Deals
Active reaps 8x money on sale of Evans to ECI
ECI secures "significant majority stake" in bike retail business
Active Capital Company picks up Lantor from IPT Group
Third investment for AAC’s second fund
EdRip in exclusive talks for LBO Partners' Rougnon
LBO intends to fully exit its minority stake in the business
Cathay leads €30m funding round for Echosens
First investment for firm's latest midcap vehicle
JZ Capital targets Denmark with SAC purchase
First investment in the country for listed US player
Benelux Q1 activity delivers increase in 'pass-the-parcel' deals
SBOs are creeping up in the region, but corporate spinoffs are also on the rise
FSN acquires Fitness World
GP adds to wave of investments in health clubs over the past year
3i scores 2x on Soyaconcept exit
Exit comes almost seven years after expansion deal
Ratos sells down 20.9% Inwido stake
Ratos sells 20.9% of Inwido shares for SEK 1.1bn
Pole Capital leads $2m round for MisterBnB
Company plans to open five new offices in Europe and US
Mobeus backs Jablite and Styropack MBO with £5m
Transaction understood to be valued at ТЃ26m
Target Partners backs Dedrone with €2.7m
Round to fund development of Drone Tracker system
Isai, Go Capital inject €4m into Digitaleo
Business angels also take part in round
LBO France exits WFS to Platinum
Sale values cargo-handling company at €300-350m
LDC picks up Aspin stake for £25m
Aspin hopes to take advantage of changes to UK rail industry
LFPI and Montefiore in talks for Interflora's fourth buyout
Business was acquired by Chevrillon and HLD for €148m in 2011
VC-backed Biocartis lists with €450m market cap
Biocartis raises €100m in offering
Avedon exits Euretco to EK/Service group
Trade sale comes more than seven years after 2008 SBO
IK sells SportGroup to Equistone
Equistone will be third private equity owner of German group
Astorg to buy Metrologic from Carlyle
SBO is understood to be valued at €200-250m
Investment AB Kinnevik leads €30m Westwing series-E
Home and living store has raised €209m over five funding rounds
HgCapital backs Eucon
GP invested from software- and tech-focused Mercury Fund
Gilde and Parcom sell Bekaert to Haniel
Exited business is part of portfolio company Gamma
CBPE scores 22x return on IDIS sale
CBPE has sold IDIS to Clinigen for ТЃ225m, generating a 22x return