Belgium
Corporate carve-outs boost Benelux deal values
Corporate carve-outs
Argos Soditic opens Benelux office
Mid-market private equity house Argos Soditic has officially announced the opening a new office in Brussels to better take advantage of the Benelux market.
Gimv leads €8.5m round for Itineris
Gimv and PMV have invested €8.5m in Belgian software company Itineris, alongside the company’s founder and CEO.
Capricorn, Vesalius lead round for Trod
Capricorn Venture Partners and Vesalius Biocapital have co-led a €4.75m series-B funding round for Trod Medical, a Belgian medical devices company.
Gimv fully exits Ablynx
Gimv has sold its remaining direct stake of 2.24% in Euronext-listed Ablynx, a Belgian biotechnology company, for €19.1m.
NovoPolymers pulls in further VC funding
Gimv, Capricorn Venture Partners and the Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij (SFPI-FPIM) have reinvested in Belgian solar encapsulant manufacturer NovoPolymers alongside new backer Capital-E.
KBC sells German division to Apollo et al.
Belgium’s KBC Bank has sold its German stand-alone subsidiary, KBC Bank Deutschland (KBCD), to a consortium of investors including Apollo Global Management and Grovepoint Capital.
Capricorn leads $3.3m round for Ngdata
Capricorn Venture Partners has led a $3.3m funding round for Belgian big data company Ngdata alongside existing backer Sniper Investments and angel investors.
CVC set to buy Campbell Europe
CVC Capital Partners has entered exclusive negotiations with Campbell Soup Company to acquire part of its European activities.
PMV backs Rapidfit
PMV has backed Rapidfit, a Belgium-based 3D printing specialist for the automotive industry, with a combination of equity and a subordinated loan.
Hummingbird backs $2.6m round for Engagor
Hummingbird Ventures has led a $2.6m series-A funding round for Belgium-based Engagor, a social media monitoring platform, as the company expands into the US.
Waterland sells SLG to Medica
Waterland Private Equity Investments has wholly divested its Belgian portfolio company Senior Living Group (SLG) to Medica, a France-based dependency care provider.
Van Campen Liem's team expands
Kersten and Wehmeijer, Van Campen Liem
CVC appoints Benelux and TMT adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Tenet chief executive Duco Sickinghe to its Benelux and TMT advisory boards.
Gimv and EdRip back Complix with €12m
Gimv and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) have led a €12m series-B round for Belgian biopharmaceutical company Complix.
VC-backed Cardio3 announces launch of €28.4m IPO
Cardio3 Biosciences, a Belgian pharmaceutical company backed by a number of venture capital investors, has launched the subscription period of its IPO.
CVC raises €812m in bpost IPO
CVC-backed bpost started trading on the NYSE Euronext Brussels today, in an IPO valuing the business at €2.9bn.
Gimv backs MBO of Luciad
Gimv has acquired a majority stake in Luciad, a Belgian supplier of situational awareness systems-building software, alongside the company’s management.
Gimv backs €40m investment in Lampiris
Gimv has jointly invested €40m in Belgian green energy supplier Lampiris with the Regional Investment Company of Wallonia (SRIW).
CVC to sell 32.5% stake in bpost IPO
CVC Capital Partners plans to sell a stake of up to 32.5% in the IPO of bpost at a price of €14.5 per share.
VC-backed Cardio3 announces IPO plans
Belgian biopharmaceutical company Cardio3 Biosciences, which is backed by a consortium of venture capital firms, has announced that it is considering listing new shares in an IPO.
Gimv makes 1.3x return on divestments for 2012/13
Gimv has announced a 1.3x return on divestments, relative to original acquisition value, for the year ending in March 2013.
CVC to list bpost shares in IPO
CVC Capital Partners plans on listing a minority portion of its shares in Belgian postal service bpost in the business's upcoming IPO on the NYSE Euronext in Brussels.
Benelux unquote" May 2013
Benelux punched above its weight in April with two private equity-backed IPOs, following on from other listings in recent weeks.