Netherlands
Smile Invest buys Magnum Heating
GP deploys capital from its Smile Invest Fund, which held a final close in 2017 on its €350m hard-cap
H1 Review: Large-cap value drives Benelux buyout activity
H1's aggregate value of €11.1bn resulted in a 60% increase on H2 2018, and reveals large-cap activity remains strong in the region
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Volpi backs Mansystems with €20m
Volpi closed its debut fund on €185m, with the expectation of doing six platform investments
HPE Growth leads €35m series-B for WeTransfer
Existing investor Highland Europe has also taken part in the latest funding round
Triton opens office in Amsterdam, makes new hire
Triton has opened an office in the Netherlands and hired van de Linde from Bain Capital
Steadfast buys Koop Group
Fifth platform investment from Steadfast Capital Fund IV, which held a final close on €297m
Egeria exits WC furnisher Vendor to trade
Sale ends a 19-year holding period for Egeria, which acquired Vendor via its second fund
Anders Invest buys Van Dam Machines
GP backs Van Dam, a producer of printing machines for plastic and paper cups and trays
Waterland eyes logistics companies Marinetrans, BGL
GP files with the regulator to buy Dutch logistics businesses Marinetrans and BGL
GPs hungry for Benelux's food and beverages sector
From 2014 to date, Benelux has surpassed all other European regions in terms of large-cap buyouts in the food sector
Gilde buys majority stake in Eichholtz
GP will help Dutch luxury furniture business Eichholtz to expand in the US and Asia
Perusa sells Xindao to Gilde
Perusa makes the divestment from Perusa Partners II, a €207m vehicle that closed in 2017
Equistone to acquire Heras
Equistone will acquire the property protection company from building materials group CRH
Steadfast, Kempen back Wilvo MBO
Kempen used its European Private Equity Fund, which held an interim close on €120m in June
Antea backs Frisse Blikken MBO
Deal is the sixth investment by the Antea Participaties VIII fund, which closed on €30m in 2017
Holland Capital backs Valori MBO
GP buys majority in Netherlands-based software testing and quality assurance specialist
3i announces eight hires and three promotions
3i has promoted and hired 11 people in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, London and New York
LSP, Andera et al. invest €116m in AM-Pharma
Forbion, Ysios Capital and Idinvest also back the financing for the biopharmaceutical company
EQT Ventures, Naspers et al. invest €30m in Dott
Funding will help electric scooter and electric bike specialist Dott expand in new cities
BC Partners carves out Synthon
GP invests in Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company Synthon alongside its founder
Pamplona backs Loparex SBO
Mergermarket reported in June that packaging company Loparex posted an $80-90m EBITDA
Aurelius sells Solidus to Centerbridge for €330m
Aurelius acquired the packaging company in 2015 and merged it with Abelan in 2018