Consumer
Mobeus backs Hemmels
Fresh capital will be used to scale up the company's engineering and research and development teams
Inflexion acquires EHL, UKWM, creates Comparison Technologies
New multi-channel price comparison company is likely to pursue bolt-on acquisitions
CVC sells Sky Betting & Gaming in $4.7bn deal
CVC acquired SBG in 2014, in a deal valuing the online betting and gaming company at £800m
Rutland divests Pizza Hut in management buy-back
GP will retain a minority stake in the UK pizza restaurant chain following the deal
Paragon-backed Chicco di Caffè buys Bota Group
Selling shareholders Pius Widmer and Bruno Wanske exit to pursue other opportunities
LDC's LearnDirect divests e-assessment division to PSI
Sale comes eight months after the company lost an appeal against an "inadequate" Ofsted rating
IK sells Touristry in trade deal
Deal ends a two-year holding period for IK, which acquired the business via its IK Small Cap I Fund
Alantra buys Unión Martín
GP deployed capital from its Alantra Fund III, which held a final close on €450m in February 2017
Rocket Internet sells €150m HelloFresh stake
Placement is made via an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors
Bain’s Fintyre bolts on La Genovese Gomme
Deal follows the acquisitions of Pneusmarket and Franco Gomme, and the merger with German Reiff
Céréa Partenaire holds €300m first close for Céréa Dette II
Senior debt vehicle inches closer to its €350m hard-cap and already exceeds its predecessor
Innogest leads €2m series-A for SoulKitchen.bio
VC house deploys capital from IPGest, a €40.9m vehicle backed by the Italian government
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap II Fund, which recently held a final close
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested £10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of £1.3bn
Star Platinum Capital invests in Naf Naf carve-out
Chinese backers buy the French womenswear retailer from corporate Vivarte in a €52m deal
PE-backed Snaitech sold to Playtech for €846m
Playtech will have to make a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining Snaitech shares
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Orlando Italy to sell Favini
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for Orlando Italy, which acquired the company in 2009
Acton leads €7m series-A for Cluno
Existing investor Atlantic Labs also takes part after providing seed capital in 2016
OTPP buys 40% stake in European Camping Group SBO
Former backers Carlyle and Montefiore retain a majority stake in the French mobile-homes rental business
Apax France et al. exit Silvya Terrade in SBO
Abénex takes over French beauty and hairdressing colleges Silvya Terrade, acquiring a 70% stake
PE-backed Alpitour buys Eden Viaggi
Following the acquisition of Eden Viaggi, Alpitour expects to reach a turnover of €2bn in 2019
Bolster backs buyout of Esschert Design
First investment made by Bolster directly from its new fund after spinning out of VLP in late 2017
