Deals
Private equity's sin-vestments
From lingerie to gambling, a run down of private equity's racier investments
Insight Ventures' Mimecast raises $78m in IPO
Company listed on Nasdaq
True Capital acquires Ribble Cycles
Deal comes as True Capital closes its first buyout fund
21 Partners-backed Synerlab acquires Alcalá Farma
Alcalá was founded in 1995
SEP et al. in £9.5m series-C for SportPursuit
Round brings total raised to £19m
Eurazeo buys Fintrax from Exponent
Deal values the company at €550m
TA Associates in quick Cmosis exit
GP sells company to AMS less than two years after investment
Corporate reshuffling: an origination opportunity?
As corporate M&A activity abounds, opportunities for PE are opening up
TowerBrook exits AIM Altitude stake to AVIC
Exit comes two years after SBO from LDC
Bencis and Gimv to sell Xeikon to Flint
Trade sale follows €168m take-private in July 2013
Mid-market index draws close to all-time 2006 high – Argos Soditic
Trade buyers pay lower, GPs higher multiples
Argan’s Delsey completes €100m refinancing
Unitranche to replace €120m facility from 2007 buyout
A Plus Finance backs MBI of Passage
New CEO Cyrille Lombardo to take over from corporate parent Eram
RCP buys Small Batch Coffee
RCP sourced the deal off-market
Triton in €60m Suomen Lähikauppa trade sale
Exit comes nearly three years after acquisition
Deal in focus: Ardian exit sparks third reshuffle for Novarc
An in-depth look at Ardian's recent exit of electrical business Novarc
Endless-backed Adare sells subsidiary to Americk
Endless backed £60m MBO in early 2015
DN and Octopus back Eve’s £2.5m series-A
Company operates in the UK and Germany
Test IO raises $5m series-A from Turn/River Capital
Company offers software testing
Ebury raises $83m from Vitruvian et al.
Third largest growth ticket in European financial sector so far in 2015
Ratos reaps €20m from Nebula refinancing
Listed GP realises value on €34m investment
French VC scene approaches year-end with fundraising surge
Six digital-focused vehicles have made announcements last month
Invision acquires majority stake in Schneider Group
Deal marks Invision's first investment for 2015
DN Capital et al. in $2m round for Hostmaker
Company offers hospitality management services to Airbnb hosts