Deals
Aksìa buys Alpha Test from Alcedo
Following the deal, Treviso-based buyout house Alcedo has fully divested its third vehicle
OGF looks for €1bn refinancing as part of OTPP takeover
Teachers' Private Capital had already secured a minority stake in the French funeral services group in 2015
Aquiline sells Simply Business to Travelers in $490m deal
Sale of online insurance brokerage comes less than a year after the GP acquired it for £120m
HTGF, NBR et al. sell Gestigon to Valeo
Gestigon will continue to operate out of Lübeck in the same capacity as it has since 2011 while taking advantage of a larger team
Vaaka backed Tietokeskus bolts on SystemaStore
Finnish provider of ICT services expands in the northern Finland region
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested
Wise's Primat bolts on IEB
Deal marks second bolt-on acquisition for the business during its private equity ownership period
Project A backs Helloprint
Company will use the new funding to develop its systems and data structure
BPI France, Océan Participations back Surfilm Packaging MBI
Ouattara is taking over from the Schoettel family, which had bought the group in 2000
Waterland sells Mauritsklinieken to Holland Venture
Waterland Private Equity acquired a majority stake in the dermatological clinics group in 2010
Afinum-backed Let's Go Fitness bolts on Fitbudget
Transaction is the group's fifth bolt-on acquisition, bringing the total number of centres in western Switzerland to 45
Patron and Invesco sell Generator Hostels to Queensgate for €450m
Sale brings to an end a decade-long tenure that saw the hostel business grow from two to 14 sites
Findos Investor acquires Mos Mosh
Deal's enterprise value exceeds DKK 100m, according to reports in Danish financial media
Nauta leads £4m round for Cloud.IQ
Finance Wales and existing investor Juno Capital also took part in the funding round
EBRD buys into Mid Europa's Profi
International finance institution provides €25m of equity after a €533m buyout by Mid Europa in November
Cairngorm's Stevenswood bolts on Truemans
GP provided extra capital to support the acquisition of the doors and windows distributor
Arve Industries Capital, BPI in €5m round for AlpenTech
GPs join previous backers Crédit Agricole des Savoie Capital and BP Aura to support the precision engineering group
Bayern Kapital leads first investment round for Cobrainer
Cobrainer will use the extra funding to optimise its technology and expand its marketing strategy
Omnes Capital and BPI France exit Grain d'Or Gel
Grain d'Or Gel will merge with Lubrano & Fils to form a new group, branded as Novepan
Bain Capital buys BlueGem's Fintyre
London-based mid-cap private equity house BlueGem sells the asset after a nine-year holding period
Dunedin invests in Forensic Risk Alliance
Accountancy and data analytics consultancy will undertake an international expansion strategy
Idinvest injects $1.2m in TrustInSoft
Cybersecurity company received support from Idinvest via its Electranova fund
Endurance Partners leads €6m round for Tuc Tuc
As part of the deal, Tuc Tuc acquired a stake in the GP's portfolio company Canada House
Bain sells down 12% stake in Ibstock for £97m
Partial divestment of shares comes 27 months after the GP first invested in the business