Deals
Investcorp acquires Impero from Connection Capital for £27.5m
Connection Capital scores a 3.1x return after its three-year holding period
Innogest injects further $3m into Cornerjob
Injection adds to the $19m raised to date for the company's series-C round
Maj Invest exits JKF Industri
Groupe SFPI acquires a 98% stake from Danish fund Maj Invest and minority shareholders
Mobeus backs Arc Specialist Engineering MBO
Mobeus deploys equity via its first institutional fund, with RBS supplying invoice finance
Cherry Ventures leads funding round for Wunder
Funding will be used to expand into large cities in emerging markets where air pollution is worst
Connection Capital invests £3.7m in Kit for Kids
New funding will enable the company to meet increasing demand from its existing retail customers
HTGF and MBG back €720,000 seed round for Stimos
HTGF says the technology addresses a problem affecting patients and the health economy
Vitruvian leads $39m series-C for Carwow
Online car purchasing platform will expand internationally and invest in marketing activity
Sumeru acquires MDSL
Expenses management software provider will merge with US-based Telesoft following the deal
PE-backed Hydro Holding buys Raccorfer
Build-up platform Hydro Holding is backed by Mandarin Capital Partners and Imi Fondi Chiusi
Inflexion's Kynetec undergoes refinancing
Inflexion carved out Kynetec from Frankfurt-listed GFK in November 2015
Accel and PTB lead $35m series-A for Callsign
UK cyber security business will open new offices in the US and expand into the Far East
EQT VII buys BlueStep
GP acquires the asset from EMK Capital via its €6.75bn EQT VII fund
NextStage to take majority stake in Dream Yacht Charter
NextStage is currently investing from €69m growth and buyout fund FCPR Nextstage PME Championnes II
Star Capital purchases Biochemical Systems stake
GP acquired a majority stake in the Italian diagnostic devices producer via its third vehicle
Eight Roads and Kennet back $25m Rimilia fundraising
Rimilia plans on doubling its headcount as it ramps up product development
Montagu sells St Hubert to Fosun, Sanyuan
Montagu acquired the French non-butter spreads producer back in 2012
Equistone to acquire Bruneau
GP will invest through Equistone Partners Europe V, closed on its hard-cap of €2bn in 2015
CVC sells Ista to Cheung Kong Property for €4.5bn EV
Cheung Kong Property is entering into a joint venture with CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited
Montagu acquires Oasis from Housatonic and Sverica
RIM business made numerous bolt-ons and expanded internationally under the vendors' tenure
One Equity Partners buys Lutech
GP recently held a $1.65bn final close for its One Equity Partners VI fund
Battery Ventures acquires AED-Sicad
Company CEO Thomas Englert was the majority shareholder of AED-Sicad prior to the transaction
Baird Capital buys stake in Prescient
GP invested via its Baird Capital Global Fund I, which closed on $310m in June 2017
Newgate to acquire Arle Capital Partners
Development comes five months after Arle announced it was in the process of liquidation