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August Equity's Active Assistance Group buys Communicare
August Equity's portfolio company Active Assistance has acquired British care service provider Communicare.
Mercapital exits Bodegas Lan
Spanish private equity house Mercapital has sold Spanish wine producer Bodegas Lan to Portuguese wine group Sogrape.
CVC exits StarBev in €2.65bn trade sale
CVC Capital Partners has sold CEE-focused brewer StarBev to NYSE-listed Molson Coors Brewing Company for €2.65bn.
Bowmark Capital sells Data Explorers to Markit
Bowmark Capital has sold securities data provider Data Explorers to financial information provider Markit.
RIT sells Agora Oil and Gas for $450m to Cairn Energy
RIT Capital Partners have exited Norwegian oil and gas company Agora for a total of $450m, with ТЃ73m in total profits.
Accel Partners backs Hailo
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-A funding round for London-based mobile taxi app Hailo.
Celtic Therapeutics sets up $50m antibody drug company
Celtic Therapeutics has launched an Antibody-Drug-Conjugate (ADC) business, Switzerland-based ADC Therapeutics, with $50m of capital.
LDC reaps 3.8x money on Eveden Group exit
LDC has sold its stake in lingerie and swimwear business Eveden Group to Japanese listed trade player Wacoal Holding Corporation.
Nordic Capital in Bladt SBO
Nordic Capital has acquired Danish steel contractor Bladt from Maj Invest and Industri Udvikling.
AnaCap buys international division of IFG for €84m
AnaCap has agreed to acquire the international division of financial services company IFG Group for тЌ84m.
Triton picks up Nordic Tankers business
Triton Partners has acquired the chemical tanker business of distressed ship owner Nordic Tankers.
Entrepreneur Venture invests in Société Financière JF3H
Entrepreneur Venture has made a growth capital investment in Société Financière JF3H, the holding company of French coach travel operators Regnault Autocars and Nouvelle Aisne Tourisme.
Terra Firma buys Garden Centre for £276m
Terra Firma Capital Partners has acquired British garden centre operator The Garden Centre Group from Lloyds for a total of ТЃ276m in equity and debt.
PE-backed MBI for ACB
Europe et Croissance and Arkéa Capital Investissement have backed the management buy-in of Belgian circuit boards manufacturer Advanced Circuit Boards (ACB).
CDC Entreprises et al. in €7m round for E-Blink
CDC Entreprises has joined existing shareholders 360 Capital Partners, Masseran Gestion, I-Source Gestion and Alven Capital Partners in a €7m round for French telecoms company E-Blink.
LDC backs Airline Services MBO
LDC has backed the MBO of aircraft maintenance company Airline Services.
Wellington invests in BonusBox
Wellington Partners has invested in German social commerce provider BonusBox.
XAnge PE and Creathor Venture in €2.5m round for Mobiles Republic
XAnge Private Equity and Creathor Venture have invested a joint €2.5m in French mobile apps developer Mobiles Republic.
Index Ventures closes life sciences fund at €150m
Index Ventures has closed its latest life sciences fund, raising тЌ150m from LPs and pharmaceutical companies.
Sentica reaps 2.5x on Idesco exit
Sentica Partners has sold Finnish RFID specialist Idesco to Swedish trade player Lagercrantz Group.
Arle, AlpInvest and GSCP portfolio company Expro divests business
British oil and gas company Expro, held by Arle Capital Partners, AlpInvest Partners, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, has divested its Connectors & Measurements business.
€30m first close for TCR Capital
French GP TCR Capital has raised around €30m for its latest fund, a small-cap buyout vehicle.
I2BF leads £1.8m Seren Photonics funding round
I2BF Global Ventures, Fusion IP and IP Group have invested ТЃ1.8m in LED tech company Seren Photonics.
Rabo buys specialist products company Kanters
Rabo Private Equity has taken a stake in Dutch nutritional supplement and water hygiene company Kanters.