Trade sale
LDC sells Clifford Thames to US trade buyer
Business will be acquired by OEConnection Holdings, a US-based e-commerce technology group
Carlyle-backed Comdata buys Izium from IK Investment Partners
Deal sees Izium's minority holder IK Investment Partners and the company founder fully exit the asset
VCs exit Propertybase to Boston Logic
Neuhaus Partners, HTGF, Bayern Kapital and BayBG all report a successful exit from the investment
ACG Management and Capelia exit Brevet Carrosserie
ACG and Capelia invested in the company in 2009, providing €2.6m for a management buy-in
Endless sells Imtech UK & Ireland to EDF
Sale of technical services business comes less than two years after its acquisition by the GP
PE-backed Camping and Co merges with Campsy
Newfund Capital first backed Camping and Co in 2010 via a €500,000 seed round, and was later joined by Otium Capital
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
G Square sells Mikeva for €150m
Paris-based private equity firm fully exits the asset after a five-year holding period
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period
NPM Capital sells Samenwerkende to trade
GP sells its holding in the Dutch dental practices chain after six years of ownership
AAC Capital Partners exits Baarsma Wine Group
AAC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Baarsma in 2007 from the founders and a pool of banks
NVM divests Kirton to NorthEdge's Direct Healthcare
Acquisition of the medical seating company is the second bolt-on made by Direct Healthcare under NorthEdge
LDC exits UK2 Group to The Hut Group
Sale of server and hosting business to the trade buyer follows a six-year holding period
EQT exits Roeser after seven-year holding period
PE house sells the German distributor of medical supplies to private hospital firm Sana Kliniken
HTGF, Kima exit eWings.com in trade sale
Hogg Robinson Group enters into an agreement to acquire the digital business-travel service
Deal in Focus: Quadriga Capital sells M&R to PIA
Vendor sells its majority stake in the automation business after a holding period of less than two and a half years
Sioen acquires AAC's James Dewhurst for £44m
AAC had been backing James Dewhurst since 2008, when it acquired a majority stake in the group
VC-backed Supercell acquires Space Ape Games
Deal will mean an exit for a number of Space Ape backers, including Accel and Northzone
NPM's De Boer Structures to be acquired by Gilde's Losberger
NPM Capital acquired De Boer from 3i and the De Boer family in 2005
Igi, Finint sell Vimec via trade sale
Deal is the first divestment for Igi's vehicle, Igi Investimenti 5, and the third for Finint's NEIP III
Ratos makes profitable Nebula exit
Swedish private equity house nets an IRR of 37% and a money multiple of 3.3x following the trade sale
Accent in SEK 760m Akademibokhandeln exit
Sale of Akademibokhandeln is the second exit for the Accent Equity 2012 fund
Equistone sells Whitworths to Anatolia
Sale of healthy snack business marks an exit for the GP's 2013-vintage fourth fund
Deal in Focus: EQT sells Bureau van Dijk to Moody's for €3bn
Under EQT's stewardship, Bureau van Dijk has grown significantly to revenues of €258m and EBITDA of €132m