Deals
Equistone secures majority stake in Tristyle Mode
Acquisition will lead to build-up strategy
Deal in focus: Verdane exits Banqsoft to Advent's KMD for 6x money
Exit brings GP's first direct secondaries fund to full realisation
Mobeus in £4m round for Tushingham
Deal marks GPтs fifth investment in 2015
PE-backed Alain Afflelou bolts on Optical Discount
Add-on to lead to creation of low-cost optical retail network
Summit Partners offloads 360T for €725m
Deal still awaiting regulatory approval
LDC acquires Mini-Cam
Deal is fourth in eight months from GP's Manchester office
Seventure injects further €1m into MaaT
Investment comes after first €1m round by VC in January
Mega-buyout bonanza: Q2's five largest deals
Taking stock of the five largest European buyouts inked in the past quarter
Gimv's Almaviva buys Arago and Domus
Bolt-on is the latest in a series by the business since inception
Novartis et al. in $36m series-B for GenSight
Capital to be used for development of GS010 therapy
Memo Therapeutics raises CHF 2.3m series-A
Zurich biotech attracts funding from Redalpine
TDR in €3.7bn LBO for LeasePlan
Fourth largest transaction ever in Benelux, according to unquote” data
PE-backed Coral to merge with Ladbrokes
Backers including Apollo took stake in 2010 debt-for-equity swap
Mid-cap PE valuations back to pre-crisis heights – Argos research
PE houses and corporates neck and neck on pricing
Quick Mix bolts on Schwenk Putztechnik
Quick Mix makes purchase with mezzanine capital
Baring Vostok and Almaz lead $40m series-B for CarPrice
Round follows $2m seed round in November 2014
CVC secures €477m acquisition of PKP Energetyka
Deal is CVC's first stand-alone investment in Poland
Ardian acquires two business units from DPX Holdings
Businesses had combined sales of around €200m in 2014
D-Bi raises €3.5m from Jaina Capital et al.
Funds to finance 20 hires and launch of UK and Germany offices
Northzone leads $8m series-A for FishBrain
Swedish angler app brings total funding above $10.5m
CapDecisif et al. in €3.6m round for InnaVirVax
Third funding round for French biopharma
Bima raises $38.4m series-C from LeapFrog et al.
Swedish micro-insurance provider aims to expand across emerging markets
Summit invests $22.5m in Darktrace
Darktrace also receives support from former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch
Felix Capital et al. in $20m series-B round for Mirakl
Deal represents largest investment by Felix to date