Deals
CVC-backed Sunrise plans CHF 1.35bn IPO
Greenshoe option would increase IPO by 15% if exercised in full
Omnes’s Eratome bolts on TPM
Bolt-on increases Eratome's 2014 turnover to c€40m
Stefnir leads $98m series-D for Verne Global
Icelandic fund manager division of Arion Bank leads round
Gimv’s Almaviva bolts on Paris hospital
Bolt-on increases Almaviva's 2014 revenues to €130m
Cinven acquires Premium Credit from GTCR in £462m deal
Speciality finance business to expand through selective acquisitions
Gimv et al. invest €12m in Teads
Company is potentially planning a listing on Nasdaq this year
City Link: embattled start to 2015 for private equity
An in-depth look into the fall of City Link and the implications for private equity
SV et al. sell Convergence for $675m
VCs invested in the company in 2010
Arcadia acquires H-old in all-equity deal
Industrial adhesive tape manufacturer to expand internationally
Carlyle’s Puccini sells Planet Sports
Carlyle acquired portfolio of clothing businesses in 2010
Waterland invests in Premium Exhibitions
Previous owner Norbert Tillmann sells stake
DFJ et al. in £1.56m series-A for Fluidic Analytics
Cambridge biotech company set to launch its products
OTC invests in Accengage
Mobile First Alliance invested alongside OTC
Inkef leads €2.5m round for Crowdynews
Inkef's Jan Galema joins board of directors
Nordic Capital buys Unisport
Second add-on acquisition for Sportmaster in a year
BGF injects £5m into Xercise4Less
Gym operator to expand into London and south-east England
Thuja et al. invest in Hemics
Company plans to commercialise HandScan product
Elixir Capital injects $4m into Annelutfen
Investment to form cornerstone of Elixir's Asian e-commerce programme
3i-backed OneMed acquires Bosman Medical Devices
Acquisition will support OneMed's international growth and expand product range
Capzanine, SGCP back Carrera MBO
Two firms also provided mezzanine financing to the company
Apposite's Convergence sold to Biogen Idec in $475m deal
GP took part in $35.4m series-A for biopharmaceutical company in 2010
Seventure backs MaaT
Firm commits to invest further €1m based on milestones
Warburg Pincus sells Survitec for £450m
Transaction has a roughly 50-50 debt-to-equity split
Axcel exits VPG and fully realises fund
Exit comes after 14 years' ownership of the troubled company