Unq2015Mar
France’s Sigfox raises €100m
Wealth of new corporate investors back cellular network operator
ECI reaps 6.1x on Wireless Logic sale to CVC
Deal marks CVC Growth fund's first investment
Bridgepoint sells Infront to Wanda for €1.05bn
Deal value understood to be 11.9x EBITDA, generating 37% IRR for Bridgepoint
In Profile: 17Capital
A look under the bonnet of private equity's new darling 17Capital
Terra Firma to invest from €1bn committed capital
Firm says it has €1bn of own money ready to be deployed
Steadfast hires Franke
Martin Franke joins as a partner in the investment team
Azulis Capital holds first close for latest vehicle
Middle Market Fund V raises €121m towards €200m target
Gimv exits Viabuild
Sale of 30% stake results in a €2.3m net capital gain for GP
Reilly joins Lloyds Acquisition Finance
Iain Reilly joins Manchester acquisition finance team as an associate
CVC-backed Sunrise lists in €3.06bn IPO
IPO is the largest in Switzerland since 2006, with €3.06bn market cap
Private equity on the ropes: when assets turn sour
unquote" takes a look at five recent examples of deals gone awry
Latham poaches Clifford Chance’s Germany head
Oliver Felsenstein joins from Clifford Chance as partner
Naxicap sells Nord-Sud Brasseries
Company's MD buys back business via holding Pôl Développement
Abraaj, EBRD invest in BRN
Abraaj invests in Turkish mattress manufacturer and retailer via new AGCF vehicle
Equistone divests avocis to Capita for €210m
Capita to use acquisition to grow its business in DACH region
Mid Europa acquires Danube Foods Group
Food group rumoured to also have been circled by KKR
Mid Europa promotes five
Mid Europa Partners has promoted five of its team members, including Pawel Padusinski and Manish Mittal to partners
Montezemolo holds first close for third fund on €400m
Italy-based GP to expand investment remit into Europe
Rutland appoints two
Matthew Hamilton-Allen and Jason Birt have joined Rutland's deal team
Deal in Focus: Sagard et al. back Safic-Alcan MBO
Private equity backers secure minority stake in deal valued at around €250m
Iceland's venture scene soon to erupt
Iceland may have been at the forefront of the financial crisis, but its start-up activity is beginning to boom. Karin Wasteson investigates