Deals
German buyout market: stirring back to life?
Dealflow rose by more than a quarter in the first six months of 2015 compared to H2 2014
LDC's Prism Medical bolts on Smirthwaite
Fourth bolt-on since MBO expected to drive revenues to ТЃ40m
PHSC's Skin Vision raises €3m
Fund was led by Danish pharma company Leo Pharma
Bregal sells Studialis to Providence
Education group thought to be valued around €250m
Duke Street et al. buy Fork Rent and One Call Hire
Acquisitions to be merged into rental equipment group
RCapital backs Summit and Hotelcare
Summit will use funds to deploy new technology platform
Earlybird and Pinova sell Hemoteq
Trade sale sees Earlybird exiting after 17 years
Finaccess buys 32% AmRest stake from Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus first acquired stake for €80m in 2010
Vitruvian buys Voxbone
Customers include Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and NTT Communications
Deal in Focus: Allianz et al. buy Tank & Rast from Terra Firma
Terra Firma's sale of Autobahn Tank & Rast marks the largest buyout recorded in Germany in nearly 10 years
Inventure et al. in $3m round for Yoogaia
Finnish company planning iOS app rollout
ChurchDesk raises $2m from Mangrove
Mangrove investment brings total raised to $3.25m
Earlybird, HTGF lead €1.1m EBS Technologies round
Company planning expansion into the US
Northzone and Wellcome Trust buy $80m stake in Klarna
Deal values fintech company at $2.25bn
KKR acquires minority stake in Software One
Founding partners and management retain control of the business.
Maven injects £500,000 into Rekoop
Investment comes one year after Rekoop's seed funding round
Rainbird raises £1m from New Anglia et al.
Startup receives money from local investors
Talis et al. in $1m round for Loyalty Bay
Funds to be used for the companyтs conversion optimiser API
Debt: borrowing terms improve as competition intensifies
European PE houses set to benefit from increasingly borrower-friendly environment for remainder of 2015
Pembroke et al. back ME+EM
Deal marks VCTтs fifth foray in the retail and apparel sector
VR and BIP buy Leuna Tenside
Backers secure majority stake in business
Equistone's Concept bolts-on CXR
Deal marks CXR's fourth bolt-on
Capiton exits RTS to Media-Saturn
Trade sale comes six years after acquisition
Inflexion sells Rhead in £36m trade sale
Deal marks sixth exit for Inflexion so far in 2015