Cinven
Lone Star in talks to acquire BASF's chemicals division
Final stage of the auction process comes after BASF began looking for a buyer at the end of 2018
Cinven invests in Barentz
GP intends to boost the company's growth and invest in its infrastructure and R&D capabilities
Cinven, Astorg to acquire LGC for £3bn
Advent International, Bain, Blackstone and Carlyle were among the bidders in the process
Mid Europa sells Walmark to PE-backed Stada
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for the GP, which invested in the company via its third fund
Advent et al. bid for ThyssenKrupp elevators division
Carlyle, CVC, KKR, and Blackstone Group are also reported to be interested in the unit
Cinven holds €10bn close for seventh buyout fund
Seventh Cinven Fund will focus on European buyouts and make selective North American investments
Cinven sells €750m stake in Visma to Hg and CPPIB
Cinven made the realisation from its fifth fund, a €5.3bn vehicle that backed Visma in 2014
Private investor platform Moonfare raises $28m
Moonfare offers investment in six funds, including EQT Middle Market Asia, Oakley IV and Cinven VII
Bridgepoint kicks off Primonial sale
Bridgepoint reportedly hired Rothschild and JP Morgan to conduct the sale in January
Cinven buys Inseec U in €800m deal
Rothschild-led auction also saw Carlyle, BC Partners and Wendel in the second round
Private investor platform Truffle Invest offers first PE fund
Platform launched in September last year and has already backed a VC fund with private funds
Cinven invests in RTB House
Investment is 14th from Cinven VI, a €7bn buyout fund that held a final close in June 2016
Cinven buys One.com from Accel-KKR
Revenues doubled from €30m to €60m in four years, according to the vendor
CVC in exclusivity for stake in Premiership Rugby
Reported deal would see the GP pay more than £200m in exchange for a minority stake
CVC bids for TomTom telematics division
GP is bidding for the Netherlands-based telematics division of navigation specialist TomTom
Cinven’s Chryso bolts on Chemtec Admixtures
Chemtec Admixtures CEO James Grace will continue to run activities in Ireland
Bain and Cinven offer improved price to de-list Stada
PE firms say they have obtained irrevocable support for the new offer from a 12% shareholder
Novo takes 24.9% of Cinven's Envirotainer
Co-investment is announced in partnership with Cinven, two months after the initial buyout
International appetite for Spanish deals soars in H1
Country's dealflow and aggregate value both reached record or near-record levels in H1, with international GP's fueling mid- and large-cap activity
Cinven agrees to acquire ALE from Axa for €925m
Deal comes weeks after the GP transferred another life insurance business into its sixth fund
Cinven merges Viridum with Generali Lebensversicherung
Transaction is an exit for Fifth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €5.3bn in 2013
Cinven buys Envirotainer
Cinven draws equity for the deal from the Sixth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €7bn
Cinven's Chryso buys Ruredil
Chryso, a producer of additives for concrete and cement, buys assets from Italy-based Ruredil
Hg-backed Visma and Raet to merge
Visma has launched a €300m term loan add-on financing to syndication to finance the acquisition