Deals
Graphite sells Optimum Care to Terra Firma's Four Seasons
Graphite Capital has sold elderly care provider Optimum Care to Four Seasons Health Care, backed by Terra Firma.
Ace Management in €4m round for Ocea
Ace Management has joined existing investor Edmond de Rothcshild Investment Partners (EdRip) in a €4m round for French aluminium boats manufacturer Ocea.
Axa PE sells Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries
Axa Private Equity has exited its majority stake in France-based commercial vehicles manufacturer Aixam Mega in a trade sale to US-based company Polaris Industries Inc.
Creandum et al. back Xeneta
Creandum and Alden AS have led a тЌ1.2m seed round for Xeneta, a Norwegian sea freight crowd-sourcing company.
LDC sells kidsunlimited for £45m
LDC has sold day care nurseries operator kidsunlimited to employer-sponsored childcare provider Bright Horizons for a cash consideration of ТЃ45m.
Conor and Northzone back Sticky
Conor Venture Partners and Northzone have completed a $3m funding round for media technology company Sticky.
Demeter and 123Venture back Cooltech Applications
Demeter Partners and 123Venture have joined existing investors in an €8m funding round for French magnetic refrigeration specialist Cooltech Applications.
Demeter et al. inject €7m into Ideol
Demeter Partners, Sofimac and Soridec have provided Ideol, a French developer of foundations for offshore wind farms, with €7m of funding.
Electra Partners buys two more secondaries stakes
Electra Partners has announced the acquisition of two further stakes in private equity funds for an extra ТЃ22m investment.
Newfund invests in XOR Motors
Venture capital Newfund has backed XOR Motors, a French manufacturer of electric scooters.
N+1 receives dividend recap payout from Mivisa
Spanish GP N+1 has received €21.8m as part of a dividend recap from canning company Mivisa Group.
Oxford Capital leads $5m funding round for Abiquo
Oxford Capital has led a $5m funding round for Spain- and UK-based software business Abiquo.
Water Street backs CCBR-SYNARC
Water Street Healthcare Partners has invested in Danish clinical services company CCBR-SYNARC.
Elbrus Capital buys minority stake in B2B-Center
Elbrus Capital has acquired a 23% stake in Russian online procurement marketplace B2B-Center.
KKR's Pets at Home buys Vets4Pets
Pets at Home, a UK-based pet supplies retailer owned by KKR, has acquired Vets4Pets.
Electra finalises UBM data services acquisition
Electra Partners has acquired the majority of UBM's data services businesses, a deal agreed to in February.
Eurazeo PME buys Idéal Résidences from LBO France
Eurazeo PME has acquired French medical and social healthcare provider Idéal Résidences from LBO France.
Oaktree's R&R Ice Cream buys Fredericks Dairies
R&R Ice Cream, the ice cream manufacturer owned by Oaktree Capital, has wholly acquired Fredericks Dairies for ТЃ49m.
CDC Entreprises and Sofinnova invest €8m in MedDay
CDC Entreprises and Sofinnova Partners have made an €8m equity investment in French biotech firm MedDay.
CM-CIC and IDI exit Alti in €75m trade sale
CM-CIC LBO Partners and IDI have sold French IT engineering firm Alti to a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Tata in a €75m all-cash transaction.
Axa PE sells Duplomatic Oleodinamica to Progressio
Axa Private Equity has sold Italian industrial supplier Duplomatic Oleodinamica in a secondary buyout to Progressio SGR.
Labco: formal bids expected next month
3i-backed medical diagnostics company Labco formally launched its sale process at the end of January and first bids are expected in May.
Segulah sells Medstop to Oriola-KD
Segulah has agreed to sell Medstop Group Holding AB to Oriola-KD Holding Sverige AB for SEK 1.46bn.
TPG mulls listing of Grohe Group
TPG-backed Grohe Group, a supplier of bathroom and kitchen products, is considering an IPO after a lengthy nine-year holding period.