Sector
Mittel buys 80% in Ceramica Cielo for €15m
Deal follows the acquisition of elderly care homes operator Gruppo Zaffiro in November 2016
BGF injects £3.85m into Dolphin Homes
Deal is the 12th transaction in 2017 for the UK-based growth capital investor
Inflexion invests in ProLabs
GP invested from its Enterprise fund, which typically provides equity tickets of ТЃ10-20m
Benchmark, Idinvest et al. sell Zenly to Snapchat
Zenly has raised an estimated $35.12m (€32m) in total to date through three expansion rounds
Mid Europa to float Waberer's
Trucking company's IPO price range has been set at €16.50-20.37
Lakestar, GV lead $40m series-B for Blockchain
Digital currency platform will look to expand internationally and invest in research and development
Apax and Altamir sell Altran share block
France-based Apax Partners took part in a €130m capital increase for Altran in 2008
Accel leads $11m series-A for Soldo
Connect Ventures, IrReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners also took part in the round
GED buys GTT from Realza
Realza sells its majority stake after a four-and-a-half-year holding period
GTCR-backed Callcredit acquires Confirma
UK-based software analytics company expands its business in Spain
Mobeus leads £3m funding round for tutoring website MyTutor
Transaction is Mobeus's seventh growth capital investment in the last 12 months
Altor acquires Nordic Trustee
GP buys the Norwegian provider of trustee services in the Nordic bond market
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
Sofindev exits Syx Automations
Sofindev acquired Syx in 2013, drawing equity from its €50m third vehicle Sofindev III
Ufenau reaps 6x on NRW sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Swiss GP fully exits the German refurbishment company following a 32-month ownership period
EdRip acquires Klaxcar
Transaction is the third completed with the small-cap fund Cabestan Capital II, closed last year
Apax's Evry prices IPO with NOK 11.5bn market cap
GP will sell down a 5.1% stake in the IT business, generating returns of NOK 591m
Palamon to buy 49% stake in Il Sole 24 Ore events division
Acquisition would be based on an €80m EV for the company's events division
Shawbrook to accept BC and Pollen Street's £868m take-private
Listed bank's board changes advice to shareholders after private equity duo secure 75.6% stake
EQT sells further AcadeMedia share block
EQT sells a further SEK 855m share block in Swedish private education company AcadeMedia
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
CVC acquires Etraveli in €508m EV deal
Transaction made by CVC's sixth fund values the online travel agent at around 14x EBITDA
Lonsdale to float Global Yachting Group
IPO is the first exit for the GP's maiden vehicle, Lonsdale Capital Partners Fund I