Official Record
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly €200m over three funding rounds
Bridgepoint backs PharmaReview
GP is investing via its first Growth fund, which makes investments of up to £15m
HIG sells Weru to trade
Sale comes more than seven years after HIG acquired the windows and doors producer from Triton
ASI raises $556m for fourth secondaries fund
Since launching its first secondaries fund in 2014, ASI's private equity secondaries programme has now raised almost $1.5bn through four funds
ACP raises €814m for flagship fund-of-funds
Access Capital Partners held a first close for ACF VIII in June 2019, securing €412m in commitments
EQT sells Iver to ICG
EQT claims that, under its ownership, the company more than tripled its revenues over the last three years
Apollo makes first deal from Impact strategy
Apollo will launch a take-private bid for the recycled cardboard producer on completion of the deal
Livingbridge buys World of Books from Bridges
Bridges partially exits the company five years after paying £13m for just over 50% of the company.
True holds £275m final close for third fund
Consumer-focused GP raised the fund in a six-month virtual process and surpassed its £250m target
Charterhouse to exit Siaci Saint Honoré to OTPP et al.
OTPP, Cathay, BPI France and Ardian back the deal and SSH's merger with market peer Diot
Ashridge scores 1,439% IRR on Marclay after four-month hold
Ashridge invested in the UK-based cybersecurity and incident response firm in February
Montagu buys Waystone from MML
Acquisition of the fund advisory firm is Montagu's third SBO of 2021, according to Unquote Data
Bid Equity sells Myneva to Summa
Bid Equity had reportedly mandated GCA Altium to consider sale options at the beginning of the year
Charterhouse buys Labelium from Qualium
B2B digital marketing agency made six add-ons during Qualium's three-year investment period
CapMan acquires Verdane's MM Sports
Verdane mandated Clearwater International in Q1 to assess its exit options
Investindustrial exits Polynt-Reichhold in buy-back
Asset was expected to fetch around €2.5bn, with Lone Star previously thought to be in exclusivity
CapMan exits Solera Beverage Group to trade
Exit comes a decade after CapMan acquired a majority stake in Solera alongside co-investors and the management
Unigestion holds €611m final close for second Direct fund
Fund surpasses its €600m target and is more than 40% deployed
Polaris sells ProData Consult to Axcel
Axcel reportedly pays nearly DKK 2bn (€269m) for the company, suggesting a 13.3x EBITDA multiple
Capiton buys majority stake in Axxence Group
GP is backing the natural aroma chemicals firm via Capiton VI, which is on the road targeting €550m
EQT to sell Fertin Pharma to Philip Morris
EQT exits the company four years after it acquired a 70% stake in it from the founding Bagger-Sørensen family
Nordic Capital raises €1.2bn for first mid-market fund
GP launched the fund in April 2021 and took three months to raise the vehicle which will target mid-market companies across Northern Europe
Carlyle injects €60m into Inova
GP invests via Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV, a €1.4bn fund closed in 2019
Evoco sells Plumettaz to Invision
Evoco bought the cable-laying equipment producer in a six-company portfolio deal in 2015