Netherlands
Endless acquires Brabant Alucast
Takeover comes as business secures a refinancing following failure to meet its debt obligations
3i makes £165m from Action’s €1.2bn third refinancing
Listed GP reaped £323m from refinancings since buying retailer in 2011
Main Capital buys majority stake in Denit
In line with previous investments by the GP, the business will grow via a buy-and-build approach
Gilde et al. to fully acquire Reesink for €279m
Offer values the company's shares at €139.6m and will be followed by an Euronext IPO
Inkef leads $4.5m series-A for Wercker
Round follows $2.4m seed round in 2014 and brings total funding to $7.5m
Mucosis raises €5.7m from BioGeneration et al.
Round comes eight years after €3m injection by BioGeneration and Medsciences, among others
Avedon promotes new partner
Gerritjan Eggenkamp has been named partner in Avedon's Amsterdam office
Dutch MPs unveil green paper against private equity
Dutch Labour MP Henk Nijboer has published his proposals on how to reform the private equity market
Vendis kickstarts second fund with Petrol buyout
SME-focused vehicle understood to have raised €160m, up from €150m target
Deal in Focus: Arle and Eyrir complete three-step divestment of Stork
An in-depth look at Arle and Eyrir's three-step sale of Dutch oil and gas services company Stork
Gimv buys Itho Daalderop and Klimaatgarant for merger
Group is latest business to enter Gimv’s Sustainable Cities programme
Sun European’s V&D goes under
Case is the latest to highlight ongoing controversy around Dutch portfolio companies
Gimv buys 75% stake in Brakel
GP invests in the Dutch natural climate control business via its balance sheet
VC-backed Acerta sold to trade for up to $7bn
VC backers make partial exit and are set to fully divest in the future
Main’s Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
PAI scores 2.3x on Hunkemöller exit to Carlyle
Sale follows competitive auction process for asset
Arle, Eyrir in €695m Stork trade sale
Deal marks end to Stork’s three-step exit process
Point Nine et al. in €1.5m seed round for Deskbookers
Business to expand into five new countries in 2016
Competitive 2016 ahead for booming Benelux
A look back on PE activity in Benelux reveals a competitive year ahead for the region
Equistone exits MPS to Marel for €382m
Trade sale come five years after acquisition
Gilde closes buyout fund on €1.1bn hard-cap
Vehicle has core focus on Benelux and DACH regions
Bencis and Gimv to sell Xeikon to Flint
Trade sale follows €168m take-private in July 2013
Houlihan acquires Leonardo’s German, Dutch and Spanish operations
Move comes nine months after carve-out of Leonardo’s French business
PGGM backs private equity regulation drive in Netherlands
Pension fund welcomes Labour's greater transparency proposal