Official Record
Graphite backs £72m MBO of YSC from Livingbridge
Deal for the management consultancy brings to an end a four-year tenure for Livingbridge
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
Cinven acquires agri-food business Planasa for €450m
Deal-maker deployed capital from its sixth fund, which hit its €7bn hard-cap in June 2016
Norvestor sells Life Europe after 12-year holding
Deal closes a 12-year holding for Norvestor, after establishing the business in December 2005
SL Capital closes secondaries fund on $428m
Total raised for SL's third secondaries vehicle is 47% more than that raised for its predecessor
Truffle et al. exit Vexim in €162m Stryker deal
US-based Stryker Corporation acquires French VC-backed company Vexim for €162m
Xenon's Benfante buys Gruppo Ecolfer
Bolt-on comes three years after the GP's acquisition of a minority stake in Benfante
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Livingbridge exits IP Solutions in LDC deal
Communications technology business will look to make bolt-on acquisitions following the deal
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested ТЃ14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
ADM Capital buys Olivos Naturales
Acquisition is the second transaction for the GP's food-dedicated vehicle, Cibus Fund
Point Nine Capital in $14m funding round for Brainly
Other backers include Kulczyk Investments, Naspers, General Catalyst and Runa Capital
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
Idinvest Partners, BPI France et al. in €32m iAdvize series-C
French GPs invest €32m in the conversational marketing platform developer
GPF Capital holds €150m final close for second fund
Spanish fund manager hits the fund's €150m target in a single close after a couple of months
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
VC firms sell Invendo Medical to Ambu for €225m
Selling shareholders include Xeraya, TVM, Wellington, 360 Capital and Heidelberg Innovation
One Equity-backed Lutech buys Sinergy
GP acquired a controlling stake in the business in July 2017 via its $1.65bn sixth vehicle
BGF divests Zone to Cognizant
Sale of digital marketing business comes two and a half years after the GP's initial investment
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Quadrivio purchases 60% of TFM Automotive & Industry
GP draws down capital from its €250m Quadrivio Private Equity 3 vehicle