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Q1 Barometer: Total European deal value reaches new decade high
The latest Unquote Private Equity Barometer, produced in association with Aberdeen Standard Investments, is now available to download
Creandum expands investment team in Stockholm and London
Sabina Wizander returns to Creandum as partner after spending four years at portfolio company Kry
Astorg, Bridgepoint buy Fenergo from Insight Partners
Media report values the business at $1.16bn, with the two GPs buying their stake for $600m
EQT's Suse sets share price for €5bn IPO
Listing of the open-source enterprise software business is expected on 19 May 2021
Endless's Enact carves out Jost's Edbro
Hydraulic cylinder producer is the third deal of 2021 from the GP's Enact strategy
BaltCap sells Ecoservice to PE-backed Eco Baltia
BaltCap's exit comes seven years after the GP acquired a 75% stake in Ecoservice for €16.4m
General Atlantic leads €276m round for €2.6bn-valued Back Market
Round sees participation from Generation Investment Management, Aglaé, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs and Daphni
Lindsay Goldberg sells Schur Flexibles to trade
GP acquired the packaging producer from Capiton in 2016 and will retain a 20% stake in the business
Exponent acquires Gü
Exponent said in a statement that the dessert producer has international expansion potential
Gro-backed Trifork to list in €400m IPO
Planned exit comes six years after software investor Gro Capital invested €6m in Trifork for a 20% stake
Top Tier Capital closes European fund on €260m
Fund makes primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and co-investments in select portfolio companies
Warburg Pincus, Macquarie invest in Premier Technical Services
Macquarie Capital acquired PTSG in a take-private in 2019 and is reinvesting in the new buyout
Wise Equity invests in Selle Royal
GP backs the company via its fund Wisequity V, which closed on its €260m hard-cap in July 2019
KKR buys majority stake in ERM from Omers, AIMCo
Omers Private Equity backed the sustainability consultancy in 2015; the exit is valued at $2.85bn
Summa Equity to sell HyTest in €545m trade deal
Company in 2019 recorded SEK 299m in revenues and an adjusted EBITDA of тЌ15m
Oxy Capital backs GPack
Deal includes the restructuring of around €60m in debt and the injection of fresh funds, as well as managerial support
Screen Capital buys machine rental firm Tätab Hyrservice
Deal is in line with a generational change in ownership of TУЄtab, which was established in 1963
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Alpha appoints Zanotelli as director in Italy
In his new role, Livio Zanotelli will focus on identifying new investment opportunities across Italy
CVC sells AR Packaging to trade for $1.45bn
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell portfolio company AR Packaging Group to listed company Graphic Packaging Holding Company for $1.45bn.
Neuberger exits Service Med to MedicAir
GP sells its 75% stake in the medical company, controlled via Atlante Private Equity Fund
Sanne rejects Cinven's £1.3bn offer
Cinven's proposal amounts to 830 pence per share, representing a 37.6% premium to Sanne's shares price of 603 pence
Digital+ Partners gears up for fundraise
GP focuses on later-stage B2B technology companies and closed its previous fund in 2018 on €350m
Early-stage investor Antler closes Nordic fund on €29.6m
Fund was oversubscribed and includes Draper Esprit, Kistefos, VУІkstfonden and Investinor as LPs