Media
Inveready leads €1.5m round for Tviso
Backers include VC house Cabiedes & Partners and investment firm Evolvia
Extendam backs Gault & Millau's SBO
Former Gault & Millau CEO Côme de Chérisey will become head of the group
Priveq acquires Mediaplanet
Swedish GP in buyout of Stockholm-headquartered digital media agency
HgCapital acquires 82% of Mobyt for €26.1m
Transaction gives the SMS marketing and advertising company a market cap of €31.9m
Ardian and GHO support MBO of Envision Pharma
Deal is understood to value the IT and communications business at £200-250m
Lyceum’s Briefing Media acquires GDS
The deal marks Briefing Media's first bolt-on since being acquired by Lyceum in July 2015
General Atlantic acquires Argus in £1bn deal
Deal values the energy price reporting business at more than 20x EBITDA
Endless-backed Adare acquires BMC
Communications business passes from one Endless-backed company to another
Investindustrial launches take-private bid for RCS
Investindustrial will own a 45% stake, with existing shareholders holding onto 55%
General Atlantic enters exclusivity for £950m Argus buyout
Deal would value the business at 20x EBITDA, according to reports
LDC scores 2.3x money on Orion Media exit
Sale of broadcasting business Orion Media marks the third exit for LDC in 2016
KKR sells stake in Scout24 Schweiz to insurer Swiss Mobiliar
KKR sells its stake in Scout24 Schweiz after acquiring it in August 2014
Comment: Pricing heats up for energy information
Plural's Easton explains why PE is flocking to energy information businesses despite falling oil prices
TowerBrook in talks to recoup InfoPro
Takeover comes 14 years afte GP helped launch the B2B publishing house
Accent acquires Brand Factory for Ineko merger
Both companies’ management will retain minority shareholdings in the company post-merger
Bridgepoint’s ITG picks up Creator
Deal marks second bolt-on for ITG since being backed by BDC in April 2014 for £28m
Apax-backed Ascential in £800m London IPO
Apax and GMG acquired the business for £1bn in 2008 when it was known as Emap
IDI and Pechel in Dubbing Brothers MBO
Both GPs are understood to have secured a joint controlling stake in the dubbing specialist
Alchemy's Incisive Media sells Legal Week to ALM
Legal information and events brand adds to the number of Incisive businesses carved out last year
BC-backed Mergermarket buys Creditflux
Bolt-on follows on from the purchases of unquote", AVCJ and C6 in second half of 2015
Comment: Private equity targets agriculture information
Plural's Phil Stone believes PE interest in agri information is likely to strengthen
BGF exits The Exchange Lab in trade sale
Business Growth Fund provided £5m of growth capital to The Exchange Lab in November 2013
General Atlantic offloads Axel Springer Digital Classified stake
Springer regains full ownership following the transaction
Isai and Mosaic invest €1.7m in DataBerries
Isai follows up on €75m fund close announced last week