Acquisition finance
Keeping leverage in check
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, ICG
Ardian-backed Laboratoires Anios acquires Soluscope
Bolt-on is company's first since GP-backed MBO
Bridgepoint acquires LBO France’s Médi-Partenaires
Bridgepoint has supported its portfolio company Médipôle Sud Santé with the acquisition of Médi-Partenaires, a French private hospital group, from LBO France and Equistone.
Eurazeo’s Vignal bolts on 21 Partners’ ABL Lights
Eurazeo provides additional €15m to finance the deal
Ardian’s Trescal bolts on two US firms
Fourth expansion deal for Trescal since Ardian acquisition
Electra provides follow-on funding to Treetops Nurseries
Deal is GP's fifth investment of the year
MPcroissance et al. invest €10m in Ermic
Ermic to bolt on French mechatronics specialist Noval
Beringea backs DCC with £3m
Beringea has invested £3m in Disposable Cubicle Curtains (DCC), a UK-based manufacturer of disposable curtains for hospitals that trades under All In One Medical.
Octopus finances two bolt-ons for GetLenses
Octopus Investments has provided fresh funding for the acquisition of Dutch firms Lensbase and Vision Direct by its portfolio company GetLenses, a UK contact lenses retailer.
Stable markets and high liquidity to boost Nordic exits
The Nordic region saw disappointing dealflow in 2013, despite an open and liquid financing market - but the industry is upbeat on exit prospects for 2014. Karin Wasteson reports
Sovereign’s Cordium picks up HedgeStart
Sovereign Capital has backed Cordium’s acquisition of HedgeStart as it continues its buy-and-build growth strategy.
Acquisition finance: breaking with tradition
Acquisition finance
Acquisition finance: alternative thinking
Despite bringing much-needed liquidity and competition to the debt market, many GPs are still wary of alternative lenders. Alice Murray pits traditional lenders against these alternatives to find out which has the upper hand.
Norvestor's Apsis picks up ProspectEye
Email marketing business Apsis Group, owned by Norvestor, has acquired ProspectEye.
CGS-backed Top-Werk acquires Hess Group
Top-Werk, an industrial machinery business backed by Swiss private equity firm CGS Management, has bought Hess Group.
PE-backed Keymile acquires Hytec Gerätebau
Data transmission system provider Keymile, backed by Halder and The Riverside Company, has bought Hytec Gerätebau, a provider of communication network products.
Electra’s Davies Group acquires Garwyn
Electra Partners has supported the acquisition of liability loss adjuster Garwyn Group by its portfolio company Davies Group.
Sherpa Capital buys Bolfor
Sherpa Capital has acquired flexible packaging firm Bolfor with the intention to merge it with current portfolio company Polibol.
BPI France’s Cassiopae makes two bolt-ons
BPI France Ile-de-France and BNP Paribas Développement have supported portfolio company Cassiopae’s acquisitions of Germany-based Singhammer dtSoftware and the Crédito division of Brazil-based Disoft Solutions.
BPE sells Domilens to Odewald’s Polytech
BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has sold medical devices manufacturer Domilens to fellow private equity house Odewald & Compagnie’s Polytech Gruppe, a medical equipment supplier.
Mid Europa's Alpha Medical buys Euromedic’s laboratories
Alpha Medical, a provider of laboratory testing services backed by Mid Europa Partners, has acquired the Czech laboratory business of medical services provider Euromedic.
BC Partners' Aenova acquires Haupt Pharma Gruppe
Aenova, a BC Partners-backed manufacturer of medicines and dietary supplements, has bought a majority stake in pharmaceutical company Haupt Pharma Gruppe.
Ardian’s Trescal bolts on SE Laboratories
Trescal, a portfolio company of Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity), has acquired SE Laboratories, a Silicon Valley-based provider of calibration services.