21 Investimenti, an investment firm founded and led by Alessandro Benetton, is to sell a majority stake in Farnese Vini to NB Renaissance Partners, the private equity fund formed in 2015 by Neuberger Berman and Intesa SanPaolo. Farnese Vini is a group active in the production, bottling and sale of Central/Southern

Avedon Capital Partners and management have sold Tesch Inkasso Group, a German debt collection company, to Lowell GFKL Group, a credit receivables management backed by the Permira Funds and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). Tesch Inkasso is headquartered in Wiehl, Germany. Its core business is to recover debt claims, mostly

Investcorp is selling Crisps Topco Limited (Tyrrells) to Amplify Snack Brands for an enterprise value of GBP300 million. Founded at Tyrrells Court Farm, Herefordshire in 2002, Tyrrells is a manufacturer of hand-cooked potato and vegetable crisps, popcorn and other savoury snacks.    Tyrrells has built on the brand strength of

The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) and Maven have exited their investment in Cumbernauld-based Spaceright Europe, a manufacturer and supplier of furniture, presentation products, toys and activity equipment for the education sector. Spaceright’s range of products is used in nurseries, schools and universities throughout the UK.   Since its original investment

Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm chaired by Luke Johnson, has sold its majority stake in Cruise.co, the company which owns the UK’s largest online cruise holiday website Cruise.co.uk, to Bridgepoint Development Capital for GBP52 million. Cruise.co.uk is the largest site in the UK for cruise reviews and cruise

Omnes Capital is selling its majority stake in SVP Group to MML Capital. Omnes acquired its holding in the Group in 2011.  The transaction includes significant involvement by SVP’s management team – Olivier Lenormand, its CEO, François Laubier and Bertrand Degruson – whose holdings will increased as a result.  

ECI Partners (ECI) and Livingbridge have sold their investment in Reed & Mackay to Inflexion generating a multiple of 3.4x cost to investors. Reed & Mackay is a premium corporate travel management company delivering a personalised service through cutting edge technology. Its strategic travel management services focus on law firms,

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Arleigh International, a European supplier of static caravan accessories and spare parts to Nasdaq listed LKQ Corporation, a supplier of alternative and specialist parts to repair and accessorise cars and other vehicles.  The sale represents NVM’s fourth profitable exit from its portfolio in

JZ Capital Partners Ltd (JZCP), the London listed fund that invests in US and European micro-cap companies and US real estate, is to sell its equity interest in Fidor Bank AG (Fidor) to Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France. JZCP first invested in Fidor in August 2013