Benelux Unquote
Apax sells Buy Way Personal Finance
GP acquired 50.5% stake in 2010 carve-out from BNP Paribas
PMV launches €100m Belgian mezzanine fund
Fund held first close on €75m in February
Main Capital acquires RVC
Management buyout valued at €5-10m
NPM exits Dujardin
Belgian business merges with trade player Ardo
CVC and Apollo's Brit valued at £960m in IPO
Both GP owners sell shares in offering
Waterland acquires Quinity
GP investing to expand company internationally
Intel Capital et al. invest $11m in Amplidata
Endeavour, Hummingbird, Quantum and Swisscom also involved
Gimv et al. invest €1.5m in CoScale
Capital supplied equally from three investors
Deal in focus: Montagu enters Dutch market with Dorc purchase
Ophthalmic surgery instruments producer generates €80m turnover
LSP closes Health Economics Fund on €112m
Vehicle began investing in September 2012
H2 Equity acquires Vion's Oerlemans Foods
Transaction expected to be completed in Q2 2014
Belgium leads the pack to head off stagnation fears
Belgium on the rise
Montagu acquires Dorc from Rabo Capital
Montagu Private Equity has acquired Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (Dorc) from Rabo Capital, the private equity division of Rabo Bank.
Mentha acquires Etiket
Dutch GP Mentha Capital has acquired Dutch producer of self-adhesive labels Etiket Nederland via its fourth mid-market buyout fund, which recently held its first close on €51m.
Mentha holds first close on €51m
Dutch private equity firm Mentha Capital has held a first close for its Mentha Capital Fund IV (MCF IV) vehicle on €51m, slightly more than halfway towards its target.
LDC backs Imagine Nation
LDC has backed Netherlands-based media content company Imagine Nation.
CM-CIC's Primus acquired by Alliance Laundry
Belgium-based Primus Laundry Equipment Group, which is backed by CM-CIC Finance, has been acquired by Teachers’ Private Capital-backed US group Alliance Laundry.
Deal in focus: uniQure raises $91.8m in IPO
Netherlands-based uniQure’s debut on the Nasdaq marks one of the latest in a string of European venture capital-backed biotechs flocking to the US markets, but the lack of activity in Europe's public markets does not necessarily equate to a slowdown in...
Kebek acquires Belgian business Mifratel
Belgian buyout firm Kebek Private Equity has acquired Mifratel, a Belgian contact centre operator, alongside the company’s management.
Vendis invests in Victoria Group
Retail and consumer brand-focused investor Vendis Capital has acquired Victoria Group, a Belgian jewellery designer.
Charterhouse's Webhelp picks up SNT
Charterhouse-backed Webhelp Group, a French provider of customer management solutions, has acquired Dutch customer contact services provider SNT.
German PE tempted by allure of Luxembourg LPs
With a government promising to keep industry regulation fine-tuned to the benefit of its denizens, Luxembourg has become a hotspot for GPs in post-AIFMD Europe. Ellie Pullen reports
MIF invests €1.2m in MI Airline
Mainport Innovation Fund (MIF) has injected €1.2m into MI Airline, the Dutch developer of a tablet app for airline cabin crews.
VC-backed uniQure raises $91.8m in IPO
Venture capital-backed Dutch gene therapy company uniQure raised well above its original expectation in its listing on the Nasdaq, bagging $91.8m.