Deals
BlackFin backs Lucheux MBO
Investment in insurance broker marks BlackFin's third deal in a month
IK divests Unipex subsidiary Lucas Meyer Cosmetics for €283m
Deal marks partial exit for IK
BGF invests £7.5m in LCV Hire Solutions
Investment will be used to expand company's fleet of hire vehicles
Mezzanine Management invests €23.3m in Mogo Finance
Second investment in Baltics for Mezzanine Management
LDC picks up GCP's Iglu
Transaction marks fourth private equity deal for company
Smallable raises €5m from Alven et al.
Second round since €2m capital injection in 2010
Perceva to buy Fruit of the Loom lingerie division
French turnaround specialist aiming to revitalise brands portfolio
Cinven deal for Telekom Slovenije in limbo
GP amends offer after regulatory delays to company's planned M&A deals
DN Capital et al. in €2m seed round for Dojo Madness
Second seed round in gaming sector for DN and LVP since February
Equistone exits Sunrise Medical to Nordic Capital
Deal value for mobility products company reported to be around €450m
Ouest Croissance et al. in €10m second round for Qowisio
Company has plans for 70 hires within three years
PE-backed Spie valued at €2.5bn in IPO
Shares priced at upper end of range
KKR earns £288m from Pets at Home sell-off
Selldown causes share price to slip by 4%
DFJ Esprit Secondaries leads $16m Miura investment
Funding round was joined by DFJ's EIS fund
Turnarounds still struggling to take off
Turnaround deals throughout Europe remain at low levels
Adents raises €8.5m from Naxicap et al.
Business has received nearly €15m in capital since inception
Nordic Capital's Europris valued at NOK 8.7bn ahead of IPO
Trading on Oslo Stock Exchange to begin on 19 June
Apax and Nordic Capital to list Capio
IPO values company equity at SEK 6.84bn
Industries & Finances exits L'Univers de L'Emballage
Firm’s first fund scored an average of 3x across seven exits
Gimv and Siparex in partial EasyVoyage exit
Divestment understood to be finalised within next 36 months
Apollo to buy Verallia from Saint Gobain for €2.9bn
Largest French buyout since financial crisis
Accent takes majority stake in Akademibokhandeln
Offer made to buy out 60 remaining shareholders
Innov8 raises €24m from CM-CIC et al.
Capital to be used to support French technology start-ups
CD&R picks up Patron's Motor Fuel for £500m
Sir Terry Leahy joins company's board as part of transaction