Deals
Equita acquires majority stake in Rovema Group
Equita buys German packaging machinery and facilities producer
Apax to acquire RFS Holland
SBO thought to value business around the €450m mark
Weinberg-backed Climater acquires Aurion & Cie
Second bolt-on for the business under Weinberg’s ownership
3i Infrastructure and AMP buy Esvagt for DKK 4.1bn
3i invests £109m for 50% stake in maritime services company
Bowmark nets 3.7x on Las Iguanas exit
Bowmark acquired restaurant chain for £24m in 2007
Ekkio acquires Sterience
GP picks up sterilisation services provider from parent group Dalkia
Polaris offers DKK 481m for Mols-Linien
GP currently owns 30% stake in business
Oaktree in talks for Banca Lecchese
Deal would come hot on the heels of ICBPI's €2.15bn PE buyout
Naxicap’s Accent bolts on Covebo
Sixth add-on for Accent since being it first received PE backing
Maven invests £4.3m in Cursor Controls
UK trackball manufacturer to develop products for new markets
Axègaz raises €3.7m from 123Venture et al.
Business's founders understood to retain a 41.5% stake
Doughty offloads TV3 for €80m
Doughty Hanson bought the company in 2006 for €265m
Deal in focus: Apax’s Sophos joins rare group of UK unicorns
Apax's listing of cybersecurity business Sophos awards company with £1bn valuation
MBO Partenaires acquires 22% stake in Llorente & Cuenca
Investment marks firm’s maiden deal in Spain
Sunstone and Verdane’s Boozt.com raises further DKK 200m
Round brings total raised by fashion retailer Boozt to DKK 350m
Pollen Street's Banca Sistema shares up 4.3% on first day
Italian specialist bank floated with €302m market cap
Next Wave and Saphir back Molinare's acquisition of Hackenbacker
Post-production companies have track record of collaboration
Prêt d’Union raises €31m from Eurazeo et al.
Listed GP contributes €17m to round for peer-to-peer lender
LBO France buys 60% stake in IKKS
Enterprise value understood to sit in the €500-600m range
Endless backs £17.9m FPS spin-out from Kier
Vehicle-leasing company to rebrand as Essential
Eurazeo sells Cap Vert Finance to Carlyle in €137m SBO
Carlyle has invested via €656m technology fund
Langholm Capital picks up Wool Overs
Wool Overs sells knitwear online
FSN sells HusCompagniet to EQT
EQT becomes company's third PE owner, reportedly paying DKK 2bn
Apposite sells Cancer Partners UK
Apposite supported the company's creation in 2006