Consumer
RDIF leads Lenta’s $225m SPO
Lenta first listed in early March, raising $952m
Towerbrook buys Ad Van Geloven in SBO
Lion had bought the business from Egeria in 2008
HgCapital sells Sporting Index
Unnamed buyer is a strategic investor in online sports betting
Cabiedes leads €800,000 round for SocialCar
Spanish car-sharing platform to expand internationally
Seventure loses out on So Factory
Business went into administration in early January
Deal in Focus: Portobello’s meal deal craving sated by IAN acquisition
Portobello Capital succesfully concludes search for pre-packed food business
Valedo invests in Rapunzel of Sweden
GP invests with management and aims for international growth
Nazca acquires Taberna del Volapié and Europastry’s bakery business
Spanish GP merges Spanish bakery and restaurant chains to form Foodbox
Capnamic et al. invest in tausendkind
Existing investors also take part in round
Permira fully exits Hugo Boss
GP sells final 8.4 million shares, ending its seven-year investment
Passion Capital et al. inject €3.75m into Vicampo
eVentures increases holding to 10% alongside Passion
Sale of Planet Sports to 21sportsgroup goes ahead
Carlyle tried to sell the company in January; deal fell through in February
Alchemy reaps £86m from Revolution IPO
GP sells 86% stake in UK bar chain via flotation
Hannover Finanz acquires Koller
Fresh capital to go towards new car parts plant
Accent buys Cervera from ICA
Deal will see GP's 2012 fund buy minority shareholders out
PAI's R&R buys Nestlé South Africa's ice cream business
Portfolio company looking to benefit from African ice cream market
BaltCap in €1m Stenders top-up
Latest investment brings total funding from Baltic VC to €2.5m
MBO Partenaires backs Logidesign
GP takes majority stake in holding company
Portobello buys Viscofan's IAN for €55.8m
Spanish packaged food producer to undertake buy-and-build strategy
Apax’s Mattsson joins Alteri
Mattson joins joint venture set up by Apollo and GA Europe
BGF invests £3.75m in Oliver Sweeney
UK shoe brand to invest in marketing and new licensing activity
Goldman Sachs leads £25m round for Worldstores
Existing backers include Balderton and Serena Capital
Carlyle’s Puccini sale of Planet Sports falls through
21sportsgroup pulls out of deal to buy extreme sports clothing retailer
Northzone leads $20m round for Outfittery
Four previous investors also took part in funding round