Deals
Pinova Capital acquires Wendt Sit
Pinova Capital has added German insulation provider Wendt Sit GmbH to its portfolio through a secondary buyout of the company from BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen.
Apax sells IFCO Systems to Brambles
Apax has agreed to sell its majority stake in listed German logistics company IFCO Systems to Australian trade buyer Brambles.
AAC Capital Partners acquires Orangefield
AAC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in independent trust service provider Orangefield Trust.
KKR sells recycling company DSD
British private equity group Solidus Partners has backed the acquisition of Duales System Deutschland (DSD) for an undisclosed amount.
STING invests in SEEC
STING Capital has invested in SEEC AB, a provider of energy storage devices for heating and cooling large buildings.
Accent acquires stake in new aviation group
Accent Equity has acquired a 50% stake in Aviator Airport Alliance, a newly formed group of Nordic aviation service providers.
Accent Equity acquires Troax
Accent Equity has acquired Swedish security provider Troax from the Gunnebo group.
Syntaxin receives £18m investment
Lundbeckfond Ventures, Seventure and Ipsen have taken part in a series-C round of financing for biopharmaceutical company Syntaxin.
Ratos sells Camfil for SEK 1.3bn
Ratos has wholly sold its stake in Camfil for SEK 1.325bn, giving the investor and exit profit of approximately SEK 610m.
LDC secures partial exit from Virgin Racing
LDC has reached an agreement with Marussia that will see the Russian supercar manufacturer take a shareholding in F1 team Virgin Racing.
Apollo makes offer for BHF Bank
Apollo Management has made an offer for BHF Bank, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.
Naxicap and SCR Provencale et Corse invest €1.15m in SolarQuest
Naxicap Partners and SCR Provençale et Corse have backed French energy equipment provider SolarQuest with €1.15m of growth capital funding.
HgCapital backs the buyout of ATC Group
HgCapital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch provider of corporate services to industrial and financial multinational ATC Group.
Finance Wales leads £400,000 G-volution round
Finance Wales has led a £400,000 funding round for G-volution, a Newport-based firm which has developed a clean teach multi-fuel system.
Altor accquires stake in Eltek
Altor Equity Partners has acquired a 16.5% stake in Eltek ASA, a Norwegian listed global power conversion and microwave transmission specialist.
IK acquires EPiServer from VC consortium
IK Investment Partners has acquired EPiServer Group AB from Amadeus Capital, Monterro Holding, Northzone Ventures and entrepreneurs.
Aheim back MBO of Ercos
Aheim Capital has backed the management buyout of Ercos S.A.'s German division for an undisclosed sum.
PAI-backed Yoplait sale underway
A PAI spokesperson has confirmed the upcoming start of the sale process, according to media reports.
Sun European acquires Maxeda departments
Sun European Partners has acquired the V&D stores and La Place restaurants from Maxeda Retail Group.
JC Flowers to inject €450m into Banca Cívica
American private equity firm JC Flowers is said to be in the final stages of an agreement with Spain's Banca Cívica to supply the firm with €450m of convertible debt securities.
PAI Partners in talks with SOS
PAI Partners could come to the rescue of SOS Corporación Alimentaria by providing the firm with the capital increase it requires to refinance its debt.
Big guns circle CVC-backed Mivisa
Five prominent buy-out houses are circling Mivisa, the portfolio company of their private equity rival CVC Capital Partners.
US and UK law firms announce combination
US-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. and UK-based Hammonds LLP have combined to create a new global legal practice.
Sources: Lion Capital could buy Restauravia
British private equity firm Lion Capital has expressed an interest in buying restaurant chain Restauravia from current owners Corpfin, according to sources.