Deals
Polaris divests AddPro to Perusa
Munich-based Perusa to create pan-European company
PE-backed Ontex valued at up to €1.35bn in upcoming IPO
Offering will result in partial exit for PE backers
Ardian acquires Bio 7 stake from Chequers Capital
Company to continue with buy-and-build strategy
Resource acquires majority stake in World Class Romania
Resource purchased controlling stake last week
Corporate venture: friend or foe?
Corporate venture
PAI acquires DomusVi
Deal was sourced through an auction process
Delta Partners leads $3m round for Homestay.com
Company's founder is co-founder of Hostelworld, sold to private equity in 2013
Sentica's Func Foods buys CocoVi
Bolt-on extends Func's health food product range
Alven et al. invest €1m in Textmaster
Company hopes to secure third funding round by year-end
Palatine buys EPI Group
Sixth investment from GP's second fund
Phoenix exits Precise Media in trade sale
Company under private equity ownership since 2005
InVenture et al. invest $3m in Gillbus
Gillbus plans development in Africa
Index Ventures et al. inject $25m into TransferWise
Company will use funding for marketing purposes
Fondo Italiano sells Eco Eridania in first divestment
Sale proceeds "higher than anticipated"
Cinven exploring Pizza Express exit
Deal expected to value pizza chain at >£1bn
Nordic Capital acquires majority stake in Gina Tricot
Nordic Capital has reached an agreement to acquire the majority of Swedish fashion retail chain Gina Tricot from its existing shareholders.
Acromas in partial exit from AA pre-IPO
Acromas could sell entire shareholding as part of flotation
Cinven to acquire GNFT for €510m
Fibre-optic provider to expand activities in South America
TowerBrook picks up Blackstone’s ICS
Deal marks firm's third private equity ownership
Sovereign exits Tracscare to G Square
Sovereign first invested in the company in 2004
NVM backs £5m MBO of Arnlea Holdings
Company's MD is former chairman of NVM's previous portfolio company
Gimv sells listed Barco stake
Final exit after holding period of more than 30 years
Innovacom takes part in $1m round for Cozy Cloud
Company will add to its team following investment
Game IPO achieves £340m market cap
Shares priced at bottom of the range