Spain
Deal in Focus: Carlyle sells Itconic to Equinix
Sale comes two and a half years after the GP acquired the business and is the first divestment for its third Europe-dedicated fund
General Atlantic backs Typeform in $35m series-B
Existing investors including Index Ventures, Point Nine and Connect Ventures also take part
Carlyle sells Itconic via trade sale
Deal draws an end to the GP's two-year ownership of the Spanish datacentre business
Unigrains seals first Spanish deal with Genuine Coconut
Deal is the first investment for Unigrains Iberian Capital Fund, advised by MCH Private Equity
Portobello promotes Dolz to partner
Announcement follows the first deal for the GP's €600m fourth fund, Portobello Capital Fondo IV
Alta Life Sciences leads €4.2m series-A for Peptomyc
Deal is the first investment for the Spanish GP, which manages the Alta Life Science Spain I fund
Magnum sells Orliman to strategic investor
Following a two-year investment period, the GP has fully exited the asset via trade sale
Portobello buys five dental clinics
Following a €500m first close, the GP completes the first investment from its fourth fund
International backers fuel record-breaking H1 in Spain
Country's dealflow has reached the highest level in value terms ever recorded
Portobello eyes September final close for fund IV, buys five dental clinics
Spanish GP acquires five companies operating in the dental care sector
GPF Capital buys restaurant chain La Flauta
Transaction is the sixth acquisition in Spain for the lower-mid-cap fund manager
CVC, PAI buy Permira's Grupo Cortefiel stake
Following the transaction, the GPs are understood to retain an equally-split stake in the business
GED acquires Vitro Group
Deal is the fifth acquisition for the GP's fifth vehicle, GED V España
3i reaps £117m in Mémora sale
GP fully exits the Iberian funeral service after nine years of ownership
Portobello buys Spanish resorts chain Blue Sea
Deal is the last acquisition for the GP's third fund and follows a €500m first close for Fund IV
Lone Star buys Esmalglass for €605m
GP acquires its stake via Lone Star Fund X from Bahrain-based asset management firm Investcorp
GPF Capital buys freight transport firm Vicarli
Deal is the fifth acquisition for the Spanish private equity fund manager
ETF and McRock in €8.3m round for Worldsensing
Data analytics company will increase its focus on smart cities and industrial IoT products
GPF Capital to sell Acuntia to Vinci Energies
Deal will end an 18-month holding in the Spanish ICT service provider
Eurazeo buys Magnum's Iberchem for €405m
French GP backs the third secondary buyout for the Spanish fragrance and flavour producer
Ardian purchases minority in T2O
Deal sees Ardian Growth acquire a minority holding in the Spanish business
Towerbrook et al. buy Springwater's stake in Aernnova
Deal is the first acquisition in Spain for Towerbrook, which opened an office in Madrid in 2016
GED buys GTT from Realza
Realza sells its majority stake after a four-and-a-half-year holding period
GTCR-backed Callcredit acquires Confirma
UK-based software analytics company expands its business in Spain