Consumer
Atomico leads €88m round for Infarm
Existing investors Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures and TriplePoint Capital participate
Altor buys Ideal of Sweden
Founders Joachim LindstrУЖm and Filip Ummer, and EEquity reinvest in the transaction
Genoa football club to be sold to York Capital
Genoa was put on the market by president and majority shareholder Enrico Preziosi earlier this year
PEP's IDB buys interior design specialist Modar
Modar is the sixth bolt-on inked by IDB, which expects to reach a turnover of €130m in 2019
Mutares to acquire Kico
Germany-based Mutares invests in companies with small profits and revenues of €50-500m
PE-backed Raffin bolts on Maison Milhau
Combined business of meat food products is expected to generate revenues of €80m
YFM supports MBO of The Protein Works
GP's maiden institutionally backed fund is more than 70% deployed following the deal
Vespa Capital backs Le Marché de Leopold MBO
Company’s founder sells his majority stake, while management invests alongside the GP
Eurazeo's Sommet Education bolts on Ducasse Education
Portfolio company Sommet buys 51% stake in culinary arts and pastry school Ducasse
Exponent sells Loch Lomond to Hillhouse Capital
Sale ends a holding of five years for Exponent, which acquired the company using its second fund
Arkéa et al. back Children Worldwide Fashion in SBO
Former majority owner Dzeta PE reinvests in the high-end children's ready-to-wear specialist
Mid Europa sells Knjaz Miloš to KMV, PepsiCo JV
GP makes the divestment from Mid Europa IV, ending a holding period of four years
Bregal Freshstream makes first exit with Intergas
Trade sale is Bregal Freshstream's first full exit since launching its maiden €600m fund
Riverside buys mineral water specialist Galvanina
GP plans to consolidate Galvanina's market position, boost its expansion and enlarge its offering
Triton's Sunweb buys Corendon's tour operating activities
Triton acquired a stake in Netherlands-based Sunweb Group via its Triton Fund V in 2019
Riello holds €50m first close for Italian Strategy
Fund targets Italian SMEs operating in the fashion, food, automotive, furniture and cosmetic sectors
KKR, Axel Springer could target Scout24, Mobile.de – reports
KKR confirmed it is in negotiations to acquire a minority stake in Axel Springer
Innogest leads €1.6m bridge round for food startup Soul-K
Company plans to use the funding to consolidate its market position and expand its product offering
TFI sells stake in Piotr i Pawel to Spar
Spar acquires the business through its Polish subsidiary, Wasz Sklep Spar, and TFI retains a minority
Warburg Pincus, TA invest in Oakley-backed Inspired
Oakley Capital Private Equity Fund II sells down part of its stake in the company
BC-backed VetPartners buys Abbey Veterinary Centres
VetPartners has acquired four surgeries from Abbey while Emma and Ben Hynes retain ownership of one
KKR in talks to acquire minority stake in Axel Springer
Axel Springer's largest shareholder, Friede Springer, and CEO Mathias Döpfner will not sell their stakes
Charterhouse exits cheese specialist Nuova Castelli to trade
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Charterhouse, which owned an 80% stake in the company
PE-backed Briconord bolts on Mac Lean
France-based Briconord buys a Dutch peer, and the combined business should post €30m turnover