Deals
China's Fosun invests in Italian menswear maker Caruso
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International is understood to have bought a 35% stake in Italian high-end menswear manufacturer Caruso.
Exponent's Trainline in £190m dividend recap
Trainline, a UK train ticketing website backed by Exponent Private Equity, has secured a ТЃ190m refinancing.
Afinum buys Thonet
Afinum Management has acquired a majority stake in family-owned furnishings supplier Thonet.
Axa PE- and Resource-backed Baltcom buys Izzi
Latvian telecommunication business Baltcom, owned by Axa Private Equity and Resource Partners, has acquired cable television operator Izzi.
Accel leads $18m round for Calastone
Accel Partners has led an $18m funding round for Calastone, a UK-based fund transaction network.
Equistone buys Whitworths in tertiary deal
Equistone Partners Europe has bought a majority stake in Whitworths, a UK supplier of dried fruit, nut and seed products, becoming the firmтs third private equity owner.
Isatis injects €2.4m into Ispa MBO
Isatis Capital has invested €2.4m in the leveraged management buyout of French project management consultancy Ispa Consulting, in what marks the GP's last deal under the BNP Paribas Private Equity moniker.
Bridgepoint sells Terveystalo to EQT
Bridgepoint has sold Finnish private healthcare provider Terveystalo to EQT for a reported тЌ650m.
Towerbrook takes off with LDC's AIM Aviation
Towerbrook Capital Partners has acquired aircraft cabin interior designer and manufacturer AIM Aviation from LDC.
Cequr raises $27m in series-B
Swiss biotech firm Cequr has raised $27m in a series-B funding round from two new private investors and all existing backers, including Endeavour Vision and VI Partners.
InnovaFonds injects €3m into Icape
InnovaFonds has invested €3m in French circuit boards manufacturer Icape.
VCs sell Blink to Groupon
Several venture players have sold Blink Bookings, a Spanish last-minute travel app, to Groupon.
MMC backs Tyres On The Drive with £1.5m
Previous investors MMC Ventures and Enterprise Ventures Group (EV) have injected ТЃ1.5m into Tyres On The Drive, a mobile tyre-fitting service.
Verdane et al. exit Compricer.se to Schibsted
Verdane Capital, founder Jacob Tolleryd and private investors have sold Swedish price comparison website Compricer.se to Schibsted Media Group.
3i invests €77m in GIF
3i has invested €77m in the management buyout of Gesellschaft für Industrieforschung (GIF), a transmission testing specialist, alongside the firm’s CEO.
Apollo buys Evo Banco for €60m
Buyout firm Apollo Global Management has wholly acquired Spanish retail bank Evo Banco from NCG Banco for €60m.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected ТЃ590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
Carlyle acquires BTI from Valedo Partners
The Carlyle Group has acquired Swedish subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI) from Valedo Partners.
BGF backs Inoapps with £10m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in Aberdeen-based Inoapps, an Oracle application reseller and IT consultancy business, in return for a minority stake.
PE-backed Foodpanda receives $8m for Middle East expansion
Foodpanda, backed by Rocket Internet, Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures, has received $8m from iMena.
PE-backed Galantos Pharma sells Alzheimer's drug
Galantos Pharma, a pharmaceutical company backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and KfW, has sold its Alzheimer's drug Memogain to Neurodyn.
Impax to acquire two Finnish wind power projects
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire the Kuolavaara-KeulakkopУЄУЄ and JoukhaisselkУЄ pre-construction-stage wind power projects from Fortum and MetsУЄhallitus.
Target Partners reinvests in Tado
Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures have invested €2m in heating app Tado.
Caixa Capital Risc commits €2m to Forest Chemical
Caixa Capital Risc has made a €2m commitment to Alicante-based industrial adhesives firm Forest Chemical Group.