Deals
UK - LDC backs MBO of Icon Polymer
LDC has backed the management buyout of manufacturing business Icon Polymer for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE - Siparex invests in Canifrance
Siparex has invested an undisclosed amount in Canifrance, a producer of pet accessories, alongside Jean-Yves Tréanton and Pascale Meunier in an MBI deal.
ROMANIA – GED backs Total with EUR 12m
GED has backed Romanian cleantech firm Total Eurobusiness with a EUR 12m investment.
NETHERLANDS - Waterland purchases Intertrust
Waterland Private Equity has purchased 100% of Fortis Intertrust Group Holding, a trust and corporate solutions company, from Fortis Bank Netherland and BGL.
ITALY - CPE invests EUR 10m into Enerqo
Clean tech investor Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has backed Enerqos Spa with EUR 10m.
GERMANY – Paragon Partners acquires Schülerhilfe
Munich-based Paragon Partners has acquired private teaching franchise ZGS Schülerhilfe GmbH for an undisclosed amount from Sylvan Learning Group.
FRANCE - 123Venture back EUR 4m renewables investments
123Venture, alongside renewable energy business Frey Nouvelles Energies, has invested EUR 2.5m into Solar Mimizan, an integrated solar power plants constructor and operator, and EUR 1.5m into Mariagaz, a biogas power plants operator.
UK - August-backed Enara completes Care Agency add-on
August Equity-backed home care specialist has completed the bolt-on acquisition of The Care Agency Ltd, a provider of private pay live-in carers.
DACH – BC Partners acquires FutureLAB and takes 40 % stake in Synlab
BC Partners has acquired listed company FutureLAB, a provider of medical-diagnostic laboratory services, and taken a 40% stake in sector rival Synlab, with the view to merge the two by the end of the year.
GERMANY – CBR acquires Angell-Demmel
CBR Management GmbH has acquired a majority stake in Angell-Demmel Holding GmbH & Co KG, a manufacturer of decorative parts from aluminium for car interiors, from the two family shareholders.
FRANCE – Auriga invests EUR 3m into Convertigo
Auriga Partners has provided Convertigo, an internet company, with EUR 3m in a first round of financing. The investment round took four months to complete.
NETHERLANDS - Icos backs BiAqua spin-out
Icos Capital has backed the spin-out of BiAqua, a developer of water contamination solutions, from the Delft University of Techonology.
SWITZERLAND - EdRIP et al. invest CHF 38m into Endosense
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has led a series-B funding round worth over CHF 38m for medical technology company Endosense SA, alongside Gimv, Neomed, VI Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, Ysios Capital Partners and Initiative Capital...
FRANCE - AXA PE invests EUR 2m into Aviccia
AXA Private Equity has injected Aviccia, a solar turn-key company, with a EUR 2m investment.
FRANCE - Siparex invests EUR 1m into Groupe OZ
Siparex, via its funds Siparex Proximité 3 and Franche-Comté PME 3, has provided marketing business Groupe OZ, the parent company of TB Com' and its subsidiaries Galapagos and Aladin, with a EUR 1m investment.
ITALY - Alpha et al. to delist EUR 350m Permasteelisa
Pan-European buyout house Alpha Group is among of consortium of bidders seeking to delist construction company Permasteelisa, in a deal that values the business at around EUR 350m.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs EUR 450,000 Sens-Innov funding
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Bretagne Jeunes Entreprises (BJE) have provided Sens-Innov, a diagnostics solutions company, with a EUR 450,000 investment.
ESTONIA/AUSTRIA - Conor et al. in EUR 2.5m seed round for Crystalsol
Conor Venture Partners and Energy Future Invest have, alongside Enterprise Estonia, Austria Wirtschaftsservice and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, provided EUR 2.5m in seed funding for semiconductor business Crystalsol OÜ.
NORWAY - Banks taking over IK’s KID
Retructuring negotiations for beleaguered IK Investment Partners-backed textile retail chain KID Interiør ended Friday, with Norwegian bank DnB NOR taking over the company.
SWEDEN - AP6 backs Plusvardag
The Sixth Swedish Pension Fund (AP6) has invested in Plusvardag, a wholesale company developing geriatric aid equipment.
SWEDEN - STF backs Pemtec with SEK 10m
Swedish venture investor Sustainable Technologies Fund (STF) has invested SEK 10m into Pemtec AB, a developer of collectors for ground source heat pumps.
UK - Intel and T-Online increase interest in ClickandBuy
Intel Capital and T-Online Venture Fund have, alongside two Swiss family offices, acquired founder Norbert Stangl's 40% interest in Firstgate Holding AG, the holding company of UK-headquartered payment services business ClickandBuy, for an undisclosed...
GERMANY - BayBG supplies growth financing for Viewento GmbH
BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft has invested in in-store TV systems company Viewento GmbH, acquiring a minority stake in the business.
LUXEMBOURG - IK takes majority stake in Vistra
Buyout house IK Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in corporate structuring specialists Vistra Group for an undisclosed sum, alongside a group of investors including Reggeborgh Groep.