Sector
Equistone buys Sicame from Siparex
SBO sees VC score 2x-plus return
Carlyle to buy Astorg's Saverglass in €560m SBO
GP's bid prevailed over five other private equity funds
3i makes 3.9x on Element Materials Technology exit to Bridgepoint
3i's proceeds from the investment total ТЃ215m
Ratos makes NOK 265m on Hent refinancing
Refinancing will cover most of the GP's initial investment in the Norwegian construction company
Summit Partners invests €31m in Signavio
Deal marks Summit Partner's third investment in a software company this year
Livingbridge's Centre4 Testing merges with The Test People
Deal was funded with debt supplied by Yorkshire Bank
Main's Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
Northzone and GP Bullhound invest SEK 30m in Matsmart
Capital will support national and international growth for the Swedish e-commerce company
MS Ventures backs Inthera Bioscience's €3.4m round
MS Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of healthcare business Merck
Partech leads $4.5m seed round for Giroptic
VC draws equity from €60m seed fund; 360 Capital Partners also takes part in round
Innova acquires Slovenian construction company Trimo
Innova acquired the business from banks after Trimo landed debt restructuring agreement
DBAG buys minority stake in Mageba
DBAG scores its first ever Swiss deal, also plans capital increase for the company
Vatel invests €2.2m in Syracuse MBI
New CEO Jean-Pierre Gori to control the Corsica-based hotel following the MBI
PAI to acquire Carlyle's B&B in €825m SBO
Exit of French budget accommodation operator is set to generate a 2x-plus return for Carlyle
Chequers buys Spandex from Gilde
Gilde scores 3x money on the sale of the Swiss sign-making and printing business
Idinvest leads €4.5m round for Azalead
Round adds to Aurinvest-led €2m series-A in March and will support future growth
360 closes seed fund on €35m
Technology-focused vehicle to back 5-10 startups per year
Target Partners leads Navvis's €7.5m series-B
Startup receives funding from Germany and US
EdRip leads €15m round for GamaMabs Pharma
InnoBio, Irdinov, Alto Invest and Ixo Private Equity also take part in capital increase
IK acquires TCM Group from Axcel
Exit comes nine years after Axcel's acquisition of TCM
Auctus exits Career Partner to Apollo Education for €96m
GP held the education company for eight years prior to trade sale
PAI to exit GCS in €650m trade sale
GP to reap €186m in proceeds for its €2.7bn buyout fund
Foresight invests £2m in QS Recruitment
Investment came via the Foresight Nottingham Fund to support the company's MBO
Synova invests £9m in Vistair
Investment will be used to support the safety and compliance business's international expansion