Gilde Equity Management appoints van Breukelen as managing partner
van Breukelen joins Gilde having worked for the last three years as a senior advisor to private equity firm Permira Advisers and Barclays Bank.
Healthcare-focused private equity activity reaches record highs
As of November, 585 healthcare-focused deals worth a total of $56bn (€49bn) have closed in 2018, putting the year on track to surpass 2017's record.
Epiris hires Xiao to investor relations team
Xiao joins from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets where she worked on investments in the transport and utilities sectors.
EXCLUSIVE: RJD Partners generates 92 per cent IRR with Barber exit
Barber made two bolt-ons during RJD’s investment period, acquiring UK-based The Tattoo Shop and France-based P’tit Rock.
ESO-backed Turbine Efficiency Group bolts on Gas Turbine Applications
Based in Oklahoma, GTA provides companies in the power, oil and gas, and industrial sectors with gas turbine overhaul, repair and testing services.
FSN Capital acquires Germany’s Rameder Group
The investment is the Nordic-focused firm’s first in Germany since it opened an office in Munich earlier this year.
BaltCap to launch €100m tech-focused venture fund
The fund will be a 50/50 joint venture between BaltCap and JBIC IG Partners, a Japanese government-backed private equity firm.
Main-backed Enovation bolts on healthcare data platform Meddex
The acquisition is part of Enovation's buy-and-build strategy to become a leading provider of healthcare software in North West Europe.
Mayfair makes play for ferry operator Wightlink
Wightlink’s current owners, Basalt Infrastructure Partners, paid £230m (€257.5m) to acquire the company in 2015.
LDC exits Amberon to H2 Equity Partners
Over its 18-month hold, LDC has helped to increase Amberon’s turnover by 23 per cent, open six new depots and created more than 50 new jobs.
Main Capital acquires regtech software company cleversoft
Dutch software specialist Main Capital has acquired a strategic stake in cleversoft, a regtech software company based in Munich.
Phoenix-backed Bridge Leisure bolts on ninth UK holiday park
Milton Keynes-based Bridge Leisure has trebled the number of holiday parks in its portfolio since its management buyout completed in 2015.
Waterland’s ATOS acquires MediaPark Klinik
The deal marks ATOS’ fourth bolt-on overall and its second in Cologne, following the acquisition of the Orthoparc clinic last April.
Rozetka-Evo merger creates Ukraine ecommerce forerunner
The merger will create one of Ukraine’s largest ecommerce businesses, boasting two billion site visits and enabling 30 million online transactions per year.
Mobeus backs academic research platform Kudos
Kudos currently serves around a quarter of a million researchers, with more than 10,000 academic institutions in 190 countries active on its platform.
UI Gestion and Alliance Entreprendre acquire food supplier Treo
Both firms invest alongside Treo’s leaders, Thierry Girardeau and Dominique Marrast, as well as the company’s founders who are reinvesting.