Consumer
Céréa Partenaire holds €300m first close for Céréa Dette II
Senior debt vehicle inches closer to its €350m hard-cap and already exceeds its predecessor
Innogest leads €2m series-A for SoulKitchen.bio
VC house deploys capital from IPGest, a €40.9m vehicle backed by the Italian government
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap I Fund, which recently held a final close
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested ТЃ10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of ТЃ1.3bn
Star Platinum Capital invests in Naf Naf carve-out
Chinese backers buy the French womenswear retailer from corporate Vivarte in a €52m deal
PE-backed Snaitech sold to Playtech for €846m
Playtech will have to make a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining Snaitech shares
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Orlando Italy to sell Favini
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for Orlando Italy, which acquired the company in 2009
Acton leads €7m series-A for Cluno
Existing investor Atlantic Labs also takes part after providing seed capital in 2016
OTPP buys 40% stake in European Camping Group SBO
Former backers Carlyle and Montefiore retain a majority stake in the French mobile-homes rental business
Apax France et al. exit Silvya Terrade in SBO
Abénex takes over French beauty and hairdressing colleges Silvya Terrade, acquiring a 70% stake
PE-backed Alpitour buys Eden Viaggi
Following the acquisition of Eden Viaggi, Alpitour expects to reach a turnover of €2bn in 2019
Bolster backs buyout of Esschert Design
First investment made by Bolster directly from its new fund after spinning out of VLP in late 2017
PE-backed Sok readies for Istanbul IPO
Trading on the Instanbul stock exchange is expected to commence in May 2018
Creandum leads €6m series-B for Careship
Munich-based Ananda Ventures, Spark Capital and Christoph Maire of Atlantic Labs also take part
Finatem buys HKM Sports Equipment
Founding director Klaus Egbers will remain in his role and retain a minority stake
Consumer uncertainty sees retail feeling the pinch
PE-backed retailers are increasingly following casual dining chains in showing signs of struggling under the downturn in UK consumer confidence
Altor acquires Trioplast
Swedish GP and key executives in the management team will own the whole business
Anchorage, CVC Credit Partners wholly acquire Ideal Standard
Lenders take over from Bain, concluding a restructuring process initiated in 2017
Ardian exits Brico Privé in SBO
Ardian sells its minority stake in the French online DIY and gardening retailer to a fellow institutional investor
Nordian acquires majority stake in Jumpsquare
Jumpsquare plans on expanding inside and outside the region with 10 new parks in the coming year
Isatis backs Oriental Viandes
Senior debt for the transaction was provided by CIC Est, LCL and Banque Palatine
Three Hills invests in Sigma
Investment firm acquires a minority stake in the business from the founder, Jonathan Haigh