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Montagu hires Woehl as ESG manager
Kim Woehl joins following four years as a manager in PwC's sustainability and climate change team
BC Partners reacquires CeramTec alongside CPPIB
BC Partners acquired CeramTec from Cinven alongside co-investors in a EUR 2.6bn deal in 2018
Softbank leads USD 120m round for Adverity
Existing investor Sapphire Ventures is also backing the Austria-based marketing analytics software developer
Altor buys majority stake in game developer Raw Fury
Deal comes shortly after Altor announced its investment in activewear brand Oceans Apart
Aurelius sells Office Depot Europe to trade
GP acquired the company in 2016 and has since focused on developing its e-commerce operations
Rutland acquires Southgate Global
Acquisition of the packaging company is the 11th platform deal from Rutland Fund III
Hellman & Friedman in EUR 3bn take-private offer for Zooplus
Online pet products retailer has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2008
EQT to sell Utimaco majority stake to SGT Capital
EQT will retain a minority stake in the Germany-based cybersecurity firm, which it acquired in 2016
Exponent to exit publisher Dennis in GBP 300m trade sale
Deal ends a three-year holding period and nets returns of more than 3x money and 40% IRR for the GP
Polaris makes IR and investment team hires
Amanda Platek joins Polaris to establish an investor relations function at the firm
Apiary invests in MediaSense
Apiary is currently deploying its debut fund, which closed on GBP 200m in 2018
L Catterton et al. in EUR 100m round for SellerX
SellerX has already raised amost EUR 250m in debt and equity in its 12 months since inception
Stock Spirits agrees to CVC acquisition offer
Share price spikes to 383 pence per share following the GBP 767m offer for the distiller
Gyrus closes Investment Programme on EUR 430m
Gyrus expects the funds to be fully deployed within 12 months, with a new fundraise in 2022
Rockpool nets 12.7x on sale of Outright Games to EMK
Rockpool took a majority stake in Outright in 2016, providing growth capital to the team
General Atlantic leads EUR 100m Series C for Chrono24
Aglaé Ventures, Insight Partners and Sprints Capital also take part
CVC responds to Real Madrid threat of legal action
PE firm terms the legal threat by Real Madrid as "disproportionate" and "baseless"
Cairngorm raises GBP 200m for fund III
Fund was oversubscribed and has already made five investments following its 2019 launch
IK exits Visolit in trade sale
IK acquired the IK acquired Norwegian IT services and outsourcing business in 2016
Synova's Mintec buys Kairos
Synova acquired its stake in Mintec from the Peksa family in early 2018
Karma Ventures gears up for second fund
Estonia-based VC held a final close on EUR 70m for its inaugural fund in 2018
Real Madrid seeks legal action against LaLiga/CVC deal
Board agrees to initiate both civil and criminal legal action against La Liga's president, CVC's managing partner and CVC itself
HQ Equita buys Indevis
GP is currently investing via Equita V, which held a final close in April 2019 on EUR 308m
Permira buys brokerage platform Engel & Völkers
Deal continues a hot 2021 streak for the GP, with seven deals on the buy-side so far