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Design Holding aims for pre-summer Milan IPO
Owners Carlyle and Investindustrial have appointed advisers for potential listing of the Italian furniture and lighting group
Equistone's Acuity Knowledge tipped as sale candidate
Discussions around sale of UK-based outsourcing research business were triggered by inbound sponsor interest
Sponsors kick off 2022 with buyout volume down 13% year-on-year
Energy costs, inflation and war in Ukraine cloud deal activity but value holds up with average deal size on the rise
Oaktree and 17Capital announce strategic partnership
Oaktree is to take a majority stake in the London-headquartered specialised NAV financing provider
GED completes Vitro exit in single asset vehicle deal
GP reaps gross return of 4.0x invested capital and 38% IRR; deal follows sale of Vitro subsidiary to trade in January
Gimv exits Wolf Lingerie in NextStage-led SBO
French GP is joined by BNP Développement and BPI in investment for lingerie maker
Pamplona Capital announces process to redeem LetterOne investments
Following redemption GP says it will have no direct or indirect exposure to Russian capital
Pollen Street to expand investment strategies in public market foray
UK alternative asset manager will seek to carve out a niche for itself with existing and new strategies after merger with Honeycomb
Nord Holding launches Small-Cap Fund
Small-Cap strategy will be led from Frankfurt by former VR Equitypartner executive Jan Markus Drees
FSI exits minority stake in Adler
The private equity firm has sold its 28% stake back to the founding family
Palatine acquires housing provider Jessup
GP competed against other sponsors in Clearwater-led auction; founder Clive Jessup to retain minority stake
CVC collects first round bids for Theramex
Rothschild and HSBC are advising on the sale of the UK-based women’s health pharma company
Corsair-backed IDnow explores sale advised by Goldman Sachs
Auction for German biometric and digital identity provider is expected to launch in Q2 2022
Disruptive leads USD 250m round for Forto
Latest round brings the supply chain and logistics software platform's valuation to USD 2.1bn
CapMan seeks event-driven opportunities with Special Situations fund
Expected to close in the autumn, the vehicle has Tesi as anchor investor and could attract some European LPs
Bowmark, MML to exit The Instant Group in deal with IWG
IWG to invest GBP 270m to buy sponsors’ stake and provide growth capital; new group expected to list in 2023
Inflexion buys Astrak Group
Inflexion has now announced two deals from its recently closed GBP 2.5bn Inflexion Buyout VI fund
ArchiMed circulates teasers for Bomi auction
Healthcare-focused logistics company is being marketed off EUR 40m EBITDA
NB Renaissance explores options for Novamont
Sale of Italian bioplastics company could launch in H2 2022
Tikehau hires Ricardo Sommer as head of PE Germany
Executive joins from Silverfleet to build Tikehau’s local franchise following the GP's first PE deal in DACH
Gresham House announces five senior promotions
Growth equity investor Gresham House Ventures has made five senior promotions within its investment team.
Ysios Capital hires Thomas Harth from Gimv
Spanish life sciences VC closed its third life sciences fund in May last year
KKR sees GfK sale stutter as buyers balk at valuation
The GP is now likely to shift focus towards an IPO of the German consumer research group
Eurazeo PME to launch Redspher sale advised by Transaction R
Formerly known as Flash Europe, the French transportation business will be marketed off around EUR 20m EBITDA