Portfolio management
Springer and Macmillan to merge science publishers
BC Partners to take 47% stake in joint venture
Omnes's Eratome bolts on TPM
Bolt-on increases Eratome's 2014 turnover to c€40m
Gimv's Almaviva bolts on Paris hospital
Bolt-on increases Almaviva's 2014 revenues to €130m
Delivery Hero acquires competitors
Damejidlo and Jidloted serve Czech Republic and Slovakia
3i's Element bolts on Environ Labs
Deal forms part of Element's acquisitive growth strategy
Sovereign's Alcumus acquires SM&MS
GP initially backed the business in 2009
Riverside's Orliman buys Soft Medical Europe
Riverside bought Orliman in 2011, anticipating a buy-and-build strategy
Calculus participates in £6m Collagen injection
Business has used the funding to buy New Zealand-based Southern Light
Mobeus commits further £3.9m to Automated Systems
GP has now committed more than ТЃ10m to the business
BC's Allflex acquires SCR for $250m
SCR develops systems for monitoring cows and farm management
Maven exits Camwatch in trade sale
PAI Partners-backed VPS Holdings acquires CCTV business
Eurazeo's Asmodée buys Fantasy Flight Games
Company has long history of acquisitive growth
iTech's SeoPult bolts on uLogin
VC backed SeoPult with $10m in 2012
HitecVision's Flux Group acquires Norwegian Piping
Acquisition is second made by HitecVision-founded Flux
Keensight's Sogelink bolts on Atlog
Company received financing for the acquisition from several banks
Midvestor's Simpro acquires Noca
GP says it will make further capital available to Simpro if needed
Herkules' Avonova acquires CapMan's Sensia
Avonova Sweden is owned by Stamina Hot, part of Herkules' Helse Holding
Earlybird backs B2X Care Solutions
New financing allows for acquisition of India-based The Service Solutions
Waterland's Median Kliniken sells 40 hospitals
Medical Properties Trust to buy and lease back assets in €705m deal
Wahanda raises $26m, buys Salonmeister
Existing backer Fidelity Growth Partners takes part in series-C funding round
Waterland's Keylane buys Artena
Keylane's Actuera brand has wholly acquired the business
NPM's Vanderlande bolts on Smatec
Vanderlande has been in NPM's portfolio since 1988
CVC's Cerved buys Recus for €18.8m
Cerved listed in 2014 with €995m market cap
Equistone's PIA bolts on SoQuero
Equistone bought PIA in March this year