Bridgepoint buys Altano from Ufenau's €563M continuation fund
What's the deal? BridgepointDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has agreed to acquire AltanoDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an equine veterinary group, from a continuation fund managed by UfenauDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The deal was announced in September 2026; terms were not disclosed.
Why now? The sale comes almost four years after UfenauDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → transferred Altano into a €563 million multi-asset continuation vehicle. That structure gave earlier investors liquidity while extending the hold on the business.
What's the endgame? Bridgepoint takes ownership of a specialist veterinary platform serving the equine market. The acquisition adds a healthcare-adjacent asset to its portfolio.
The signal: Continuation funds have become a mainstream exit route, and this deal shows sponsors increasingly buying assets from one another's vehicles. Bridgepoint has been active across such structures, recently closing an oversubscribed continuation fund for its Direct Lending II portfolio.
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