Sector
Graphite Capital sells U-Pol in £428m trade sale
GP first bought the business in 2002, exiting in 2005 before acquiring it again in 2010
Towerbrook clinches Bruneau auction – report
Towerbrook reportedly beat competition from private equity firms Lone Star and Platinum
Eurazeo to sell early education business Grandir to InfraVia
Eurazeo is set to earn a 2x return on its initial investment
LBO France's Groupe RG completes impact refinancing
Reinancing for the PPE distributor includes ESG criteria that will affect the debt repayment
British Patient Capital launches £600m life sciences programme
Programme will invest in later-stage life sciences funds targeting at least ТЃ250m
Gimv sells Summa to Ergon
Gimv acquired a majority stake in the Belgium-based digital cutting machines producer in 2016
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly тЌ200m over three funding rounds
Bridgepoint backs PharmaReview
GP is investing via its first Growth fund, which makes investments of up to ТЃ15m
HIG sells Weru to trade
Sale comes more than seven years after HIG acquired the windows and doors producer from Triton
EQT sells Iver to ICG
EQT claims that, under its ownership, the company more than tripled its revenues over the last three years
Apollo makes first deal from Impact strategy
Apollo will launch a take-private bid for the recycled cardboard producer on completion of the deal
True holds £275m final close for third fund
Consumer-focused GP raised the fund in a six-month virtual process and surpassed its ТЃ250m target
Charterhouse to exit Siaci Saint Honoré to OTPP et al.
OTPP, Cathay, BPI France and Ardian back the deal and SSH's merger with market peer Diot
Apollo confirms interest in Morrisons bid
PE firm would have to top a ТЃ9.52bn EV offer from a Fortress-led consortium made over the weekend
Ashridge scores 1,439% IRR on Marclay after four-month hold
Ashridge invested in the UK-based cybersecurity and incident response firm in February
Montagu buys Waystone from MML
Acquisition of the fund advisory firm is Montagu's third SBO of 2021, according to Unquote Data
Bid Equity sells Myneva to Summa
Bid Equity had reportedly mandated GCA Altium to consider sale options at the beginning of the year
Charterhouse buys Labelium from Qualium
B2B digital marketing agency made six add-ons during Qualium's three-year investment period
CapMan acquires Verdane's MM Sports
Verdane mandated Clearwater International in Q1 to assess its exit options
Investindustrial exits Polynt-Reichhold in buy-back
Asset was expected to fetch around тЌ2.5bn, with Lone Star previously thought to be in exclusivity
CapMan exits Solera Beverage Group to trade
Exit comes a decade after CapMan acquired a majority stake in Solera alongside co-investors and the management
Unigestion holds €611m final close for second Direct fund
Fund surpasses its тЌ600m target and is more than 40% deployed
Polaris sells ProData Consult to Axcel
Axcel reportedly pays nearly DKK 2bn (тЌ269m) for the company, suggesting a 13.3x EBITDA multiple
Capiton buys majority stake in Axxence Group
GP is backing the natural aroma chemicals firm via Capiton VI, which is on the road targeting €550m