Industrials
ECI reaps 3.3x on sale of Kelvin Hughes to Hensoldt
Sale price has not been disclosed but ECI is reporting a return of 3.3x on its original investment
Alantra sells Probos for €99m
Deal sees the GP sell its entire equity stake in the business to listed German corporate Surteco
Cherry Ventures leads €4m funding round for Infarm
VC is joined in the round by Quadia, Localglobe, Atlantic Food Labs, Ideo and Demand Analytics
Argos Soditic's Valco acquires TCR Capital's D2FC
Second bolt-on completed by Valco since Argos Soditic became majority shareholder in 2014
CVC inks third Italian deal with Pasubio
GP acquires a controlling stake in the Italian business via CVC Capital Partners Fund VI
Livonia buys minority in CGates
Deal is the fourth for the GP's Baltic mid-cap-focused fund Livonia Partners Fund I
Bain's European Tyres Distribution acquires Reiff division
Deal for tyre distributor is the second acquisition for the pan-European buy-and-build platform
IK takes majority stake in Pinard Emballages
GP invests in the packaging business via the IK VIII fund, closed on €1.85bn last year
Towerbrook et al. buy Springwater's stake in Aernnova
Deal is the first acquisition in Spain for Towerbrook, which opened an office in Madrid in 2016
Mid Europa to float Waberer's
Trucking company's IPO price range has been set at €16.50-20.37
Apax and Altamir sell Altran share block
France-based Apax Partners took part in a €130m capital increase for Altran in 2008
Sici purchases €4m stake in Copro Vigili Giurati
Deal sees Quadrivio Private Debt and Tenax capital provide a senior debt facility
BPI France, Arkéa Capital et al. exit Quadran
Quadran's investor pool includes BPI France, Arkéa Capital Investissement, Demeter Partners, Soridec and UI Gestion
Deal in Focus: Value Italy hands out DT to Ardian
An in-depth look at the GP's investment throughout a challenging cycle for the automotive industry
Hannover Finanz purchases majority stake in Widos
German GP acquires an 80% stake while Finexx and the management team will retain a 10% holding each
Ufenau reaps 6x on NRW sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Swiss GP fully exits the German refurbishment company following a 32-month ownership period
AAC Capital Partners acquires Verasol
Committed Capital acquired the veranda and garden room maker in 2009, investing through its first fund
DBAG acquires stake in Duagon
Deal is the GP's first MBO in Switzerland and the third deal via its DBAG Fund VII in six months
Cairngorm-backed Stevenswood bolts on Sameday
Cairngorm Capital's door and window distributor completes its fourth acquisition
Amundi takes minority stake in Groupe Bernadet
Amundi is taking over from previous investor Siparex, which first invested in Bernadet in 2007
Equistone acquires Willerby from Caird
Deal comes a year after the holiday home manufacturer partially refinanced its debt
AAC sells Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to Liberty Hall in $135m deal
Valuation was understood to be based on EBITDA of £12m, a figure adjusted based on future US growth
Main Capital takes majority stake in Inergy
Dutch data analytics and intelligence business will look to expand internationally
Rantum carves out Montratec from Schmid Group
First investment made from Cedarlake Private Equity Fund I, a joint venture advised by Rantum Capital