Consumer
BGF pumps £2m into Xercise4Less
Company founded by ex-rugby player John Wright
3i exits Hilite in €473m trade sale
Chinese company AVIC Electromechanical Systems Co commits to purchase
FF&P invests £7m in ticketscript
FF&P Private Equity has invested £7m in London-based digital self-ticketing solution ticketscript.
Permira in further Hugo Boss sell-down
Placement understood to be totalling around €400m
Ergon Capital Partners acquires Sausalitos from EQT
Deal comes after six-year holding period
L Capital exits Calligaris in buy-back deal
Family owner intends to grow firm acquisitively
Ixo Private Equity et al. buy OIly Gan from Syntegra
Sale comes after three years in Syntegra portfolio
Gilde acquires Axa-Stenman
Acquisition marks company's second time under Gilde ownership
Deal in focus: Connect Ventures leads €1.2m round for The Cloakroom
Deal in focus: The Cloakroom
HTGF sells LED Exchange stake
Venture capital fund exits investment in replacement capital deal
Paragon acquires Vion's German convenience retail business
Vion achieves aim of selling segment in its entirety
Deal in focus: HgCapital sells Schleich to Ardian
Deal in focus: Schleich
LDC supports Ministry of Cake MBO
Deal marks LDC's seventh investment of 2014
Mobeus set for ATG Media exit
ECI nears deal for antique auctions portal business
Ardian acquires Schleich from HgCapital
Acquisition completed from Ardian's €2.4bn LBO Fund V
Game announces IPO
Game was rescued in a £1 deal in April 2012
Card Factory shares down 10% one day after IPO
Offer had already been priced at bottom of range
Endless takes 50% stake in Andrew Page
Private equity firm joins Phoenix Equity Partners
CapMan's Kämp buys Klaus K
Rising tourism in Finland boosted by transport infrastructure
E-commerce steps into the unknown with Zalando IPO
DACH e-commerce IPOs
Patisserie Valerie priced at 170 pence per share
Company will list under ticker "CAKE"
EQT fully exits Candyking
Divestment follows cancellation of Candyking IPO last year
Lyceum's Eat in £40m refinancing
Ardian provides £40m unitranche facility
LBO France acquires Fine Sounds in SBO from Quadrivio
Italian audio equipment producer to expand international activity