Benelux
Buying and building the modern school
Investments in European private schools and colleges have proven enriching for PE over the past two decades
LSP, Gimv et al. back iStar Medical €40m series-C
Series-C round will help Belgian medical device company to commercialise products
BNY Mellon expands PE capabilities
Robert Burchett-Coates and Greg Kok are appointed as directors based in London and Luxembourg, respectively
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Aurelius carves out YouBuild and MPRO
Carve-out of YouBuild and MPRO marks the maiden deal for Aurelius's Benelux team
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Waterland buys majority in IE Group
Buyout sees Waterland appoint Thorsten Oelgart as the new CEO of Belgium-based IE Group
Volpi backs Mansystems with €20m
Volpi closed its debut fund on €185m, with the expectation of doing six platform investments
HPE Growth leads €35m series-B for WeTransfer
Existing investor Highland Europe has also taken part in the latest funding round
Triton opens office in Amsterdam, makes new hire
Triton has opened an office in the Netherlands and hired van de Linde from Bain Capital
Steadfast buys Koop Group
Fifth platform investment from Steadfast Capital Fund IV, which held a final close on €297m
Q2 Barometer: small-cap boom offsets mid-market lull
Europe records 533 buyout, expansion and early-stage investments over Q2, a nine-quarter low
Waterland eyes logistics companies Marinetrans, BGL
GP files with the regulator to buy Dutch logistics businesses Marinetrans and BGL
Sofina invests €150m in Drylock Technologies
Sofina buys a 25% stake in Drylock, a diapers and incontinence products specialist
Nordic region sees highest entry multiples for sixth quarter running
Q2 edition of the Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap finds a slight cooldown across Europe, though the average multiple still exceeds 10x
Waterland sells HistoGeneX to PE-backed Caprion Biosciences
Waterland exits Belgium-based biotechnology business HistoGeneX to Canadian peer Caprion
GPs hungry for Benelux's food and beverages sector
From 2014 to date, Benelux has surpassed all other European regions in terms of large-cap buyouts in the food sector
Gimv's AgroSavfe receives €35m from investor consortium
Corporate Ackermans & van Haaren is backing AgroSavfe for the first time, injecting €10m
Gilde buys majority stake in Eichholtz
GP will help Dutch luxury furniture business Eichholtz to expand in the US and Asia
Perusa sells Xindao to Gilde
Perusa makes the divestment from Perusa Partners II, a €207m vehicle that closed in 2017
Equistone to acquire Heras
Equistone will acquire the property protection company from building materials group CRH
Steadfast, Kempen back Wilvo MBO
Kempen used its European Private Equity Fund, which held an interim close on €120m in June
Antea backs Frisse Blikken MBO
Deal is the sixth investment by the Antea Participaties VIII fund, which closed on €30m in 2017
Alcentra closes European direct lending fund on €5.5bn
Predecessor held a final close on тЌ4.3bn in 2017 and had an average ticket size of around тЌ100m