Consumer
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
Gimv exits Wolf Lingerie in NextStage-led SBO
French GP is joined by BNP Développement and BPI in investment for lingerie maker
FSI exits minority stake in Adler
The private equity firm has sold its 28% stake back to the founding family
Inflexion buys Astrak Group
Inflexion has now announced two deals from its recently closed GBP 2.5bn Inflexion Buyout VI fund
WestBridge exits bChannels to trade for 4.2x money
WestBridge acquired the UK-based technology marketing firm in a GBP 3.5m SBO in 2014
Quadriga postpones LR Health & Beauty IPO
Listing of the German skincare and cosmetics company still considered plan A
FSN reinvests in Active Brands alongside Verdane
FSN reenters the Norwegian sportswear company via Fund VI; Verdane joins as minority shareholder
Columna invests EUR 150m in SanteVet
The GP has owned a majority in the pet insurance specialist since 2017
BC Partners preps Forno d'Asolo for upcoming sale
Auction of Italian frozen baked goods company is expected to launch in June
Investcorp launches POC Sports exit; Rothschild advises
Teasers for the Swedish sports safety equipment distributed following meetings with potential PE bidders
Bridgepoint hires Houlihan Lokey for Dr Gerard exit
Preliminary marketing materials for the Polish biscuits maker are expected imminently
Naxicap aims for Eureka Education sale process by Q3
Advisers are yet to be hired for the auction, which is one of the most anticipated in the French education sector
Ardian sells ProduceShop stake to Gilde Buy Out
Ardian Growth bought a minority stake in the Switzerland-based home goods e-commerce firm in 2020
Verlinvest builds up stake in Tony's Chocolonely
Belgian PE firm becomes majority shareholder of Tony's, competition authority filing says
Abac exits PronoKal to Nestlé Health Science for EUR 100m
GP first bought 100% of the share capital in 2017
Polaris mandates EY to exit Det Danske Madhus
Formal sale launch is expected once updated financial figures for the Danish catering company are in
Blackstone weighs sale of casino operator JOA Groupe
Discussions were prompted by inbound proposals from trade players
ArchiMed nets 4x return on Fytexia exit
GP has sold Fytexia to trade Associated British Foods
Inspired Education stake sale attracts Blackstone, EQT, H&F, KKR
Information memorandums for the GIC- and TA Associates-backed national schooling company should be circulated next week
Polaris V holds final close on EUR 650m hard-cap
Fund has EUR 690m to deploy including the GP commitment, and has made five platform investments
Investcorp explores Georg Jensen sale; FIH Partners mandated
Potential buyers for the luxury goods brand have started to be contacted ahead of a formal auction process launch
Abris exits Patent Co to trade
Sale to Raiffeisen Ware Austria ends Abris's six-year investment period in the animal feed company
Karmijn-backed Marlies Dekkers advised by Deloitte on exit
Karmijn took a majority shareholding in the then-insolvent designer lingerie company in 2013
21 Invest sells LV Overseas to MML, BPI France in SBO
LV Overseas' management team will reinvest alongside MML Capital and BPI France