Sector
Equistone carves out Courir
Equistone to buy Courir, a French footwear retailer, for an equity value of €283m
Hg Saturn holds final close on £1.5bn hard-cap
Software-dedicated vehicle is already 40% deployed across investments in Visma and Iris
Palatine sells MJ Quinn telecoms arm to Visabeira/Constructel
Partial exit from the infrastructure services firm comes 10 years after the GP's initial investment
Cibus Fund receives Guernsey Green Fund status
Guernsey Financial Services Commission launched the Guernsey Green Fund initiative in July 2018
Idinvest et al. inject €20m into Cooptalis
Following a €1.5m round in 2015, the France-based recruitment agency now generates €250m in turnover
Foresight invests £1m in Alpkit
Foresight draws capital from its ТЃ39m Nottingham-focused fund, which is backed by local pensions
Newton BioCapital in €15.3m series-B for Acticor
Biotech startup could receive additional financing of €5m to support clinical developments
Index, Balderton et al. invest $7m in Credit Benchmark
Credit Benchmark has now raised $34m and provides aggregated ratings for 22,000 institutions
Lion sells Hema
Sale ends a holding period of just over eight years for Lion, which first mulled a sale in 2010
HTGF backs Kumovis
Value of the financing was not disclosed but was said to be in the seven-figure range
ICG to sell Stella Group
ICG appoints Lazard to conduct auction for France-based Stella Group, say reports
HIG-backed SLPA bolts on Eco-dex
Company will continue to operate under its brand and to be managed by its current CEO Loïc Bessin
BBVA and Anthemis launch London-based fintech incubator
Project will look to support companies from start-up thorugh to their seed funding rounds
FPE exits Ikon Science to Great Hill
New investment sees previous investors FPE Capital and Tullow Oil exit the UK-based company
Gimv invests in Medi-Markt
Newly consolidated group will employ 225 people, serve 150,000 customers and generate sales of €50m
Alpana invests CHF 6m in Lend
Geneva-based VC firm supports European startups with international expansion strategies
Reach, Kindred in $11m series-A funding for Mrs Wordsmith
Round was led by Trustbridge Partners, with the participation of VC firms Reach and Kindred
Inflexion's ITM bolts on Faraday Tracing Bureau
Deal is the first bolt-on for the financial services IT and software company under the GP's tenure
Blackstone, Goldman invest €100m in Prima Assicurazioni
Co-founders Alberto Genovese and Teodoro D’Ambrosio will retain a majority stake in the company
Lifeline et al. in €5.1m funding round for Synoste
German early-stage investor HTGF, a previous backer of Synoste also participated in the round
Bullnet Capital sells Zhilabs to Samsung
Following the deal, Zhilabs will continue to operate independently under its own management
Rutland sells assets of arson-struck Gardman to Westland
Newly developed warehouse of garden products business was destroyed by fire in March
Maven reaps 2.7x on sale of Cursor to DiscoverIE
Sale of trackball manufacturer brings to an end a three-year holding period for the fund manager
Triton, KKR-backed Ambea to acquire Aleris division for SEK 3bn
Care operations of Aleris in Norway, Sweden and Denmark will be acquired by Ambea for SEK 3bn