Consumer
Magnum Capital buys Nace from Baring Private Equity
Deal marks Magnum's ninth acquisition
Hannover Finanz acquires Simplon Fahrrad
Deal expected to complete by end of Q2 2014
PAI's R&R aims to raise £315m on high-yield market
Proceeds will refinance existing senior secured notes
PE-backed Ontex preparing return to stock market
TPG Capital- and GS Capital Partners-backed Ontex, a Belgian producer of baby and feminine care products, is preparing a €500m Brussels Stock Exchange flotation, according to Belgian reports.
Alchemy's Parkdean completes £180m refinancing
Alchemy bought holiday operator in 2006
Altor fully exits Byggmax
Altor originally invested in 2005
Inveready leads €1m round for Bilua
VC makes commitment from venture debt fund
CVC to take 29.99% stake in Deoleo ahead of takeover bid
Deal values asset at €439m, below current market cap
Existing investors commit further €21.5m to Auctionata
Total raised by online auction house reaches €37m
NorthEdge's Help-Link buys Miller Pattison
Bolt-on extends firm's offering to include insulation
Deal in focus: Kurt Geiger steps back into PE ownership
Deal in focus: Kurt Geiger
Partech et al. invest £4.5m in Secretsales
Round also includes Pentech Ventures and Doughty Hanson
Key Capital Partners backs Alliance MBO
Company to take advantage of free school meals
Deal in focus: Gilde backs BIMBO of ISFI
GP teams up with entrepreneur De Muyer once again
Deal in focus: Mangrove drives CiteeCar growth
GP injects $10m into Berlin-based car-sharing business
LBO France set to sell Poult to Qualium for €180m
GP put business up for sale last year
Steadfast sells majority stake in Dahlback to DBAG
DBAG backs MBO with €9.9m investment
Phoenix offloads NFT to EmergeVest
Investec provided acquisition finance for the deal
Permira in talks for Cavalli
Deal could be valued at €450m
Charterhouse's Card Factory joins IPO run
Offer is expected to raise ТЃ90m
Waterland's Didix bolts on two dining clubs
Didix, a Dutch provider of gift cards backed by Waterland Private Equity, has acquired dining clubs The Gourmet Society and The Restaurant Choice.
Caixa in €2m round for Scutum
Sixth deal for the Caixa Innvierte Industria fund
Deal in Focus: Ardian sells Diana to Symrise for €1.3bn
Deal values the business at mouth-watering 14x EBITDA
Beringea, Octopus invest in Coal Grill and Bar
Beringea and Octopus Investments have provided growth capital to Coal Grill and Bar (CGB), a UK-based chain of casual dining restaurants.