Deals
Ardian acquires majority stake in Neopharmed Gentili
Mediolanum Farmaceutici will retain a minority stake, and Alessandro Del Bono will be appointed CEO
Xenon buys Emmeti, Sipac, Mectra, Logik to create EMS Group
Following the acquisition, the four companies will be merged in a new entity called EMS Group
Corsair buys Zedra Group
Corsair acquires a majority stake in the business from the Nielsen and Sarikhani families
Egeria to sell stake in CleanLease
Active Capital is about to buy Dutch laundry services provider CleanLease says report
Inflexion acquires Clearlake-backed Mycom OSI
Deal for the telecoms assurance software firm is the first from the GP's fifth flagship fund
Accent sells Nordic Traction Group
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Accent, which acquired the firm via Accent Equity 2012
Innova and Solter invest in Oshee Polska
Poland-based isotonic and mineral drinks producer will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy
KKR's LGC buys SeraCare from Linden Capital
Following the deal, LGC will consolidate its position in the clinical quality-control tools market
BGF invests £6m in Evoke Creative
BGF said the self-service checkout manufacturer had demonstrated impressive international growth in recent years
DPE buys Be-terna from BPE
Company's CEO stated that DPE would "use its buy-and-build experience" to support the firm
Charterhouse reaps 2.4x on sale of Comexposium
Comexposium is sold to Crédit Agricole Assurances after three years under Charterhouse's ownership
United Ventures invests €2m in Exein
VC house is currently investing via its United Ventures II fund, which held a first close on €75m
Investindustrial's Benvic bolts on Alfa PVC
Company will continue to be managed by its current CEO and co-founder Andrzej Trebicki
PNC acquires Pirtek Europe from Halifax Group
Hydraulic hose supplier has increased its EBITDA from ТЃ2.8m to a reported ТЃ9m under Halifax's tenure
Waterland-backed Schönes Leben buys A+R Betriebsgesellschaft
Bolt-on will expand the geographic footprint of Schönes Leben into northern Germany
CM-CIC exits Coprodex to trade
CM-CIC sells its stake in profiles maker Coprodex to an aluminium products manufacturer
Advent's Circet bolts on KN Group
Transaction for the engineering services company comes 10 months after the GP acquired Circet
Investindustrial in exclusivity for Italcanditi
Italcanditi is controlled by the Goffi family, who founded the company in Pedrengo in 1963
Draper Esprit leads $31m round for Fluidic Analytics
BGF, Delin, IQ and Amadeus also take part in the round for the biotechnology equipment firm
Triton sells Veltec to DBAG-backed PSS
Sale follows Triton's carve-out of Leadec and Veltec from the Voith Group in August 2016
Värde buys Portuguese real estate asset manager
GP plans to consolidate its market position in the Portuguese real estate market
Bridgepoint sells AHT Cooling Systems to trade
Bridgepoint makes the divestment from the €4.8bn buyout fund Bridgepoint Europe IV
Palatine acquires CET UK from Dunedin
Acquirer draws capital from its third flagship fund, which typically writes cheques of ТЃ10-30m
EmergeVest backs EV Cargo
Hong Kong-based GP creates EV Cargo, grouping six of its logistics-focused companies together