Trade sale
Invision sells Swiss Education Group to Summer Capital
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Invision, which acquired the business in 2008
Avedon sells Seebach to trade for €60m
Avedon acquired the business in 2012, drawing equity from the €190m NIBC Growth Capital Fund II
Nordic Capital sells AniCura to Mars Petcare
Deal ends a four-year holding period for Nordic Capital, which acquired the business in 2014
Sovereign scores largest ever exit with Linnaeus sale to Mars
Divestment of the UK veterinary group generated the firm's strongest ever gross return
Silverfleet sells Ipes to Genstar's Apex Group
Sale of the fund administration business generates a 3.8x return and 30% IRR for the vendor
Iris Capital exits Lediberg
Lebanese GP sells the Italian business to stationery producer Johnson CPZ Distribuzione
Hg sells Intelliflo to Invesco
Sale of the financial software company brings the gross realised fund multiple of Mercury 1 to 3.4x
CapMan sells MPT to Holta
Deal marks the end of a nine-year holding period for CapMan, which acquired the business in early 2009
GCP reaps 4.8x on sale of Etc.Venues to Gencom et al.
Company has added six new venues under the vendor's tenure, bringing its total to 15
VR Equitypartner sells Vohtec to trade
Deal ends a five-year holding period for VR Equitypartner, which acquired a 49.9% stake in 2013
Sentica Partners exits Silta
Following the deal, Silta will become part of Administer, with its brand and name unchanged
Capvis sells Lista to trade for CHF 184.5m
End of an almost 12-year holding period for Capvis, which acquired the company in September 2006
Holtzbrinck et al. divest Dealflo to Vasco in £41m deal
Automated contracting platform has secured agreements with automotive congolmerates and banks
Inflexion and Equistone sell UK Power Reserve to Sembcorp
Deal ends a two-and-a-half-year tenure and gives the low-carbon energy provider an equity value of £216m
Zynga snaps up VC-backed Gram Games for $250m
By acquiring Gram Games, Zynga said it will expand its portfolio of live game franchises
Mid Europa-backed Diagnostyka acquires GenoMed from MCI
MCI reaches a deal to sell its entire stake in listed genetics testing firm GenoMed to Diagnostyka
Bridgepoint sells Pret to JAB Holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered coffee and sandwich shop chain at more than £1.5bn
BaltCap exits Trev-2 Group
Deal is GP's third exit in 2018 following the sales of Magnetic in January and Runway in May
Blackfin sells Owliance to Tessi
Financial-services-focused GP backed the insurance business process outsourcing service in 2010
Andera, BPI France sell A2IA to trade
French artificial intelligence and image analysis firm is sold to US-based Mitek Systems
Foresight exits Thermotech with 2.3x return
Deal ends a five-year stint under Foresight ownership, which first invested in 2013
Gresham sells IESA to Electrocomponents for £88m
GP was invested in the manufacturing services provider via its fourth and final fund
H2 Equity Partners sells Reparenco in €460m deal
Dutch paper processor Reparenco is bought by Ireland-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa Group
Nordian sells Unicorn Grain Specialties to trade
France-based Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients acquires Dutch ingredients business Unicorn Grain