Deals
BlackRock in talks to buy Aquila Heywood for £350m – report
Aquila Heywood is a pensions administration software company that generates revenues of ТЃ32.4m
LDC sells Adey for £210m
LDC acquired Adey in June 2016, with Alcentra providing a тЌ60m unitranche to support the deal
Bencis acquires PePe Parts from MKB
Bencis Capital Partners plans to support the motorcycle parts wholesaler's international expansion
Braavos leads SpyBiotech's $32.5m series-A
Proceeds will advance the clinical development of SpyBiotech's vaccine technology platform
EQT sells Flying Tiger Copenhagen to Treville
Company founder Lennart Lajboschitz has also reportedly sold his 29% stake in the company
Genui invests in Fact-Finder
Hamburg-headquartered Genui has previously invested in technology-based companies including Mindcurv
Great Hill acquires Notonthehighstreet
Great Hill has previously acquired online marketplaces Wayfair and TheRealReal
Ufenau's Swiss IT Security buys AV-Test
Company plans to make one to two more add-ons in the IT security market in the next six months
Silver Lake, Nestlé lead €3.5bn investment in IVC Evidensia
Existing owner EQT partially exits its stake from EQT VII, but reinvests through EQT IX
YFM sells CPMS for 2x return
In 2018, YFM funded an MBO of CPMS with a ТЃ4.5m investment from its first buyout fund
MTIP, Akilia et al. invest in Koa Health
Company intends to use the fresh capital to accelerate its product development and further expand internationally
EQT Ventures leads €75m series-B round for Instabox
Funding will be used to develop technology to enhance value-chain for customers and merchants, and for expansion outside of Sweden
Permira leads $180m round for Nexthink
Series-D financing round values the Switzerland-based software company at $1.1bn
Bain, Cinven to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients
Deal values the carve-out of the chemicals company at CHF 4.2bn on 2019 EBITDA of CHF 302m
Epiris-backed James Hay to take Nucleus private for £145m
James Hay is using financing made up of equity drawn down from the Epiris Funds and debt from Ares
Kester Capital backs Optibrium
GP invests in the company via its second fund, which closed on its ТЃ90m hard-cap in August 2020
TA Associates to invest in French company DL Software
Software developer has realised an average annual growth rate of more than 10% since its founding
DeA Capital buys coffee producer Ekaf Cellini
GP invests in the company via Taste of Italy 2, which held a final close on €330m in November 2020
PE-backed Oatly could list as early as May – report
Company was previously considering listing in Hong Kong, but is now looking at the US, according to reports
AnaCap sells Equa Bank to Raiffeisen Bank
GP says the digital bank had grown its deposit base and loan book by more than 12x and achieved 36x growth in revenues
Rutland backs infrastructure service JSM
JSM represents the 10th investment from Rutland Fund III, which closed on ТЃ263m in January 2015
Apax to acquire BTP Consultants
Apax invests in mid-market businesses across the TMT, consumer goods, healthcare and financial services sectors
Adcuram's MEA acquires Vilgertshofer Bausysteme
Construction supplier is seeking more add-ons to expand its geographical reach and product portfolio
Inflexion reinvests in BES
Rothschild was appointed to run a sale process to select a minority investor for the company