Deals
Hg invests in BrightPay
Deal is the first investment made by the firm's £75m debt and preferred equity fund
MBO Partenaires, Amundi PE buy Groupe Arcado in SBO
Siparex and Carvest sell majority stake in charcuterie specialist Arcado and reinvest
VC firms back Uberall's bolt-on of Navads
Total round now amounts to $50m, after HPE, Project A and Holland Private Equity invested $25m
PE-backed Advania acquires Wise
Oslo stock exchange-listed Akva is wholly exiting Wise to Advania in a NOK 80.6m deal
Equitin acquires Kids&Co
GP will accelerate the company's development providing early education services in Poland
Insight acquires Episerver from Accel-KKR
Deal is valued at $1.16bn and marks an exit for Accel-KKR after a four-year holding period
Kernel invests €1.7m in Sytorus
Company plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its growth and open a new office in Frankfurt
IK's Mademoiselle Desserts bolts on Michel Kremer
IK bought a majority stake in pastry producer Mademoiselle Desserts via IK VIII Fund
GIC et al. in $100m round for Acorn OakNorth
Latest funding round values the digital challenger bank at around $2.3bn, three years after inception
LDC divests ByBox in £221m SBO to Francisco Partners
Sale of the supply chain logistics company comes just two years after LDC's initial investment
Sherpa Capital invests €20m in Busining
Company founder Óscar García Toledo will retain a minority stake in the business
Blumberg backs $30m series-B for Wunder
Round is led by family office KCK Group with participation from other undisclosed investors
Alcuin invests in On The Go Tours
GP reportedly acquires a majority stake in the UK-based escorted-tours travel agency
Castik-backed Alpega bolts on WTransnet
Ardian provides additional financing to Alpega to support the bolt-on of WTransnet
FSN-backed Bygghemma buys stake in Furniture1
With the fresh funding, Furniture1 intends to develop its sales model in the furniture market
Afinum buys Ventomaxx
Founder Hans Schorsch and his sons Philipp and Florian remain invested alongside Afinum
Summa Equity acquires HyTest
Investment marks the Nordic private equity firm's first deal in the Finnish market
Ardian et al. sell Consort NT back to management
Consort NT president Jason Guez is the France-based company's current majority owner
Beech Tree-backed Wavenet bolts on Solar Communications
Acquisition comes shortly after Wavenet secured an €85m refinancing deal from Ares and RBS
BPI France et al. inject $50m into Launchmetrics
BPI France, Seventure, Cipio Partners and Famille C back the SaaS data analytics company
Augmentum and Investec in $60m series-B for Monese
Latest round brings the total amount raised by the UK-based challenger bank to $76m
Via Equity invests in C&B Systemer
Current management team retains a stake alongside Via Equity and Jan Gaardboe Jensen
Antin picks up Sølvtrans from Oaktree
With the new funding, Sølvtrans plans on growing its role as live fish operator in the market
Epiris acquires auction house Bonhams
As part of the deal, Bruno Vinciguerra from Sotheby's will take on the role of executive chair