Consumer
Phoenix backs £30m buyout of Travel Chapter
Deal for accommodation booking company marks the maiden investment for the GP's fourth fund
Warburg in £230m Reiss deal
Warburg will support Reiss's continued international expansion following the deal
Livingbridge invests in Direct Ferries
Deal for the online ticket aggregator marks Livingbridge's 100th investment to date
PE-backed Italian Design Brands buys Meridiani
Private Equity Partners-backed Italian Design Brands scores its first bolt-on acquisition
XAnge, Entrepreneur Venture back €4m HomeRez round
Funding round also features several business angels and will mainly support technological development
Advent sells down 14% stake in DFS for £90m
GP acquired the sofa retailer from its founder in a ТЃ500m deal six years ago
Nordic Capital to list Resurs in Stockholm
Intention to float announcement follows that of GPтs Finnish discount retailer Tokmanni
Index et al. exit Onefinestay in €148m sale to AccorHotels
Accommodation rental platform had raised тЌ80m from four institutional investment rounds
Caixa Capital Risk leads €1.25m round for Forever US
Co-founders and private investors have also joined the funding round
Palamon in £20m round for portfolio company Feelunique
GP acquired the online cosmetics retailer in 2012 in a ТЃ26m deal alongside Sirius Equity
VC-backed Home24 raises €20m
Investors remain unnamed, but Rocket Internet and Holtzbrinck are previous backers
Actera in $800m exit of Mars Cinema Group
CEE-focused GP’s exit of Turkish cinema group is the largest in the region so far this year
Nordic Capital to float Tokmanni in Helsinki
Goldman Sachs and Nordea tapped as bookrunners for Q2 IPO on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
Consumer boom: the five largest Nordic consumer deals of 2015
The Nordic consumer sector was the only one to see measurable growth last year, in the face of an overall volume decline of nearly 20%
Capiton buys Hamm Reno
Deal sees Stefan Kaske and the Hamm family exit the German footwear business
Palatine in £40m SBO of Verdant Leisure from RJD
SBO provides an exit for RJD Private Equity Fund II, six years after acquisition
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
Eurazeo in talks to buy chocolate brands from Mondelez
As part of the deal, Eurazeo will buy five manufacturing plants in France
Priveq acquires Danfö
DanfУЖ's management and board will buy into the newco as part of the MBO
IK puts small-cap fund to work with Touristry buyout
Nordic sightseeing bus and boat operator marks the fourth buyout from the recently-closed small-cap fund
KKR doubles money on SMCP sale to Chinese trade buyer
GP is understood to have scored an IRR in excess of 30% in slightly less than three years
21 Partners-backed Forno d'Asolo acquires La Donatella
Deal marks the first acquisition for Forno d’Asolo since 21 Partners' investment in 2014
Idinvest, Alven in €12m round for Frichti
French food delivery startup scores a double-digit round less than a year after inception
Eurazeo injects €134m into Les Petits Chaperons Rouges
French listed investor contributes in both equity and convertible bonds, BPI France co-invests for a minority stake