Portfolio management
Scope-backed Brand Factory acquires Kariplast
Scope Capital’s portfolio company Brand Factory has wholly acquired the Finnish producer and supplier of in-store communication Kariplast Oy.
HitecVision portfolio companies form AT Group
HitecVision has merged its portfolio companies Aarbakke, Technor, Valco and Vector to form AT Group (ATG).
3i-backed Refresco acquires SDI
3i-backed soft drinks and fruit juice producer Refresco has acquired Soft Drinks International (SDI) as part of the company’s buy-and-build strategy.
Balta Group buys Domo's flooring unit
Doughty Hanson's Belgian portfolio company Balta Group has signed a deal to buy Domo NV's floor covering business.
LDC-backed Green Sky Energy buys DWEC
LDC-backed energy management company Green Sky Energy has acquired DWEC and DWEC Europe, as part of its buy-and-build strategy.
Sentica Partners merges AtBusiness and Trainers' House IT unit
Sentica Partners has merged portfolio company AtBusiness Oy with the IT project unit of Trainers' House.
Litorina-backed Semantix acquires Tamarind
Litorina’s portfolio company Semantix has acquired translation service provider Tamarind.
AXA Private Equity's Sfinc acquires JADICO
AXA Private Equity's portfolio company Sfinc, a Belgian manufacturer of ingredients for the food processing industry, has acquired Netherlands-based JADICO.
Next Wave-backed TORA invests in Simply Zesty
Next Wave Partners portfolio company The Oxford Research Agency (TORA) has acquired a minority share in Irish online public relations and social media agency, Simply Zesty.
Intera-backed Consti Yhtiöt acquires Rakennus-Lundén
The Finnish building renovation business Consti Yhtiöt, backed by Intera Private Equity, has acquired Rakennus-Lundén Oy.
Ziggo issues bonds to repay debts
Ziggo, the Dutch cable television operator owned by private equity investors Warburg Pincus and Cinven, plans to sell €1.2bn of high-yield bonds to finance the repayment of existing debts.
VC-backed Clear2Pay acquires Jware
Belgian provider of payment solutions Clear2Pay has acquired Jware Technologies, an internationally operating software technology provider of eCommerce and mobile payment solutions.
August-backed Enara pushes on build-up
August Equity LLP-backed home care provider Enara Group has completed the acquisition of six add-ons: Village Homecare Services (Wales), Somebody Cares, Community Careline Peacehaven, Care 4 Agency, Homelink Care Services and Capital Care.
CAPE-backed Chromavis acquires Durlin France
Cimino e Associati Private Equity (CAPE)-backed B2B cosmetics company Chromavis has wholly acquired Durlin France from de Bergerac NC (which is in turn state-owned via the Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosives).
Cerberus' Bawag sells Bawag PSK Versicherung
Cerberus Capital Management-backed Bawag has sold 25% of its insurance broker Bawag PSK Versicherung to sector player Generali.
Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch completes three bolt-ons
Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch, a provider of domiciliary care services, has acquired three more businesses in the sector: Midlands-based homecare organisation All and Small and two current franchise businesses Carewatch North Tyneside and Carewatch...
KKR's BMG acquires Cherry Lane Music Publishing
KKR's portfolio company BMG Rights Management has agreed to acquire US-based Cherry Lane Music Publishing.
LDC-backed Ultimate Products acquires Japinda divisions
LDC-backed Ultimate Products, the independent product sourcing and design business for hard goods, has acquired the luggage and small leather goods divisions of Japinda Goup for an undisclosed sum.
Sovereign-backed EEG acquires Future Environmental Services assets
Sovereign Capital-backed Euro Environmental Group (EEG) has acquired certain trading assets from Future Environmental Services.
BPE’s GHM Messtechnik GmbH acquires Imtron
GHM Messtechnik GmbH, a portfolio company of BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH, has acquired Imtron Industrielle Mess- und Steuertechnik GmbH & Co KG from its founder, Werner Heinrich, who remains a minority stake shareholder.
OFI-backed IMV Technologies acquires NIFA
OFI Private Equity Capital-backed biotech firm IMV Technologies has wholly acquired has wholly acquired sector player NIFA’s shares from its founding shareholders.
Gresham-backed James Grant acquires part of Michael Kay
Gresham Private Equity-backed James Grant Group has announced that its division OJK Limited has acquired the entertainment element of Michael Kay & Company, the Birmingham-based specialist accountancy practice.
Explorer's Gascan buys network operations in Portugal for €1.5m
Explorer Investments-backed Gascan, a propane gas distributor, has spent €1.5m acquiring various network operators in Portugal.
CRB’s OWL Genomics acquires 70% stake of MD Renal
Cross Road Biotech (CRB) portfolio company OWL Genomics has acquired a 70% stake in sector business MD Renal.