Consumer
Permira in talks for Cavalli
Deal could be valued at €450m
Charterhouse’s Card Factory joins IPO run
Offer is expected to raise £90m
Palatine backs Gusto MBO
UK-based restaurant plans to open new stores nationwide
Deal in Focus: Endless picks up Gresham’s ailing West Cornwall Pasty Company
Baked food company crumbles under 'pasty tax'
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.
FSN acquires Kjell & Company
Deal follows GP's recent acquisition of five companies to form Instalco
Abris divests Siodemka to DPD
Abris owned delivery company for just three years
Inventure Partners invests in Netology series-A
VC secures minority stake in Russian business
Afinum takes 40% Görtz stake
Investment likely to amount to €5-30m
360 Capital Partners backs Jobmetoo
Italy-based online recruitment platform raises €500,000
HIG acquires remainder of Groupe Looping
Alcentra and BPI France arrange unitranche financing
Endless acquires West Cornwall Pasty Company brand and outlets
Deal is first to be completed by SME fund Enact
Sycamore Partners backs Kurt Geiger MBO
Asset is back in private equity hands after three-year hiatus
Ardian sells Diana to Symrise for €1.3bn
Largest trade sale in France since 2011
Gilde backs BIMBO of ISFI
Gilde Equity Management Benelux has supported the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of International Spice and Food Import (ISFI), a Belgian provider of spice products.
Oaktree exits listed Stock Spirits for £202.6m
Firm sold 73.6 million shares at £2.75 apiece
HTGF invests in CarJump
Deal follows CiteeCar round last week
CVC nears Deoleo deal
GP offers €0.38 per share
Just-Eat and eDreams Odigeo share prices drop
Price drops are part of growing trend following online company IPOs
Diana Capital buys 40% of Gocco
First transaction completed via GP's latest fund
Waterland invests in Unimar
PE firm provides growth capital