CEE
Advent to acquire 90% of Integer.pl
Conditions of offer have been met, and received unconditional consent from the antitrust authorities
AGIC acquires laser manufacturer Fotona
Fotona will use the new funding and local support from AGIC to expand its sales effort in Asia
Strong start in CEE for second year running
Region registered 10 deals in Q1 for the second year running, though 2016 saw deal volume halve in H2
Enterprise Investors exits Dino Polska shares in IPO bookbuilding
Polish supermarket chain's IPO is expected to be the largest private-equity-backed listing in CEE
Amadeus Capital in $2m Iyzico series-C
With the latest capital infusion, the Turkish fintech startup has raised $15m of capital
Larger deals underpin solid CEE performance
The appearance of larger buyouts drives values up and highlights growing maturity in the region
Ardian's Solina buys Supremia
Ardian will continue its strategy of external growth in the European food industry through the acquisition
Dino Polska IPO could revive public exit route for PE in CEE
Public market exit route has been in decline for central and eastern European private equity since its 2013 post-crisis peak
Rockaway backs Czech book publisher Euromedia
Growth investor joins forces with local investors Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč, who provided additional capital
Providence in €115m buyout of Baltic broadcaster MTG
Vendor is Swedish broadcasting company Modern Times Group, which is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
Livonia completes third deal with Santa Monica Networks MBO
The deal sees Livonia tap its maiden fund to acquire Santa Monica's Latvian and Lithuanian operations
BaltCap backs Sanoma Baltics MBO
Previous owner Sanoma Media Finland reaps €10m in proceeds from the sale
Genesis acquires 47% of POS Media Group
Transaction is the second investment made from the Czech GP's third fund, which raised more than €80m last year
EBRD buys into Mid Europa's Profi
International finance institution provides €25m of equity after a €533m buyout by Mid Europa in November
Enterprise Investors to float Dino Polska in Warsaw
Dino founder Tomasz Biernacki will remain majority shareholder after the IPO, retaining a 51% stake in the business
Mid Europa sells Zabka to CVC in largest ever Polish PE exit
Sale of Polish supermarket chain follows in the wake of the GP’s acquisition of Romanian supermarket business Profi
New government may jeopardise Romanian progress
Results of December election follows year of record Romanian M&A activity and strong PE performance
Q4 Barometer: Large-cap deals boost value in a shrinking market
Spike in megadeals boosted aggregate deal value in Q4, though volume was down 20% year-on-year
Chinese GP leads €214m round for Meridian-backed Food Union
Latvian dairy will deploy the freshly raised capital in support of expansion across the Chinese market
Mid Europa sells Alpha Medical to Apax's Unilabs
Vendor has owned Slovakia-based Alpha Medical since a 2012 SBO, while Apax acquired Unilabs in December 2016
Silverfleet's Coventya makes two Turkish bolt-ons
French chemicals producer buys Turkish metal treatment businesses Politeknik and Telbis
Arx carves out Nutricia Deva from Danone
Former managing director of Candy Plus, Keith Dilworth, took part in the deal
Mezzanine Management takes PLN 40m minority stake in Flucar
GP tapped its third mezzanine fund to support capex programme at Polish industrial
Abris Capital promotes Anđelić to partner
Milorad Anđelić joined the CEE-focused private equity firm from Copernicus Capital in 2008