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Month: November 2020

Eurazeo invests €56m in Swedish fashion brand Axel Arigato

The deal is the first European investment of the firm’s Eurazeo Brands division, launched in 2017 to focus on consumer and retail opportunities in the US and Europe

PAI acquires Angulas Aguinaga from Portobello

PAI Partners has acquired a majority stake in fish specialist Angulas Aguinaga from Spanish GP Portobello Capital.

Eurazeo Brands buys majority stake in Axel Arigato

Eurazeo, via Eurazeo Brands, has bought a majority stake in the Swedish sneaker designer and retailer Axel Arigato for €56m.

British peer, veteran finance expert Lord Myners joins Zouk Capital board

Sustainability-focused private equity and infrastructure investor Zouk Capital has appointed UK House of Lords member Paul Myners to its board.

German banks and debt funds split LBO market share in Q3 – survey

GCA Altium's Q3 Mid-Cap Monitor reveals that banks and debt funds backed an equal amount of LBOs in Q3 2020, alongside an increase in new financing deals compared with the first half of 2020.

New Mountain Capital buys health benefits administrator HealthComp from Alpine Investors

Private equity major New Mountain Capital has bought healthcare benefits administrator HealthComp from Alpine Investors.

Agilitas sells Exemplar to Ares Management

Agilitas has sold residential nursing care provider Exemplar Health Care to Ares Management.

Bertel O Steen Kapital buys partial stake in ITVerket

Bertel O Steen Kapital, together with investors Jo Lunder and Tom Scharning, is to partially acquire the Norwegian IT consultant ITVerket.

PAI Partners creates UK chilled food major by picking up Winterbotham Darby, Addo from private equity pair

PAI Partners has picked up Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby from fellow private equity houses LDC and Equistone respectively.

Quadriga-backed Scio buys Bilfinger GreyLogix Aqua

Scio Automation, a portfolio company of Quadriga Capital, has acquired Germany-based Bilfinger GreyLogix Aqua, a subsidiary of Bilfinger GreyLogix.

Adidas said to mull sale of disappointing Reebok amid Permira, Triton interest

Private equity majors Permira and Triton are reportedly circling US sports giant Reebok amid lower-than-hoped-for sales growth from the business for existing owner Adidas.

Apiary invests in Radiant

Apiary Capital has invested in financial adviser Radiant Financial Group and acquired CWB.

All Iron Ventures I closes on €66.5m

Spanish venture capital house All Iron Ventures has closed its debut fund on €66.5m.

Exclusive: Edison Partners rolls 10-year-old Fund VIII into new vehicle through Hollyport Capital-led secondaries process

Edison Partners has rolled over its ten-year-old $249m Fund VII into a new continuation vehicle, with Hollyport Capital leading investment in the new fund through a secondaries process.

Schroders impact arm launches $350m-targeting frontier market Covid support fund

Schroders Group impact investor BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $350m-targeting fund looking to support frontier market small and micro-businesses struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Crédit Mutuel Equity et al. invest €75m in Chausson Matériaux

A group of investors led by Crédit Mutuel Equity has made a €75m equity investment in France-based building materials supplier Chausson Matériaux.

ECI sells MPM to 3i for £125m

ECI Partners has sold pet food producer MPM to 3i, which has invested around £125m for a majority stake.

PAI taps new mid-market fund to buy into long-held Portobello Capital portfolio business Angulas Aguinaga

PAI Partners has tapped its new specialist mid-market fund to pick up a majority stake in Spanish fish-based ready meals business Angulas Aguinaga from fellow private equity house Portobello Capital.

Initiative & Finance appoints Ardian's Pihan as partner

French private equity firm Initiative & Finance has appointed Caroline Pihan as a partner in the firm's mid-cap Tomorrow division.

Riverside sells Swedish Education Group for €18m

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio company Swedish Education Group, an operator of compulsory and vocational schools, to listed education company AcadeMedia for SEK 185m (€17.8m).

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