Deals
Madison Dearborn acquires IPLP for C$981m
CDPQ, the companyтs largest shareholder, will retain 24.9% of shares through a subsidiary
BC Partners backs Ima in €3.6bn deal
BC Partners and Sofima will launch a mandatory tender offer to acquire all remaining Ima shares
Signals Venture Capital leads €34m round for Everphone
B2B mobile phone rental startup expects to benefit from increased home working due to the pandemic
Blackstone-backed Superbet acquires Lucky 7
Blackstone acquired a minority stake through its Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund I in 2019
Waterland buys majority stake in Leupold
GP plans to assist the company with add-on acquisitions in the folding packaging sector
KKR sells Papresa to Quantum
Sale ends a six-year holding period for KKR, which acquired Papresa from Grupo Alfonso Gallardo
LDC in exclusive talks to acquire Excell – report
Excell Group provides bespoke managed communication services primarily for clients in the UK
Permira buys majority stake in EF Kids & Teens
Switzerland-headquartered company runs language schools and online learning in China and Indonesia
OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage
Index Ventures and Balderton Capital also take part in the funding round
D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise
Founded in 2011, TransferWise is a London-based international money transfer service
Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund invests €80m in DORC
This is the first deal made by the fund, which targets companies with high-growth potential in the Chinese market
LDC backs £30m DoubleEdge, Foehn and Metaphor IT merger
Leadership team at the new group, which will be named Kerv, will be led by Alastair Mills as executive chairman
Index Ventures leads $18.6m round for Cargo.one
Existing investors Creandum and Point Nine Capital also back the air cargo booking platform
Formentor Capital buys Grand Vision Optics
Talde Private Debt Fund provides a debt package of €5.7m to support the acquisition
GCP exits DMW to Credera
DMW's management team, led by CEO Chris Dean, will continue in their current roles
Consortium in $60m series-B for Withings
Withings plans to add 100 new positions in the US and France by the end of the year to strengthen its teams
VC-backed Pricehubble buys Checkmyplace
Pricehubble has received investment from VCs including BtoV and Helvetia Venture Fund
Fortunis invests up to £15m in Sportside
Social app allows people to find sports players of a similar age, ability and geography
Sofinnova, AbbVie lead €28m series-A for Enthera
Indaco Venture Partners, JDRF T1D Fund and several Italian investors also take part in the round
Entreprenörinvest and Innovum in $1.1m round for LocalizeDirect
Company will use the proceeds to launch Gridly, a content management system for multilingual game projects
Eurazeo invests $33m in series-B for Thought Machine
Thought Machine reported an operating loss of ТЃ19.5m from turnover of ТЃ5.4m in 2018
IK sells Aposan to Ardian-backed Santé Cie
Sale ends an investment period of almost four years, during which revenues and EBITDA doubled
Advent France Biotechnology, Invivo invest €4.25m in Arthex
Company intends to use the fresh capital to advance the development of its myotonic dystrophy therapy
Abénex Capital to carve out InLog from Haemonetics
Deal will help Haemonetics shift its portfolio towards growth segments