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Arle initiates Technogym exit with Italian IPO
The GP will sell up to 28.75% of its stake raising gross proceeds of €162.5m
Savedo raises $5.6m from XAnge et al.
New round brings the total capital raised by Savedo since inception in 2014 to $10m
Peptomyc raises €1m round from Riva y García
Business angels and institutional investors also participated in the funding round
Baird acquires Bfinance
Transaction comes months after GP exited Alpha FMC, another investment advisory business
PE-backed Mercury buys Intesa Sanpaolo’s payment platforms for €1bn
GPs’ syndicate includes buyout houses Advent, Bain Capital and Clessidra
Nordic Capital lists Tokmanni in €394m Helsinki IPO
Busy week on public markets for Nordic Capital, who realised €500m of shares in two days
Perfectis exits Piscines Magiline in SBO
Investors including UI Gestion and BPI France will take over Perfectis's 70% stake in the company
Nordic Capital’s Resurs valued at SEK 11bn in IPO
GP completes Stockholm listing of consumer finance business on same day of Tokmanni IPO in Helsinki
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Part one: technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for private equity?
Private equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Digitalisation and technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for PE?
MyTwinPlace raises €750,000 round from Inveready, Sabadell
Deal marks the first transaction for Banco Sabadell’s investment arm, Sabadell Venture Capital
PAI Partners in partial exit from Kaufman & Broad
Holding Financiere Gaillon 8 reaps €257m from the sale of a 39% stake in the business
Arle’s Parques Reunidos valued at €1.25bn in Madrid IPO
GP initiates its exit from Parques Reunidos after a 12-year holding period
Catalyst promotes Holden to partner
New partner oversees the advisory firm's London-based business services team
Silverfleet, Electra sell sausage casing maker Kalle to CD&R
CD&R bought the business for around €500m, equating to a 9-10x EBITDA multiple
MCH invests in fish distributor Brasmar
Deal marks the second transaction for the GP’s fourth fund, MCH Iberian Capital Find IV
TPG Growth acquires FRG from Livingbridge
Deal is understood to give the recruitment company an enterprise value of around £200m
Capidea acquires water treatment business Guldager
Buyout is brought on by succession and sees Steen Ulrik Madsen join the Danish company as CEO
Aksìa Group buys medical packaging maker Lameplast
Deal sees the founders and previous owners fully exit the pharma packaging business
Gimv acquires 40% stake in Joolz
Investment firm invests alongside the company's managing director and founder
Cinven buys Hotelbeds for €1.2bn
Backers include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the management team
3i sells Mayborn after 10-year holding period
GP had already received £32m as part of a 2012 refinancing deal for the business
Cathay, Nokia Growth in €31m series-C for Drivy
Fourth round of funding brings the total amount raised by Drivy to €47m
Tengelmann and IBB exit 42reports to Dilax Intelcom
VR Equitypartner and Omos Equity bought a majority stake in Dilax in early 2015