Invest-IQ | Private Equity News – Europe

The EQT Opportunity Fund (“EQT Opportunity”) has reached an agreement to sell its shares in German retail chain Strauss Innovation (“Strauss”) to an affiliate of Sun European Partners LLP, the European advisor to Sun Capital Partners, Inc. The minority shareholder, Geringhoff family, will also sell its stake. The value of the transaction is undisclosed. Related [...]

EQT, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, and Bain Capital, a US-based buyout fund manager, are planning to buy Switzerland based dental implant maker Nobel Biocare Holding AG. EQT has been targeting to buy the dental implant maker for some time. Nobel Biocare lost its position as the world’s largest dental implant maker by sales to [...]