Official Record
Auster Fund I holds first close on $500m
Auster intends to target equity tickets of $50-200m with the ability to commit larger amounts
Equinox closes third fund on €360m
Equinox III targets Italian companies operating in the food, retail, technology and healthcare sectors
Summit Europe Growth Equity III closes on €1.1bn
Summit Europe III is structured as a Luxembourg LP, while Summit Partners itself is based in the US
Viking Venture acquires FotoWare
Nordic software-focused private equity firm Viking Venture has wholly acquired FotoWare, an Oslo-based B2B provider of digital enterprise asset management software.Т
NordicNinja leads €2.2m seed round for Ziticity
Fresh capital will be used to support geographical growth, as well as fudn further product development
Alcedo buys gnocchi specialist Bertoncello
GP invests in the company via its fund Alcedo IV, which held a final close on €195m in May 2016
Elysian III holds first close on £270m
Domiciled in the UK as a UK limited partnership, the fund has a target of ТЃ300m
Klar Partners acquires Empower IM Oy
Acquisition of the Finland-based smart energy company is the GP's first deal since its inception
Cathay, BPI-backed AD Education bolts on Accademia Italiana
Following the deal, Accademia Italiana founder Vincenzo Giubba will stay on with the business to support its expansion
Mutares-backed Plati bolts on Nexans Metallurgie
Add-on acquisition comes via a carve-out from cable producer Nexans
Altor acquires 30% stake in renewable energy company OX2
GP is deploying capital from its тЌ2.5bn fund, which is understood to have made four investments so far
BayernKapital closes second Bavarian Growth Fund
Fund is backed solely by LfA Förderbank Bayern and will invest in Bavarian tech companies
MVI holds first close on MVI Fund II on SEK 688m
Small-cap GP is expected to hold a final close in autumn this year
Unigestion announces closes for Secondary V and Direct II
Secondary V has held a first close on €228m, while Direct II held a third close on €375m
Kartesia backs £26m refinancing for BGF-backed Clearway
Debt has been invested from Kartesia Senior Opportunities I, marking the fundтs first UK investment
Cathay Capital backs FuturMaster
Company plans to use the financing to further develop its SaaS solutions and boost its global expansion
Gimv buys minority stake in Televic
GP plans to support the communication systems producer with international expansion and add-ons
Carlyle acquires stake in Envea for €186m EV
Envea reported revenue of €100.4m and an operating profit of €14.7m in FY 2019
Equinox buys Villa Pedemonte, Lombardi Vendorafa
GP invests via its third fund, which targets majority and minority stakes in mid-cap companies
Inflexion-backed Alcumus acquires Banyard and ContractorCheck
Management teams of Banyard and ContractorCheck have not retained stakes in the companies
Donau Invest backs Curasan restructuring
Pharmaceutical company will be delisted and acquired by Donau Invest, subject to creditor agreement
Silver Investment Partners-backed Alvara bolts on IT Kompetenz
GP also supported the bolt-on of cash management software company Zeiser Group in May 2019
Equistone-backed FirstPort to merge with Mainstay
Hampshire-based FirstPort recorded a turnover of ТЃ28.9m for the year-ending in December 2018
Agilitas-backed Cibicom acquires Ice Denmark
Deal comes two years after GP acquired Teracom and Relacom, and formed a new merged entity