Consumer
Inverleith acquires Montane
Firm is currently investing from Inverleith Limited Partnership fund, which closed on €60m in 2018
Huntsworth board accepts £524m offer from CD&R
Takeover offer implies an entry multiple of 10.8x adjusted EBITDA of £48.4m
Mutares-backed Keeeper buys Metsä Tissue's German business
Add-on acquisition of the Germany-based napkin production business is the GP's third deal of 2020
BlackRock invests in House of Creed
First investment made by BlackRock's Long Term Private Capital vehicle in Europe
Consortium backs Volocopter series-C extension
Round for electric helicopter startup brings the total series-C funding to €87m
RTP Global et al. back Tier Mobility series-B extension
Electric scooter startup has now raised $100m in series-B funding and plans to pursue M&A activity
PE still hungry for retirement homes, but infra funds loom
Eight deals were completed in the retirement homes sector across Europe in 2019, above the annual average of five since 2014
83North, Felix Capital lead $20m round for HungryPanda
Founded in 2017, HungryPanda is an online food delivery platform for Asian restaurants
Montefiore exits Cruiseline in sale to Abénex
Abénex draws capital from its Abénex V fund, which closed on €425m in December 2017
Mandarin's Coffee Holding bolts on Yespresso
Deal is part of the buy-and-build strategy pursued by the GP to create a coffee production platform
Auctus acquires Georg Parlasca Keksfabrik
Georg Parlasca will remain in charge of operations and strategy as managing director
Apollo takes betting business Gamenet private
Apollo increases its stake after initially buying 48.67% of Gamenet from Trilantic in October 2019
Platinum buys Biscuit International from Qualium
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Qualium, which acquired the company from LBO France
Kinnevik leads $51.6m round for Mathem
Round also saw participation from AMF, which invested $28.9m
ECI scores 3.7x on ATG sale to TA
Mobeus also fully realises its investment, having backed ATG since 2008
Carlyle sells Golden Goose to Permira
Sale ends a three-year holding period for the GP, which bought the company via CEP IV and AGP V
ICG mid-market fund makes first investment with Pageant deal
Sale price discussed in negotiations was £100-150m, according to a report by Betaville
Nord Holding-backed Ruf Group buys Bruno
GP invested in the bed retailer in 2016 and Bruno is the company's first add-on acquisition
Suma Capital increases stake in Party Fiesta
GP initially invested in the company in January 2015 by deploying capital from Suma Capital Growth I
Alfi to acquire Baby Center and Pikapoka
Announced transaction is scheduled for completion in the second half of this year
Cathay sells stake in Datawords to Keensight
GP bought a majority stake in the company along with Keensight and BPI France in 2015
Alto Partners exits Pastificio di Chiavenna to trade
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Alto Partners, which acquired the company via its third fund
PartnerFonds sells MusikProduktiv to trade
GP invested in the company in 2015 and increased its stake to 60% in December 2017
The Cranemere Group buys Acquabella
GP merges Acquabella with its Polish portfolio company Marmite and creates The Engineered Stone Group