Deals
Searchlight Capital buys Eolo in MBO
GP buys 49% of the Italian fixed wireless access broadband provider alongside the CEO
VC firms invest $23m in Unbabel
group of investors includes Scale Venture Partners, Notion and Microsoft Ventures
Marlin buys Talkwalker, Main Mezzanine exits
Under Marlin's ownership, Talkwalker plans to expand by hiring an additional 100 employees
Isai, Keensight sell Labelium to Qualium
GPs sell their minority stakes in the French marketing and digital strategy consulting agency
Waterland sells A-Rosa to Duke Street
Sale ends an almost nine-year holding period, following Waterland's April 2009 buyout
Argos Soditic to buy Henri Selmer
GP enters exclusive talks to buy French saxophone manufacturer Henri Selmer Paris
Triton-backed OptiGroup completes bolt-ons in Romania, Finland
Acquired businesses are expected to post a тЌ50m combined turnover, according to OptiGroup
Carlyle sells Companeo to Towerbrook-backed Infopro Digital
Acquisition of the French lead generation platform is an exit for Carlyle's Europe Technology Fund II
Main Capital sells Regas to BID Equity
Main Capital sells its majority stake in Dutch SaaS healthcare company Regas in an SBO
Sentica acquires Purkupiha and Dammega
Finnish GP has bought majority stakes in the Helsinki-based demolition businesses
Vækstfonden backs Area9 Lyceum with $30m
Danish education firm plans to complete its learning platform with the fresh funding
EQT acquires Candidator
Firm intends to grow both organically and through acquisitions following the deal
JC Flowers continues OneSavings sell-down
GP places a further 24 million shares, reaping gross proceeds of approximately ТЃ95m
Turenne, M Capital back StaffMe
VC firms invest €3m in a series-A funding round for the French recruitment company
Gimv sells Mackevision to Accenture
Acquisition adds further visualisation capabilities to Accenture's digital services portfolio
BGF backs Walker Precision Engineering
Walker has seen an increase in demand from the burgeoning space market, BGF says
FSI buys minority stake in Cedacri
Italian mid-market growth equity fund has acquired a 27% stake in the fintech group
Argos Soditic buys Future Groep in MBI
French GP's majority stake acquisition is its first investment in the Netherlands
Parquest Capital buys Groupe Fauché
GP acquires a significant majority of French electrical equipment provider Groupe Fauché
Eurazeo PME-backed Smile buys Virtua
First bolt-on acquisition since Eurazeo acquired the company, via its PME mid-cap arm
Northzone leads $12m series-B for Red Points
Previous investors Mangrove and Sabadell Venture Capital also participate in the round
Sponsor Capital acquires majority stake in Myllyn Paras
Transaction includes the company's operations and two production facilities in Finland
Ardian sells RGI to Corsair Capital
GP Corsair Capital wholly acquires the Italian insurance software business from Ardian and management
Hg buys MeinAuto.de
Investment is the first step in an initiative to build a service provider in the auto sector