Consumer
ECI reaps 6x in sale of CarTrawler to BC Partners
Sale reportedly valued at more than £300m
Accent exits Hööks to Alipes
GP had acquired the business in 2011
KKR’s Pets At Home lists with £1.2bn market cap
KKR receives £136m in cash for paying down company debt
LBO France's Labeyrie in €275m refinancing
Placement more than 15x oversubscribed
A Plus et al. invest €1.5m in VeryLastRoom
Deal marks second round of funding for company
Eurazeo invests €285m in Desigual
Investor secures 10% stake in Spanish clothing brand
Enterprise Investors backs Tahe Outdoors with €3.4m
GP takes 32.4% stake in Estonian watersports equipment producer
NVM invests £7m in No.1 Traveller MBO
No.1 operates lounges at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Birmingham airports
Clessidra in exclusive talks for Harmont & Blaine
Clothing retailer's estimated turnover €72m in 2013
DN Capital leads Purplebricks round
Purplebricks' platform to launch in April
VC-backed Just Eat aiming to raise £100m in IPO
Offering could be first on London Stock Exchange's HGS
HIG Europe backs Kondor MBO
First investment from HIG Europe's second fund
BGF invests £2.8m in Rutland Cycling
Investment expected to bolster e-commerce offering
AA downplays flotation talks
Acromas confirms approaches, but no firm plan yet
HIG Capital loses Nürburgring race
€100m offer by Capricorn wins out
Emeram buys Hussel from Douglas Holding
Vendor to concentrate on perfume chain
Warburg to reap 4.5x in Poundland IPO
Warburg Pincus is set to reap a 4.5x money multiple and an IRR of more than 50% in the flotation of portfolio company Poundland, which has been valued at £750m after setting its price range for its admission to the London Stock Exchange.
H2 Equity acquires Vion’s Oerlemans Foods
Transaction expected to be completed in Q2 2014
VC-backed Aérophile raises €4m
Isatis and Entrepreneur Venture contributed equal amounts to the round
HIG Capital aiming for Nürburgring acquisition
Deal expected to be valued at €60-70m
H2-backed Hancocks picks up JTS
H2 first invested in Hancocks in November 2012
NVM’s Kitwave acquires Eden Farm
UK wholesaler Kitwave Wholesale Group, backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired frozen food and ice-cream wholesale and distribution business Eden Farm.
Charterhouse buys Nuova Castelli
Deal is believed to be valued at more than €300m
Deal in focus: Riverside scoops Mec3
Riverside's acquisition of gelato ingredients maker Mec3 proves the unshakable allure of "made in Italy" brands. Amy King reports