Benelux
Riverside sells RE Panels to THI Investments
Belgium-based sandwich panels specialist RE Panels is sold to German family office THI
Smile acquires stake in Microflor
Smile makes its fourth acquisition in the last 12 months with the horticulture biology company
GP-stake sales controversial among LPs
LPs are naturally reticent about their GPs selling stakes in themselves, as emphasis to boost profits from management fees strengthens
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
H1 Review: Cloudy with a chance of slowdown
With European deployment tapering in the first half, Unquote crunches the numbers and gauges market expectations for the months ahead
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
Egeria exits WC furnisher Vendor to trade
Sale ends a 19-year holding period for Egeria, which acquired Vendor via its second fund
Q2 Barometer: small-cap boom offsets mid-market lull
Europe records 533 buyout, expansion and early-stage investments over Q2, a nine-quarter low
Anders Invest buys Van Dam Machines
GP backs Van Dam, a producer of printing machines for plastic and paper cups and trays
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