Deals
BGF invests in Operam to support double bolt-on
Education-focused recruitment business will acquire Teachers UK and The Education Specialists
Gilde Healthcare buys Eetgemak in SBO
GP draws equity from Gilde Healthcare Services III, closed earlier this month on €200m
Ardenton buys greetings cards business Budget Trading
GP plans to further boost the company's expansion into new geographies within the UK
WestBridge invests £9.8m in Apem MBO
Deal for the UK environmental consultancy is structured as a combination of equity and loan notes
Ixo backs Altereo BIMBO
Founder Christian Laplaud retains a 65% stake in the consulting and engineering firm
StarTIP leads €44m funding round for Talent Garden
Indaco Ventures, Club degli Investitori and US-based Social Capital take part in the investment
Providence buys OpusCapita
Posti hired AGC Partners to explore the sale of the digital payment subsidiary in January
Point72 Ventures invests in PolyAI
Point72 joins Sands Capital Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Passion Capital as an investor
Apiary supports MBO of Bertram Nursery Group
Deal for the nursery group marks an exit for Rockpool, which previously provided mezzanine funding
Index leads $6.5m series-A for Josh Wood Colour
Founder and CEO Josh Wood is global colour creative director at hair salon chain Redken
Keensight, Isai back Ividata MBO
GPs previously co-invested while backing France-based Labelium in 2014 and Theodo in 2018
Connected Capital leads $10m funding round for ChannelSight
Existing investors Nauta Capital, Enterprise Ireland and Act Venture Capital also take part
Arkéa et al. back Nature et Stratégie
Arkea Capital joins previous backers of biological products specialist Nature et Stratégie
Volpi-backed CycloMedia bolts on Floating Point FX
Company plans to strengthen its presence in the US and enhances its data analytics capabilities
Adcuram-backed MEA bolts on ASM
MEA plans to invest in ASM's factory to grow it into a centre for the metal applications business
Penta-backed Sensiblu buys Belladonna
Belladonna had 93 pharmacies prior to the trasnaction and the divested subsidiary includes 46
Permira-backed Corin boosts US presence with Omni bolt-on
Omni, which makes robotics-assisted medial equipment, is Corin's second bolt-on under Permira
SevenVentures in €114m venture round for Friday
Baloise Group, the company's founder, has invested €75m in Friday's funding round
Draper Esprit leads $10m round for Hadean
Aster and London Venture Partners also took part in the round for the operating system developer
VC-backed Raisin buys MHB Bank from Lone Star
Acquisition comes shortly after Raisin announced its $114m series-D funding round
Platinum Equity buys Iberconsa in SBO
Portobello Capital and Iberconsa's management team reinvest in the business alongside Platinum Equity
Kreaxi and Sigma Gestion sell Marketshot to trade
French GPs Sigma Gestion and Kreaxi respectively backed the business in 2008 and in 2012
Towerbrook's ICS secures refinancing package
Transaction comes almost five years after the GP acquired the business in an SBO from Blackstone
Steadfast acquires Kempf
Kempf family retains a stake in the company and will continue to manage Kempf Group