Deals
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 £49m.
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.
Maven acquires Fundamental Tracker Investment Management
Maven Capital Partners has acquired UK-based alternative asset manager Fundamental Tracker Investment Management Limited (FTIM) from City of London Group.
Isis commits £5m to Create Health
Isis Equity Partners has invested £5m in London-based fertility clinic Create Health.
Novartis, Index et al. lead €32m series-A for GenSight Biologics
Novartis Venture Fund, Abingworth, Versant Ventures and Index Ventures have co-led a €32m series-A funding round for French biotech business GenSight Biologics.
Silverfleet buys Ipes from RJD for £50m
Silverfleet has acquired fund administration business Ipes from RJD Partners for £50m.
Enterprise makes 9x on Kruk
Central European investor Enterprise Investors has fully exited its investment in Kruk after a 10-year holding period.
Nordic Capital buys Unifeeder from Montagu Private Equity
Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire Danish logistics company Unifeeder from Montagu Private Equity in a transaction believed to be worth around €400m.
CVC to list shares in bpost
CVC Capital Partners plans to list its shares in Belgian postal service bpost on the stock market and has already appointed banks to coordinate the sale, according to reports.
Ratos exits Svenska Nyhetsbrev to Bonnier
Ratos-backed Bisnode has sold business news supplier Svenska Nyhetsbrev AB to Bonnier Business Press.
Harwood PE buys two music magazine brands
Harwood Private Equity has acquired the rock magazine brands Classic Rock and Metal Hammer from listed media group Future for £10.2m.
MML's Arena Group acquires Karl’s
UK-based events business The Arena Group, a portfolio company of MML Capital Partners, has acquired its US competitor Karl’s Event Services.
Qualium to re-inject €30m into Quick as part of amend-and-extend
French investor Qualium is set to invest a further €30m of equity in restaurants chain Quick while the company's lenders have agreed to extend the terms of its debt, which was due to mature in 2015.
Sentica in Citec bolt-on
Sentica Partners portfolio company Citec Group has acquired French oil & gas engineering consultancy Akilea Engineering.
Kernel Capital et al. back Zinc Software
Kernel Capital and Dublin Business Innovation Centre have invested €650,000 in Zinc Software, a Dublin-based company developing a biofeedback platform for iOS and Android systems.
Principia and Vertis invest $6m in Jusp
Italian VCs Vertis and Principia have made a capital injection of around $6m into Jusp, a mobile payments systems provider.
Portobello Capital’s Stock Uno buys CTC from Suma
Stock Uno, a logistics firm owned by Portobello Capital, has wholly acquired CTC Externalización, an outsourcing industrial and logistics services provider backed by Suma Capital.