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Invision acquires TintenCenter
Deal marks the second acquisition for the GP in the printer consumables e-commerce segment
BGF backs Woodall Nicholson
British investorтs capital will go towards developing the firms's environmentally friendly buses
Benelux dealflow all but freezes over in H2
Despite a solid H1, deal volume plummets in second half of 2016, though average ticket size rises
Connection invests £4.6m in IconX
Manufacturer of semi-automated key cutting machines is anticipating fourfold growth in its orders
Partech Ventures in €30m round for EcoVadis
New funding round brings the total raised by the startup since inception in 2007 to $35.7m
Vitruvian acquires Phlexglobal from BDC
BDC reaps 3x monet return after a two-year holding period
ProA Capital buys Go Fruselva for €40m
Deal marks the second investment for the Spanish mid-market GP in the food production sector
Equistone acquires TOM Vehicle Rental
Acquisition of the commercial vehicle rental business marks the 17th investment from the GP's fifth fund
CIC Mezzanine 4 closes on €300m hard-cap
Fund's previous generation, CIC Mezzanine 3, gathered €180m in 2013 and is now fully deployed
Nazca sells Biogran to Wassanen for €67m
GP has fully exited its investment in the business after an 18-month holding period
Permira's Arcaplanet bolts on Zoomarketshop
Deal marks the first acquisition following the buyout from Motion Equity Partners in April 2016
Argos Soditic buys Sasa Demarle from Weinberg Capital
Weinberg took a majority stake in the group in a deal valued at €92.6m in 2007
MMC et al. in £5.8m round for Signal Media
Text analysis software business will look to expand into the US and develop new services
Equistone buys Group of Butchers from Nordian
Dutch meat products business had been backed by Nordian since 2012
Elaghmore acquires SB Components
Deal for the automotive components business marks the first investment from the GP's maiden fund
Elaghmore holds £60m final close for maiden fund
Industrials-dedicated vehicle will make investments in UK-based businesses, and will consider turnaround deals
Astorg sells Kerneos to Imerys for €880m
Entreprise value represents an 8.8x EBITDA multiple and is expected to close in summer 2017
Amundi buys Pioneer from Unicredit for €3.5bn
Transaction is expected to generate a €2.2bn net capital gain for Unicredit in 2017
Adveq closes Adveq Europe VI on €462m
GP closed Adveq Specialised Investments and Adveq Europe Co-Investments earlier in 2016
Edge invests £2.4m in Newsflare
Online video marketplace will look to expand into the US and Japanese markets following the deal
Access closes co-investment fund on €226m
Nearly half of Access Co-Investment Fund Buyout Europe is already deployed
MBO Partenaires takes 70% stake in Cosmogen
GP first acquired a 51% stake in Cosmogen's parent group Alkos in 2014
EQT to acquire Independent Vetcare from Summit
Deal follows a two-year holding period for Summit and comes two years after EQT acquired Evidensia
Apax Partners buys Unilabs from Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France
As part of the deal, Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France fully exited the business