Deals
Countrywide backers in £200m partial sale
Two backers of listed UK estate agent Countrywide, Oaktree Capital Management and Apollo Management, have sold approximately ТЃ200m of their shares on the LSE.
Star Capital sells Alloheim to Carlyle for €180m
Star Capital has sold Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen, a provider of residential care for elderly people in Germany, to fellow private equity house Carlyle for €180m.
Lion secures €900m amend-and-extend for HEMA
Lion Capital has completed a €900m amend-and-extend for Dutch retailer HEMA's senior second-lien mezzanine and PIK facilities.
German GPs cautious on venture
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and BVK, the German private equity and venture capital association, have published a survey revealing decreased confidence in early-stage investments from local deal-doers in Q2.
EQT backs Swiss Smile
EQT has invested CHF 44m in a later stage growth funding situation involving Switzerland-based dental chain Swiss Smile.
Bregal buys proAlpha from Beaufort Capital
Bregal Capital has bought a majority stake in excess of 70% in proAlpha, a manufacturer of enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) software.
HTGF backs siOptica
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed siOptica, a manufacturer and provider of special optics.
Northcap and T-Venture back Veliq
Northcap and T-Venture have injected $9m into a series-B funding round for Veliq, a Netherlands-based mobility platform-as-a-service (mPaaS) creator.
Exact Invest backs Danmagi
Exact Invest has invested in Danmagi, a Danish cloud-based guest internet provider.
Rocket Internet exits Zalando
Start-up incubator Rocket Internet has transferred its stake in online fashion retailer Zalando to Swedish investment company Kinnevik.
Industrifonden and Zobito back inRiver
Industrifonden and Zobito have invested SEK 20m in Swedish software company inRiver.
Sovereign Capital's Christchurch Group buys Hunters Moor
Christchurch Group, a neurological rehabilitation platform backed by Sovereign Capital, has bought Hunters Moor, also a provider of neurological rehabilitation services.
BGF's York Mailing in bolt-on
BGF-backed York Mailing has acquired The Lettershop Group (TLG), a UK print marketing and mailing solutions provider.
eCapital et al. sell Novaled for €260m
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners and other backers have sold 40% of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) specialist Novaled to Samsung Electronics, as well as a further 50% of the business to its subsidiary Cheil Industries, in a transaction valued at...
Patron injects €150m into Generator
Patron Capital has invested a further тЌ150m into hostel business Generator to support its acquisition of sites in Paris and Rome.
Triton buys Alpine-Energie
Triton has wholly acquired Austrian energy firm Alpine-Energie Holding from Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
CVC acquires Domestic & General from Advent
CVC has agreed to buy insurance business Domestic & General (D&G) from Advent International, alongside management.
CVC set to buy Campbell Europe
CVC Capital Partners has entered exclusive negotiations with Campbell Soup Company to acquire part of its European activities.
LDC backs MBO of uSwitch.com
LDC has acquired a significant stake in uSwitch.com, a UK-based price comparison site, as part of a management buyout.
Peppermint Venture Partners et al. back CAP-CMV
Peppermint Venture Partners has led a €800,000 seed financing round for CAP-CMV, a German medical start-up, alongside other investors.
Exit focus: Italy's Ambienta reaps three-digit IRR
Exit focus: Tower Light
Exit focus: Italy's Ambienta reaps three-digit IRR
Exit focus: Tower Light
PMV backs Rapidfit
PMV has backed Rapidfit, a Belgium-based 3D printing specialist for the automotive industry, with a combination of equity and a subordinated loan.
Finatem buys 40% stake in FMW Industrieanlagenbau
Finatem has bought a 40% stake in FMW, an Austrian manufacturer of industrial plants, from private equity house Hannover Finanz and FMW’s management.