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Castik acquires Customs Support Group from Mentha
Buyout is the first deal from Castik's second fund, which closed in October 2020 on €1.25bn
LBO France completes FH Ortho trade sale
LBO France acquired the company via its €154m Hexagone III fund in 2014
Sponsor-lender relationship faces stiff Covid-19 test
GPs' relationships with their existing banks and debt funds will remain key to managing the ongoing consequences of the crisis
CDP, StarTip, Vertis in €5m round for Buzzoole
Company intends to use the fresh capital to develop its new tool Discovery and further boost its expansion
Seafort sells Noventiz Group to trade
Packaging and waste disposal compliance business was acquired by Seafort from Auctus in 2013
RCapital carves out TPG Engineering from TP Group
Acquisition complements other investments in the GP's portfolio
Inflexion buys minority stake in Phenna
GP deploys capital from its dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II, which closed on ТЃ1bn in 2018
Bregal to acquire STP from Hg
Hg invested in the legal software business via its first Mercury Fund in 2016
Eurazeo, IK invest €400m in Questel
Eurazeo, IK and Raise intend to further boost Questel's growth and international expansion in Europe, Asia and the US
BGF, Perwyn et al. in £25m round for unicorn Gousto
Latest funding will be used for the development of Gousto's two new fulfilment centres and accelerate investment in automation
LDC backs Rhino Products MBO
Deal is led by the firm's Manchester team, and values the business at ТЃ36m
Searchlight leads €114m convertible note round for GetYourGuide
Existing investors including Softbank and Lakestar reinvest in the tourism booking platform
LBO France buys majority stake in Prenax
Andera has reinvested and Prenax has acquired LM Information's subscription management business
Key Capital Partners exits Hallam Medical
Sale ends a six-year holding period for KCP, which backed the company with a ТЃ3.3m investment
PE-backed Trustpilot to list in H1 next year – report
Danish internet company could reportedly be listed at a valuation of $1bn
AnaCap carves out Market Pay from Carrefour in €300m deal
Deal sees Carrefour retain a minority stake, alongside the company's founders, Frédéric Mazurier and Isabelle Clairac
Bridgepoint-backed Diaverum plans IPO in November – reports
Transaction could reportedly value the company at more than тЌ2bn
G4S rejects offer from BC's Gardaworld
Company says Gardaworld's offer is "nowhere near a full and fair price"
Claret Capital takes over Harbert European Growth Capital
Claret secures the GP and its funds, and hires the entire HEGC investment team
HV Capital announces eighth fund
GP has €535m in commitments; it has also rebranded from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures to HV Capital
Secondaries update: Unigestion's David Swanson
Secondaries activity is recovering from the initial coronavirus-related shock, with good prospects for GP-led secondaries deals
Carlyle acquires Flender from Siemens in €2bn deal
Sale of the drive technology unit saw interest from sponsors including CVC, Triton and Brookfield
CapMan adds €470m in AUM in Q3 2020
AUM bump driven by commitments to CapMan Nordic Real Estate III and CapMan Growth II funds
MIP leads €5m round for Exoticca
This round is an extension to an €11m series-B investment raised by the company in July 2019