Small-cap buyout
Apax heads for second small-cap fund with EUR 350m target
French GP seeks private and institutional investors with a minimum commitment of around EUR 100,000
Limerston buys Wickham Micro, appoints new CEO
Deal is a spin-out from Gosport-based Wickham Laboratories
UI Investissements launches impact SME fund
New fund will invest tickets of EUR 3m-10m in companies with more than EUR 1m in cashflow
GHO Capital backs biotech RoslinCT
RoslinCT is a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh
Triton to acquire FairWind
Triton has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Fairwind, a Danish provider of wind turbine installation and related services.
Sentica buys Finnish workwear maker Dimex
Sentica is currently deploying its fifth buyout fund, which held a final close on its тЌ185m hard-cap in 2017
Verdane backs e-learning companies Eduhouse and Wistec
GP deploys equity from its SEK 6bn vehicle Verdane Capital X
Screen Capital buys machine rental firm Tätab Hyrservice
Deal is in line with a generational change in ownership of TУЄtab, which was established in 1963
Bluefront Equity acquires Norwegian firm Redox
GP is acquiring a 51.8% stake in the company, alongside its management, according to Finansavisen
Resource Partners buys dog food maker Atlantic Products
GP plans to merge Atlantic with portfolio company Maced, in which it acquired a majority stake last year
Capidea acquires Obsidian Group
Deal follows an auction process initiated by the company at the end of summer 2020 and was led by Deloitte.
NorthEdge invests in Distology
GP is investing from its ТЃ120m SME Fund, which held a final close in July 2018
Norvestor acquires Finnish water management firm Envera
Norvestor partner Per-Ola Baalerud said in the press report that the GP aims to increase Enveraтs turnover five-fold within four to five years
Longship to buy Norwegian company Gexcon
Purchase price could be around тЌ29.2m, according to a local press report
Forte Capital buys Dutch toy retailer W&O
GP will help the company extend product portfolio and consider M&A opportunities.
Omikron buys Polish company Dagat ECO
GP invests in Polish SMEs, particularly production-based and services companies with scalable business models
Equip Capital buys IT consultancy Miles
GP is currently deploying its first fund, which was launched in December 2018 and held a final close last month on its hard-cap of тЌ180m
Sponsor Capital acquires and merges Likeit, Nepton
Merged company will have combined revenues of around тЌ8m in 2020, and employ over 50 staff.
Full In Partners acquires Danish firm Cybot
Deal value was reportedly 10 times the company's turnover of around тЌ13.4m
IK buys LSA from BlackFin
BlackFin exits the company five years after wholly acquiring it, then operating as Lucheux
Weinberg Capital buys supermarket chain Marcel & Fils
GP is deploying equity from its third fund, and Marcel & Fils is its fourth investment from the vehicle
Aksia in exclusive talks to acquire MIR – report
De'Rossi & Associati is reportedly acting as a legal adviser to MIR, while Mediobanca is running the process
Omnes buys minority stake in Tennaxia
Company will use investment to step up cross-selling strategy, strengthen sales teams, and attract new customers
Verdane, Canica acquire Porterbuddy
Investment reportedly gives the company a valuation of NOK 200m, up from NOK 120m a year ago