Deals
Bowmark buys Nexus from Livingbridge for £51m
Livingbridge acquired the business in 2008
Graphite buys Aero, bolts on Airbase
Fourth deal for GP's £500m eighth buyout fund
SHS acquires SIS-Schwager Group
GP closed fourth fund on €125m in May
CVC buys 40% Moto stake from USS
Deal marks second transaction for CVC's Strategic Opportunities Platform
VC-backed Kuros merges with listed Cytos
Kuros recently raised CHF 20m
JMI Equity injects £49m into Avecto
US private equity firm secures minority stake in Manchester-based security software business
Altor’s Åkers acquired by Ampco-Pittsburgh for $80m
Deal sees Altor acquire significant stake in acquirer
SimScale raises series-A from Union Square
Company is spinout from Technical University Munich
Silverfleet’s Phase One bolts on Mamiya Digital
Bolt-on comes 18 months after GP acquired Phase One, taking 60% stake in the photography business
Industrifonden leads SEK 24m fundraising for Athera
Exit features earn-out for seller Karolinska Development
Southern Europe eyes new year with caution after mixed 2015
unquote" looks back on PE activity witnessed in southern Europe in 2015 to predict trends for 2016
GHO buys Quotient Clinical from BDC
BDC exits drug development business after two years, reaps 6.4x money multiple and strong IRR
Mobeus scores 2.9x on Tessella exit
Mobeus invested in the business in 2012
Triton in SEK 1.1bn sale of Inflight Service Group to Gategroup
Exit comes 10 years after company first came under PE ownership
Principa divests Docebo to Klass
Investment will be used to support US expansion
Inflexion’s Alcumus in £47m Santia deal
Inflexion acquired Alcumus in October this year for £92m
Cinven’s CPA Global buys Innography
Cinven acquired CPA Global from ICG and Electra for $1bn in 2012
BaltCap acquires Baltic waste management group EKT
GP will acquire 75%, with balance held by management
Kesios raises £19m series-A from Abingworth et al.
Kesios span out of Imperial College in July 2012
Enterprise Investors’ Kofola in CZK 11.4bn Prague listing
Soft drinks maker priced at lower end of range
CMC and CITIC buy 13% of City Football Group
Deal values Manchester City parent company at $3bn
EQT and Accent’s Scandic Hotels underwhelms in SEK 6.9bn IPO
Hotel group lists at bottom of price range
CVC teams up with GIC for RAC takeover
Deal is first to be made from CVC's Strategic Opportunities Platform
LBO France's Diam in €20m refinancing
New senior package includes €10m Euro PP element