Media
Industries & Finances acquires Equinoa
Third investment for GP’s €135m third fund
LDC sells Twofour to ITV for £55m
LDC merged the company with existing investment Boom Pictures in 2013
Alchemy-backed Incisive Media acquires Chartis Research
Deal marks first bolt-on for UK publisher under new owners
Felix closes maiden fund on $120m hard-cap
Fund managed by former Advent Venture Partners team surpasses $80m target
Isai invests $5m in Sublime Skinz
Funding to boost company's development in US market
EdRip secures 10% stake in Altavia
Fifth investment for €300m Winch Capital 3 Fund
Endless backs £60m MBO of Adare
Communications business to expand internationally via acquisitions
HG Europe's Tres60 bolts on Monal
GP intends to further consolidate European post-production market
Comexposium deal highlights popularity of exhibitions market
Private equity is increasingly targeting the exhibitions market
Levine Leichtman acquires CJ Fallon
Deal marks GP's first investment from €100m LLCP Europe Fund
SpeedInvest holds first close for second fund
Firm raises target to €70m; holds €58m first close
Sigma-backed Relaxnews sold to Publicis
Relaxnews listed on the NYSE Alternext in 2011
Bridgepoint sells Infront to Wanda for €1.05bn
Deal value understood to be 11.9x EBITDA, generating 37% IRR for Bridgepoint
Mobeus backs Media Business Insight MBO
Transaction marks first deal for Mobeus in 2015
Q&A: 3TS’s Zbigniew Lapinski
3TS’s Zbigniew Lapinski discusses deal origination in CEE
Springer and Macmillan to merge science publishers
BC Partners to take 47% stake in joint venture
Alchemy secures majority stake in Incisive Media
Debt reduced from £110m to £25m
Searchlight buys Ocean Outdoor from LDC
Vendor had acquired the business in 2012
Egeria to sell NRC
Egeria put NRC on the block earlier this year
Gimv injects growth capital into Mackevision Medien
Clients include HBO, Porsche and BMW
P101 commits €4m to ContactLab
VC is currently investing from its maiden fund
Carlyle et al. buy Dealogic for $700m
Consortium of investors acquires Dealogic as well as two related joint ventures
LDC backs Capital Economics
Business generates 70% of turnover abroad, with the US the largest single market
Seed Capital backs Tailify
Tailify to use fresh funds to break into Danish market