Official Record
General Atlantic leads €276m round for €2.6bn-valued Back Market
Round sees participation from Generation Investment Management, Aglaé, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs and Daphni
Lindsay Goldberg sells Schur Flexibles to trade
GP acquired the packaging producer from Capiton in 2016 and will retain a 20% stake in the business
Exponent acquires Gü
Exponent said in a statement that the dessert producer has international expansion potential
Gro-backed Trifork to list in €400m IPO
Planned exit comes six years after software investor Gro Capital invested €6m in Trifork for a 20% stake
Top Tier Capital closes European fund on €260m
Fund makes primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and co-investments in select portfolio companies
Warburg Pincus, Macquarie invest in Premier Technical Services
Macquarie Capital acquired PTSG in a take-private in 2019 and is reinvesting in the new buyout
Wise Equity invests in Selle Royal
GP backs the company via its fund Wisequity V, which closed on its €260m hard-cap in July 2019
KKR buys majority stake in ERM from Omers, AIMCo
Omers Private Equity backed the sustainability consultancy in 2015; the exit is valued at $2.85bn
Summa Equity to sell HyTest in €545m trade deal
Company in 2019 recorded SEK 299m in revenues and an adjusted EBITDA of €15m
Oxy Capital backs GPack
Deal includes the restructuring of around €60m in debt and the injection of fresh funds, as well as managerial support
Screen Capital buys machine rental firm Tätab Hyrservice
Deal is in line with a generational change in ownership of Tätab, which was established in 1963
CVC sells AR Packaging to trade for $1.45bn
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell portfolio company AR Packaging Group to listed company Graphic Packaging Holding Company for $1.45bn.
Neuberger exits Service Med to MedicAir
GP sells its 75% stake in the medical company, controlled via Atlante Private Equity Fund
Early-stage investor Antler closes Nordic fund on €29.6m
Fund was oversubscribed and includes Draper Esprit, Kistefos, Vækstfonden and Investinor as LPs
Livingbridge reaches £1.2bn mark for seventh fund
Partner Fiona Dane recaps the fundraising effort, which is double the size of its predecessor, with Harriet Matthews
Raise, IDI buy PE-backed Talis Education
Azulis Capital and Aquiti Gestion invested in the professional training provider in January 2020
Eurazeo launches PME IV Fund
Eurazeo's PME arm deploys equity tickets of €20-100m, focusing on French mid-market businesses with EV of €50-200m
Sentica exits Finnish IT company Solteq
Exit comes 11 years after the GP, via Sentica Buyout III, invested in Descom, which was acquired by Solteq in 2015
Abénex backs medical imaging software provider EDL
GP plans to support the company in boosting its organic growth and accelerating its expansion through targeted add-ons
Bluefront Equity acquires Norwegian firm Redox
GP is acquiring a 51.8% stake in the company, alongside its management, according to Finansavisen
FSN acquires Omegapoint from Priveq
Priveq exits the company four years after acquiring a 40% stake
Chequers Capital to carve out Corning Services
GP plans to assist the telecommunications service with a buy-and-build strategy
Eurazeo invests in I-Tracing in €165m deal, Keensight exits
Following the deal, Sagard NewGen invests as a minority shareholder in a holding company controlled by Eurazeo
EQT Growth leads €250m series-F round for Vinted
Latest round brings the total amount Vinted has raised to nearly €500m