Trade sale
FGPE et al. sell Qumas to Accelrys for $50m
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE) and other backers have sold Qumas, an Ireland-based risk and compliance management company, to Nasdaq-listed software firm Accelrys.
Inveready sells Lucierna to VC-backed SmartBear
Spanish investor Inveready has divested enterprise application company Lucierna in a sale to SmartBear, a software company backed by US venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners.
HitecVision sells Stream for $260m
HitecVision and Converto Capital have agreed to sell Stream, a Norwegian oil & gas services company, to MRC Global.
NoorderHuys exits Paylogic
NoorderHuys Participaties has sold Netherlands-based ticketing company Paylogic to trade player SFX Entertainment, in a deal valuing the company at $22m.
Seventure exits Retailo
Seventure Partners has divested gift card retailer Retailo to Blackhawk Network, a provider of prepaid payment products.
HIG sells Aircom
HIG Capital has sold Aircom to Teoco, a US-based provider of analytics and optimisation solutions for communication services providers.
VC-backed Alaric sold to NCR
NVM Private Equity, Foresight Group and Mobeus Equity Partners have sold London-based fraud prevention software provider Alaric Systems to NYSE-listed NCR Corporation for $84m.
Privet reaps 20x on £22m Thermal Engineering sale
Turnaround specialist Privet Capital has sold Thermal Engineering to trade buyer Senior for ТЃ22m, generating a 20x return.
Alchemy offloads InterGlobal
Alchemy Partners has divested international medical insurance provider InterGlobal to NYSE-listed Aetna.
Isis reaps 2.4x on CSC sale
Isis Equity Partners has sold its stake in structural engineering software company CSC World to Nasdaq-listed Trimble.
Project A exits metrigo in trade sale
German incubator Project A Ventures has sold real-time advertising company metrigo to performance advertising network zanox.
Portobello and Vista sell Indas for €285m
Spanish GPs Portobello and Vista Capital have agreed to sell Spanish absorbent sanitary product maker Laboratorios Indas to Domtar Corporation for €285m.
Sofinnova Partners et al. sell EOS for up to €310m
Sofinnova Partners, Aescap Venture and Principia have sold Milan-based cancer therapeutics firm Ethical Oncology Science (EOS) to Clovis Oncology via an agreement that could see the firm fetch up to €310m.
BPE sells Domilens to Odewald's Polytech
BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen has sold medical devices manufacturer Domilens to fellow private equity house Odewald & Compagnie’s Polytech Gruppe, a medical equipment supplier.
Beringea divests Espresso Group
Beringea has sold Espresso Group, a UK publisher of educational digital content, to US media company Discovery Communications for an estimated ТЃ15-20m.
PE-backed GTS goes to Deutsche Telekom for €546m
Deutsche Telekom has bought GTS Central Europe, a telecommunications company backed by a consortium of private equity firms including Bessemer Venture Partners and Oak Investment Partners, for €546m.
CGS Management sells Schöttli to Husky
CGS has sold injection mould maker Schöttli to injection moulding equipment manufacturer Husky Injection Molding System.
HgCapital exits Epyx, reaps 2.7x return
HgCapital has sold UK-based Epyx to NYSE-listed fuel payment processing company Fleetcor, making 2.7x its original investment and a gross IRR of around 27%.
LDC reaps 2.4x in JCC Lighting exit
LDC has sold lighting manufacturer JCC Lighting (JCC) to US electrical manufacturer Leviton, reaping a 2.4x money multiple.
GCP rebrands to Kester and offloads TEG
The former European private equity division of Greenhill & Co, GCP Capital Partners, has simultaneously rebranded as Kester Capital and divested Travel Entertainment Group (TEG).
Auven sells Spirogen in $240m trade sale
Auven Therapeutics has sold cancer drug pharmaceutical company Spirogen to US listed corporation AstraZeneca's subsidiary MedImmune for $240m.
Advent exits Oxea in trade sale
Advent International has divested German chemical manufacturer Oxea in a trade sale, said to be worth around €1.8bn, to Oman Oil Company (OOC).
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for ТЃ15m.
Arle exits Qioptiq in trade sale
Arle Capital Partners has sold photonic products manufacturer Qioptiq to Excelitas Technologies, an electronic system provider.