Lincoln International
Capvis acquires Xovis from Emeram
Emeram and the management team invested in Xovis in 2016, with Emeram taking a majority stake
Bowmark sells Care Fertility to Silverfleet
Earlier reports suggested the fertility clinic group could attract bids of around 8x its £11m EBITDA
HQ Equita acquires Ebertlang in SBO
Beyond Capital acquired Ebertlang in 2017 when it sold for 1.5-2x its €10m turnover
Benelux trade deals surged in 2018
Exits to strategic buyers accounted for 56% of all divestments, with the volume of such deals increasing by 68% year-on-year
Aksìa-backed Covisian bolts on Grupo GSS
Following this deal, Covisian expects to reach revenues of €300m and employ a staff of 14,000 people
Nazca Capital buys Terratest from Platinum Equity
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further expand internationally, especially in the US
LDC sells BOFA to Donaldson Company in £90m deal
Fume extraction systems designer and manufacturer has doubled its turnover under the GP's tenure
Quantum carves out Gianetti from Accuride
GP appoints Goran Mihajlovic as CEO and chair of the board to lead Gianetti's management team
Bain Capital buys Italmatch in SBO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Ardian, which acquired Italmatch from Mandarin Capital
Argos acquires Factum from Naxicap et al.
Deal for the equipment leasing company brings to an end an 11-year holding period for Naxicap
Sovereign scores largest ever exit with Linnaeus sale to Mars
Divestment of the UK veterinary group generated the firm's strongest ever gross return
Bravo, Ersel buy Arbo from Ersel Investment Club
CEO Daniele Franco will stay on with the company and retain a minority stake in the business
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Groupe Etienne
Acquisition is Alliance Etiquettes’s sixth add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
Gilde sells Synbra to trade for €117.5m
Sale ends an 18-year holding period for Gilde, which acquired the company in 1999
Turenne Capital exits Volfoni to trade
GP sells its minority stake in the French maker of 3D cinema glasses to Chinese corporate Shandong Luxin-Rio
Triton-backed Seves exits Vitrablok
Seves makes a strategic move with the Vitrablok sale to focus on its core insulator business
Bridges-backed Viva Gym acquires Fitness Hut
Bridges made a further investment from Fund III to finance the bolt-on acquisition
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
Ardian’s Hypred acquires Paragon Partners' Anti-Germ
Transaction represents the first bolt-on completed by Hypred since Ardian acquired the company last year