Industrials
Capiton heads for summer final close for sixth fund
Capiton VI has a €550m target; Capiton V held a final close in January 2015 on €440m
Gimv acquires Verkley from PHM Investments
Gimv has acquired Netherlands-based underground energy and water cable and pipeline specialist Verkley from PMH Investments.
Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund II closes on €815m
Fund will follow the same sector and value-creation strategy as TSM I, albeit with larger equity tickets
Waterland sells Base Logistics to Ardian's Staci
With this add-on, Staci expects to build a logistics group with annual turnover of €450m and 2,500 staff
Aurelius acquires Hüppe
GP expects the shower enclosure producer's future growth to benefit from ongoing consumer trends
CVC eyeing AR Packaging sale - report
GP has reportedly engaged an adviser to solicit interest and has collected non-binding bids
Ratos buys majority stake in Vestia Construction Group
GP will own 63% of the company, alongside the management and other key individuals who own the remainder
Kerogen sells Zennor Petroleum to trade
Kerogen Capital acquired a majority stake in Zennor in 2015, investing alongside Unigestion
Paragon sells NovumIP to GP-backed Questel
Transaction will see Paragon invest in Questel for a minority stake in the IP consultancy firm
AM Ventures holds first close for 3D printing venture fund
Additive manufacturing-focused venture capital firm has a target of €100m for the vehicle
SICI backs Italian foundry 3M
Company plans to boost its technological development and bolster its international expansion
Miura sells Equipe Cerámicas to Mandarin's Italcer
Miura reinvests in the deal alongside Mandarin and retains a minority stake in the combined group
VCs in €200m round for Volocopter
New investors in the urban air mobility company include BlackRock and Avala Capital
Phoenix invests in Setfords Law; BGF exits
Phoenix will acquire a majority stake in the legal network; BGF invested ТЃ3.75m in Setfords in 2016
Equistone acquires Franke Water Systems
Carve-out comprises kitchen and bathroom fittings businesses Water Systems Commercial Group and KWC
LDC backs WCCTV with £30m investment
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further accelerate its international expansion and launch new products
Ergon forms SPV for fire protection business SVT
GP's €270m fund will invest only in the fire protection company, which Ergon bought from IK in 2017
HTGF, Neuhaus Partners sell stakes in Next Kraftwerke
Shell acquires the virtual power plants operator one month buying VC-backed Ubitricity
Latour buys Omni-Pac from Motion Equity and Arkéa
Omni-Pac's management team and Motion Equity Partners reinvest alongside Latour Capital
Carlyle sells Logoplaste stake to OTPP
Packaging producer posted 2020 EBITDA of €120m, compared with €78m when Carlyle invested in 2016
Arcaris buys Magro Verbindungselemente
Acquisition of the industrial procurement business is part of a succession solution
Eurocov buys KTN out of administration
Entrepreneur Philipp Mühlbauer's investment holding will buy KTN following an administration process
DBAG's Ding Gruppe bolts on Bergert Gruppe
Telecommunications service Ding Gruppe now has 1,000 employees and posts €200m in revenues
Ambienta buys Caprari
GP intends to strengthen the company's market position and build an aggregation platform across the sector