unq2015oct
Cinven exits AmCo in £2.3bn trade sale
GP built group via merger of Mercury Pharma and Amdipharm
Ex-Sainsbury's chief Justin King new Terra Firma vice-chair
54-year-old King joins Terra Firma after 10 years at Sainsbury's
Motion in €425m Tokheim partial exit
GP to retain sales, service and distribution subsidiaries
Cinven et al. fully exit Avolon in $7.6bn take-private
Cinven and CVC understood to have scored 2.3x return on post-IPO stake
HIG sells 7S to Manpower for €136.5m
Sale completes, following June 2015 announcement
Deal in Focus: I&F scores 3.5-4x on La Comtoise SBO
An in-depth look at I&F's sale of La Comtoise, which generated 18% IRR
Black Toro invests €30m in Carbures
Funding to be structured as convertible loan or expansion capital
Idinvest bolsters debt and VC teams with two hires
GP’s latest debt fund recently closed on €400m
Björn Böckenförde to leave Zurmont Madison
Böckenförde co-founded the company in 2001
First-time fund Cairngorm hits £50m final close
New GP Cairngorm has been set up by ex-HIG executive Andrew Steel
Eight Roads et al. in €10m series-B for Take Eat Easy
Round follows series-A earlier this year
Montagu reaches €2.75bn hard-cap for Fund V
Vehicle held €2.2bn first close in June
NVP appoints former deputy prime minister as chair
Move takes place as industry comes under mounting public scrutiny
Sofinnova et al. in €72.8m series-C round for Merus
Third largest round observed by unquote" in Benelux so far in 2015
Zouk and Intel lead €60m series-D for iZettle
Swedish payments startup has raised €138.2m to date
Mid Europa acquires Customer Management Center
Acquisition carved out of formerly EQT-owned ISS