Media
Platinum sells Exterion to Global for £400m
Sale of the billboard company comes 16 months after the vendor reportedly aborted a previous auction
Edge Investments in £2.9m round for TRX
UK-based TV licensing platform has quadrupled its volume of transactions since Q1 2018
Tikehau backs Maltem
GP uses Novi 1, closed on €290m in 2015, to back France-based IT consulting firm Maltem
Endless reaps 7.7x on Ink Publishing sale to Stagwell
Sale of in-flight media publisher brings to an end a three-year holding period for the vendor
Mentha buys Insites Consulting
All 13 current managing partners will remain in their roles and partner with Mentha
General Atlantic to sell MeteoGroup to TBG
Full-service weather business serves corporates, industrials, media and consumers
Inflexion nets 50% IRR on quick Outdoor Plus exit
Outdoor Plus proved to be a success for Inflexion's minority-stake-focused Partnership Capital fund
BPI France et al. inject $50m into Launchmetrics
BPI France, Seventure, Cipio Partners and Famille C back the SaaS data analytics company
Albion leads $4m series-A for Phrasee
Previous backers Next Fifteen and angel syndicate Galvanise Capital also take part in the round
Swedbank, Zouk in €10m funding round for Readly
Funding will drive the next stage of growth for Readly, with new investor Swedbank Robur on board
LDC backs FC Business Intelligence MBO
Earlier reports suggested the vendors were hoping for an £80m valuation for the events company
Star Capital buys Educom via DPH
Educom will be owned by DPH, a company established by Star to pursue its buy-and-build strategy
Adelis-backed Søgemedier aquires Defiso Media
Acquisition gives Søgemedier a base in Sweden, along with its investment in Danish Søgemedier
Equistone-backed ITG bolts on Connect Group
Acquisition of the tech-focused marketing agency comes 10 months after the GP invested in ITG
GPF Capital acquires Grupo EDT
Company will use the fresh capital to bolster its expansion, especially in Latin American
Exponent acquires Dennis Publishing
Deal reportedly values the UK-based publishing company in the £150-200m size bracket
Inveready leads €1.4m round for SamyRoad
Sabadell Venture Capital, the VC division of Banco Sabadell, also takes part in the investment
BPI France sells CPI to trade
French book printing group CPI is bought by Netherlands-based Circle Media Group
Stripes Group invests $40m in GlobalWebIndex
Deal will enable the UK-based digital market research company to pursue international expansion
LDC's Fishawack buys Healthcircle Advertising
LDC backed the buyout of the pharmaceutical media agency from Growth Capital Partners in early 2017
Omnes backs MBO of Marquetis
Group is exploring new partnerships in the local market with the additional capital
Ardian backs FiloBlu
Company will use the fresh capital to bolster its growth and expand internationally
EQT sells Sportradar to CPPIB and TCV for €2.1bn
EQT will reinvest a portion of the sales proceeds and CEO Carsten Koerl will retain his stake
Abry in take-private deal for Link Mobility
Proposed transaction values the business at approximately NOK 3.396bn
