Bridgepoint
EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint
There were five or six bidders in the early stages of the sale auction, including Schroders
Bridgepoint-backed Fat Face in debt-to-equity swap – report
Deal would reduce Fat Face's present ТЃ120m borrowing levels via a debt-for-equity swap
Bridgepoint buys insurance group CEP from JC Flowers
GP invests via Bridgepoint Europe VI, which closed on its €5.7bn hard-cap in December 2017
UK fundraising update: name-brands push on through
Despite the coronavirus crisis, many GPs and VC investors are expecting to hold closes in 2020
BDC IV holds first close
To date, the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana has invested ТЃ50m in BDC IV
LGT buys Bridgepoint-backed 5aSec in debt-to-equity swap
Bridgepoint has sold its equity stake in 5aSec for a symbolic €1, which sees the firm wholly exit
Bridgepoint buys 28% stake in French asset manager Cyrus
GP invests via its lower-mid-cap fund Bridgepoint Development Capital III, which raised around £600m
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BDC's Anaveo buys Azman from Initiative & Finance
Initiative & Finance bought a minority stake in Azman as part of an owner buyout in 2017
DPE sells stake in PharmaZell to Bridgepoint
Deutsche Private Equity invested in the company in 2013 and began the sale process in August 2019
Bridgepoint invests in Oris Dental
Based in Trondheim and founded in 2016, Oris operates 25 dental clinics and four dental laboratories
Bridgepoint-backed Qualitest acquires AlgoTrace
Founded in 2015, AlgoTrace is based in Petach Tikva, Israel, and employs eight people
Bridgepoint's Bee2link buys Agence K
Bee2link buys IT and business support services firm serving the automobile sector
HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane in Bridgepoint Europe IV restructuring
Bridgepoint Europe IV, which closed on тЌ4.8bn in 2008, still holds a number of assets
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Bridgepoint appoints BCG's Kratz for DACH
Kratz will work alongside Chris Brackmann who was appointed head of DACH investment this year
PE consortium and Sogecap invest in Primonial
Deal sees PE firm Bridgepoint reduce its shareholding in Primonial from 56.1% to 35%
Bridgepoint-backed BigHand bolts on Iphelion
Deal comes nine years after the GP initially backed the legal-sector-focused software group
Inflexion to merge Bridgepoint-backed Estera with Ocorian
Transaction ends a four-year holding period and reportedly values Estera at ТЃ500-600m
Bridgepoint's Cambridge Education Group sells CATS for £150m
School operator will be sold to Chinese trade buyer Bright Scholar after five and a half years
BlackRock to buy eFront in $1.49bn deal
Sale of investment management software provider generates 4.8x return for Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint kicks off Primonial sale
Bridgepoint reportedly hired Rothschild and JP Morgan to conduct the sale in January
PE-backed Primonial buys remaining 60% stake in LFDE
Bridgepoint and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa invested in Primonia since 2016 and 2011 respectively
Bridgepoint buys minority stake in Bee2link
GP uses £600m Bridgepoint Development Capital III fund to invest in France-based Bee2link