Sector
Equistone's Concept Life Sciences bolts on Aquila Biomedical
Bolt-on will bolster Concept's discovery capabilities with a translational biology offering
Eurazeo sells 3.34% stake in Moncler for €208m
Deal generated €188m of net proceeds for the fund manager, which will retain a 5.31% stake
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
Graphite backs £72m MBO of YSC from Livingbridge
Deal for the management consultancy brings to an end a four-year tenure for Livingbridge
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
Cinven acquires agri-food business Planasa for €450m
Deal-maker deployed capital from its sixth fund, which hit its €7bn hard-cap in June 2016
Norvestor sells Life Europe after 12-year holding
Deal closes a 12-year holding for Norvestor, after establishing the business in December 2005
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period
IK's TCM Group to float in Copenhagen
IPO would follow a short two-year holding period for IK, which bought the business from Axcel
Truffle et al. exit Vexim in €162m Stryker deal
US-based Stryker Corporation acquires French VC-backed company Vexim for €162m
Xenon's Benfante buys Gruppo Ecolfer
Bolt-on comes three years after the GP's acquisition of a minority stake in Benfante
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Livingbridge exits IP Solutions in LDC deal
Communications technology business will look to make bolt-on acquisitions following the deal
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested ТЃ14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
ADM Capital buys Olivos Naturales
Acquisition is the second transaction for the GP's food-dedicated vehicle, Cibus Fund
Point Nine Capital in $14m funding round for Brainly
Other backers include Kulczyk Investments, Naspers, General Catalyst and Runa Capital
EQT to sell remaining 12.1% stake in AcadeMedia
Swedish GP mandates Carnegie and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to run the bookbuilding
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
Idinvest Partners, BPI France et al. in €32m iAdvize series-C
French GPs invest €32m in the conversational marketing platform developer
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating