Telensa has developed energy-efficient street light applications
Montefiore exits 27% Demos stake in trade sale
Third asset to be exited from the GP's €120m, fully invested second fund
BGF invests in Grace Cole
Company has expanded to the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific since inception in 2007
Oxford et al. in $13m round for Import.io
Other backers of the series-A include Imperial Innovations, Wellington Partners and Open Ocean
Siparex invests in TEP Etanchéité to finance bolt-on
GP deploys €3.6m from its FPCI Nord Ouest Entrepreneurs 4 and XPansion2 vehicles to fund the purchase
PE-backed Marietton bolts-on Havas Voyage
Siparex and EdRip to hold joint controlling stake in post-merger group
Deal in Focus: PAI checks in to B&B Hotels in €825m SBO
An in-depth look at Carlyle and Montefiore's sale of B&B Hotels to PAI Partners for €825m
Index backs Morphogen’s £1.5m seed round
Index closed its latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, on €650m in April 2015
Three Hills Capital Partners backs Tomorrow London MBO
Three Hills Decalia fund will provide liquidity to present management of Tomorrow London
Equistone’s Bretèche lands €80m refinancing
Fresh debt will replace facilities set up as part of PE buyout in 2013
Bridgepoint acquires Smyk for €247m
Bridgepoint has acquired Smyk from listed parent EM&F alongside Polish GP Cornerstone Partners
Equistone returns to Gaucho
Equistone backed Gaucho's first MBO in 2005 before selling to Phoenix for £55m a year later