Mid-market firm ABN Amro Capital has acquired a Finnish sauna maker in a secondary buyout from Sponsor Capital, a Helsinki based private equity house, for an undisclosed amount. Saunatec is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of saunas and steam baths
French firm exits after two years
Mid-market firm sells aviation specialist
Vibration Technology was sold to Sercel
Biovitrum has listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
UK private equity and venture capital investor 3i has sold its minority stake in Vibration Technology (Vibtech), a developer of wireless solutions for the oil, gas and mineral exploration sector, to Sercel, a division of French seismic recording specialist Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (GGY). 3i has made £6m from the exit, valued in total at […]
A busy month for Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP) has seen the French firm refinance its first two investments, Bonpoint and Via Location, enabling it to return 20% of called capital to investors. Bonpoint is a French luxury childrenswear brand and Via Location is a truck rental company.
The recruitment boom over the last 18 months has pushed the industry onto the private equity radar. As a sector, it is severely fragmented with very low barriers to entry, but with return levels uncertain due to low exit numbers, it’s an industry still very much in the ‘potential’ category.
Budget Capital listing Frontiers Capital, a UK private equity firm specialising in the telecoms and technology sectors, has listed portfolio company Budget Telecom on Alternext. The French low cost telephone and internet provider listed with a share price of €9.90 and a market capitalisation €35m. The IPO raised €8.8m, €7m for new equity capital. Frontiers […]