Portfolio management
Vitruvian-backed Tinopolis buys Firecracker and Passion Distribution
Vitruvian Partners' TV production company Tinopolis has snapped up UK-based independent film production company Firecracker Films and global media distribution company Passion Distribution within the first week of December.
Activa Capital's Ergalis makes bolt-on acquisition
Activa Capital portfolio company Ergalis has acquired French temporary employment and recruitment agency Aura Staffing from Segula Technologies.
NVM-backed Kitwave buys Teatime Tasties
Kitwave, a wholesaler backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired Teatime Tasties, a wholesaler of biscuits, cakes, confectionary and soft drinks.
Lyceum's Access Group buys thankQ
Access Group, a business management solutions provider backed by Lyceum Capital, has acquired fundraising and CRM software specialist thankQ for ТЃ2.7m.
NiXEN's Babeau Seguin buys Vesta
NiXEN's portfolio company, French home construction group Babeau Seguin, has made its second bolt-on in less than a year with the acquisition of Vesta.
PE-backed Diana completes fourth bolt-on
French food manufacturer Diana Ingrédients, a portfolio company of AXA Private Equity and Motion Equity Partners, has acquired Givaudan’s vegetables, wines and vinegars extracts range.
AXA PE's Arkadin acquires Novasight
Arkadin, a global collaboration services provider backed by AXA Private Equity, has acquired Novasight.
21 Partners' Almaviva Sante acquires two French clinics
Almaviva Sante, portfolio company of 21 Partners, has acquired French private healthcare clinics Axium and Clinique Toutes Aures.
HgCapital's TeamSystem buys H-umus
Gruppo TeamSystem, a financial management software firm owned by HgCapital, has acquired multi-touch software solutions provider H-umus for around €4m.
AnaCap's IFG Trust acquires Moore Group
AnaCap Financial Partners's portfolio company IFG Trust and Corporate Group has acquired Jersey-based PE fund administrator Moore Group, marking a consolidation trend that some believe is rife in international fund administration.
Capio buys healthcare division of PE-backed Ambea
Capio т a portfolio company of Apax and Nordic Capital т has acquired Carema Healthcare from Carema, the Swedish healthcare division of private equity-owned Ambea.
Bridgepoint merges Quilter with Cheviot
Bridgepoint has agreed to merge British wealth manager Quilter & Co with investment firm Cheviot Asset Management, creating a new firm with ТЃ12bn in assets under management.
AXA PE's Synerlab makes two acquisitions
Synerlab, a French pharmaceutical manufacturing firm backed by AXA Private Equity, has acquired Lyofal and IDD-Tech Orléans.
GA-Axel Springer joint venture acquires Immoweb.be
General Atlantic and Axel Springer's joint project Axel Springer Digital Classifieds has acquired Belgian property portal Immoweb.be for €127.5m.
August Equity's SecureData acquires Quadrant
August Equity portfolio company SecureData has completed the bolt-on acquisition of UK online security company Quadrant Networks Ltd.
Silicon Valley Bank provides credit to Carlyle's The Foundry
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has provided a new credit facility to Carlyle's software holding The Foundry.
Capvis and HgCapital partially exit KVT
Capvis and HgCapital have sold KVT Verbindungstechnik, a division of their Swiss portfolio company KVT Koenig Group (KVT), to trade player Bossard Group for CHF 200m.
Perusa-backed PPG buys Sharples & Grant
Perusa Partners-backed PPG Pet Products Group has bought UK-based pet product retailer Sharples & Grant.
NVM-backed Wear Inns makes further acquisitions
Wear Inns - backed by NVM Private Equity and the British Growth Fund (BGF)- has acquired two pubs in the North of England from the Orchid Pub Group.
NVM-backed Kerridge buys Datawright
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), an enterprise resource planning software firm backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired Datawright, a business management software firm.
PE-backed eFront acquires DMLT
eFront, a Francisco Partners-owned software provider targeting the alternative investment industry, has bought US-based DMLT.
3i-backed SLR acquires GSS Environmental
3i-backed environmental consultancy SLR Management has acquired Australian consultancy GSS Environmental (GSSE).
Just-Eat bolts on SinDelantal.com
Just-Eat, the online takeaway ordering service backed by an investor consortium, has acquired its Spanish equivalent SinDelantal.com.
V4C's Konsalnet acquires G4S's Polish operations
Value4Capital (V4C) portfolio company Konsalnet Holdings has completed the add-on acquisition of G4S Holdings (Polska).