Industrials
Maven backs £11m EE Smith MBO
Maven invested via its Maven Investor Partners fund rather than through its VCT vehicles
Siparex kickstarts regional fund with Labojal BIMBO
Siparex’s €800,000 injection is the latest to be announced by the VC following a busy January
Vaaka sells Finnish roofer to Sentica’s Hämeen Laaturemontti
Exit comes five years after Vaaka's acquisition and two years after Sentica backed Hämeen Laaturemontti
Progressio joins existing investors in ICF
Progressio secures a controlling stake in the business together with Mandarin Capital
Procuritas acquires Calorex in bolt-on
Deal follows buyout of Dantherm’s HVAC and EMEA Telecoms divisions
VNT Management invests €3m in Norsepower
Capital injection made through Finnish cleantech VC’s Power Fund III
Chequers Capital acquires Phoenix Group from Opera
Chequers Capital buys controlling stake in Italian Phoenix Group
NorthEdge invests further £1m in FPE Global
Latest funding round marks third time NorthEdge has invested in FPE
Deutsche Private Equity buys Elatec
Deutsche Private Equity acquires German producer of radio-frequency identification systems
Argos-backed Valco buys Guichon amid capital reshuffle
Guichon purchase was followed by entrance of FDEN as a minority shareholder
b-to-v backs Seven Senders
b-to-v and two business angels joined in Seven Senders' seven-digit funding round
Qualityfry raises €1m from Kereon et al.
Second deal to bring together Spanish VC duo Kereon and Caixa Capital Risc in recent months
A Plus in capital increase for PE-backed Locabri
Prior involvement of GP’s Bled with business was key to landing all-equity deal
Investcorp in €1bn exit of Icopal to GAF
Danish roofing materials maker had been an IPO candidate before the trade sale to GAF materialised
Activa creates Alliance Etiquettes group with three buyouts
Platform’s enterprise value falls within €30-40m range
Siparex sells Silfox stake to Isatis
Siparex will re-invest a minor amount of equity and mezzanine, according to an unquote" source
LitCapital sells Putoksnis stake to chairman Stulpinas
Lithuanian GP exits its stake in the struggling manufacturer of PET packaging to its majority shareholder
Afinum invests in Schlote
Schlote marks 11th and last investment by Afinum's growth capital fund, which closed in 2011
Deal in Focus: SIP wins over Mittelstand company
Silver Investment Partners' long-term approach saw it win over German aircraft supplier Schüschke's founder
I&FP launches aeronautics build-up with Serta buyout
Buyout is the fourth deal to be financed via I&FP's €135m third fund, recently used for a fifth deal
Marlin buys Cobham’s surveillance business
TSB offers video, audio and other surveillance products, typically used by intelligence agencies
Siparex invests in TEP Etanchéité to finance bolt-on
GP deploys €3.6m from its FPCI Nord Ouest Entrepreneurs 4 and XPansion2 vehicles to fund the purchase
Equistone’s Bretèche lands €80m refinancing
Fresh debt will replace facilities set up as part of PE buyout in 2013
Procuritas picks up troubled Dantherm’s HVAC business
Dantherm has been suffering due to a heavily delayed sale of its telecoms business