Consumer
Watchmaster raises $8m from Cherry Ventures et al.
Watchmaster completed its third funding round within less than one year
Electra sells Daler-Rowney to Fila for €80.8m
Electra first backed fine art materials company in 2011 with ТЃ26m investment
Equistone buys German candlemaker Gala
Equistone acquires majority stake in candle producer Gala as founder retires
Elysian Capital in MBO for Sambro International
Transaction marks first platform deal for Elysian Capital II LP fund
Idinvest buys minority stake in VC-backed Secret Escapes
Institutional funds injection is company's fifth since inception in 2011
Industrifonden and Kreos lead €15.8m round for Widespace
Swedish state-backed investor contributes тЌ5m to mobile advertising company
Eurazeo in exclusive talks for Rothschild's nursery LPCR
Listed GP to acquire the nursery operator from Rothschild’s FAPI alongside CEO
Ardian scores 20%-plus IRR on FitnessBoutique OBO
Sports equipment specialist is reported to have doubled size during GP’s five-year ownership
Vendis inks first Nordic deal with Ferm Living MBO
Takeover of Danish design furniture brand is second deal for GPтs тЌ150m-plus second fund
Siparex backs MBO for Déchelette-Malleval
The deal, financed with a €600,000 ticket, is the 23rd for GP’s 40%-invested Rhone-Alpes fund
EQT named as preferred bidder for Kuoni
Nordic GP emerges as favourite from a field of suitors for Swiss travel company
Ergon buys HIG's Looping
SBO comes five years after HIG helped set up theme park group with €20m investment
Vespa offloads WSP Textiles
Vespa first backed Stroud-based billiard table upholterer in 2011
PE-backed Volotea eyeing IPO in February
GP owners will use flotation to exit part of their stakes
LDC's Away Resorts acquires Cosways Holiday Park
Deal marks first bolt-on for Away Resorts since being acquired by LDC in April 2015
Vendis-backed Inula bolts on Veriditas Botanicals
Belgian aromatherapy group created via merger of Pranarôm and HerbalGem in 2014
Litorina takes majority stake in Fresks
Swedish GP takes a majority stake through its fourth fund, alongside the founding Oscarson family
BGF invests in Grace Cole
Company has expanded to the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific since inception in 2007
PE-backed Marietton bolts-on Havas Voyage
Siparex and EdRip to hold joint controlling stake in post-merger group
Deal in Focus: PAI checks in to B&B Hotels in €825m SBO
An in-depth look at Carlyle and Montefiore's sale of B&B Hotels to PAI Partners for €825m
Three Hills Capital Partners backs Tomorrow London MBO
Three Hills Decalia fund will provide liquidity to present management of Tomorrow London
Equistone returns to Gaucho
Equistone backed Gaucho's first MBO in 2005 before selling to Phoenix for ТЃ55m a year later
Accel leads £12.5m series-B for Carwow
Round follows ТЃ1.3m seed investment and ТЃ4.6m series-A in February and December 2014
Castik's Waterlogic acquires PHS
Deal marks sixth bolt-on for Waterlogic since being acquired by Castik in 2014