Deals
PM & Partners buys Cosmelux
Private equity firm Capital Dynamics participated in the transaction alongside PM & Partners
Mobeus scores 3.3x on Ludlow trade sale
GP sells financial advice business Ludlow Wealth Management to Mattioli Woods for £36m
Alcedo backs cybersecurity specialist NetHive
This is the 10th investment inked by the GP via Alcedo IV, which closed on €195m in May 2016
Mobeus invests £8.2m in architectural visualisation studio The Boundary
Deal is GP's 12th investment from Mobeus Equity Partners Fund IV, which is now 70% invested
SoftBank leads $500m series-E round for Contentsquare
Latest funding brings Contentsquare's total funding to date to $810m and values it at $2.8bn
Vectura board greenlights £958m Carlyle offer
Vectura Group is a listed, UK-based developer of inhaled drug delivery devices
Funds maturing in 2021: what is still in PE and infra portfolios
Unquote and Inframation delve into seven of the largest funds maturing around 2021 to highlight potential M&A and secondaries opportunities
PAI Partners backs Apave
GP is investing alongside Gapave, which will remain the largest shareholder in the company
Keensight Capital to buy Symeres from Gilde Healthcare
Gilde's exit comes four years after it invested in the drug discovery and medicinal chemistry company
Itago buys Teknoice
Second deal inked by Itago IV, following its acquisition of a majority stake in SR-Mecatronic
Chubb Fire & Security draws Bain-Advent consortium in £2bn sale
Previous process was halted in 2019 after bidders submitted lower than expected offers
Advent exits Circet to ICG
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Advent, which bought the company from CM-CIC Investissement
Altor buys minority stake in Swedish fashion label Totême
Acquisition reportedly values the fashion company at €148-198m
LDC sells Magicard to trade for £42m
Sale comes five years after LDC backed a £22m management buyout of the compan
Omers buys into Partners Group's International Schools Partnership
Deal gives the international group of K-12 schools an enterprise value of €1.9bn
Oaktree provides €275m in financing to Inter Milan
Following the deal, Suning and LionRock pledge their stakes in the company as collateral
Itago exits Altanova to Esco
With this exit, NEIP III reaps a return of 4.5x on its initial investment
HIG buys Travis Perkins' P&H in £325m deal
GP plans to use its experience in specialised distributors to support the plumbing and heating firm
Procuritas sells Sofa Company to trade
Deal implies a return of 6x for the GP, a source familiar with the deal told Unquote
Sequoia leads €700m series-C round for Trade Republic
Funding brings the total amount Trade Republic has raised to €772m
Cinven sells Chryso to Saint-Gobain for €1bn
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired the company from LBO France via Cinven VI
PE-backed Oatly lists in $10bn IPO
Company's share price surges by more than 30% to $22.74 during initial trading
Castik transfers Waterlogic to €700m single-asset fund
Vehicle acquires a majority stake in Waterlogic from Castik's €1bn first fund Epic I
Finatem's HGears lists with €270m market cap
GP will retain a 30% stake in the gears and components producer, reaping 6x money and 25% IRR