Deals
Encore sells UK Heating to Irsap
Sale of radiator business comes 10 years after Encore supported its management buyout
Aquiline sells Bisam Technologies for $205.2m
Factset will expand its portfolio services offering by integrating Bisam products
Partech, Alven in £10.5m series-B round for Akeneo
Alven Capital commits capital for the second time, having led a $2.4m round for the startup in 2014
Rockaway backs Czech book publisher Euromedia
Growth investor joins forces with local investors Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč, who provided additional capital
Elysian acquires Fastflow
Deal for utility maintenance company is the third transaction made from the GP's second fund
SR One leads $30m series-B for Pulmocide
Company will use the extra funding to put its treatments through early clinical development
Capidea backs Westpack
Buyout will allow for succession at the company, with one member of the founding family exiting his shareholding entirely
Rothschild et al. lead €34.4m series-B for MedLumics
New VC investors participated in the round, including Italian GP Innogest and Ireland-based Seroba Life Sciences
Catacap acquires TP Aerospace
Deal gives TP Aerospace an enterprise value of around DKK 500m, according to local media reports
Ixo acquires Alpha Services Group
Marseille-based roofing and building construction company generates a turnover in the region of €18m
Mentha Capital acquires Aethon
Mentha recently completed its latest fundraising, having closed Mentha Capital V on €143m
Ardian to acquire Prosol
Company founder Denis Dumont will reinvest in the group alongside the new majority shareholder
BGF invests £3m in Sentric Music
Music licensing company will expand internationally and develop its platform following the deal
Ratos sells final Arcus share block for NOK 762m
After the share sale, listed Swedish private equity firm Ratos will no longer be a shareholder in the Norwegian wine and spirits group
Global Founders in €10m series-A for Mycs
Investors in the funding round include US-based software developer TriPos and several business angels
Irdi Soridec leads €16m funding round for Advicenne
Cemag Invest and MI Care also took part in the funding round for the French pharmaceutical business
Providence in €115m buyout of Baltic broadcaster MTG
Vendor is Swedish broadcasting company Modern Times Group, which is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
Livonia completes third deal with Santa Monica Networks MBO
The deal sees Livonia tap its maiden fund to acquire Santa Monica's Latvian and Lithuanian operations
Omnes Capital in €3.5m round for MultiX
Previous investors, including Kreaxi, Thales, Helea Financiere and Alto Invest reinvested in the group
Stada tells PE bidders to improve offers
German drug manufacturer reportedly received offers from Bain/Cinven and Advent/Permira consortiums
Bain Capital reduces Maisons du Monde stake
GP reduces its stake in the group from 31.2% to 15.8% through the transaction
Kingsley invests £10m in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies
Company will work alongside Oxford University to develop treatments for acute and chronic conditions
Bayside sells Bodybell to CVC's Douglas
Bayside first bought into the company's loans in 2009 and swapped its position to equity in 2015
3i invests €120m in Lampenwelt
Deal for German lighting company sees existing co-owner reinvest alongside incoming chair