Media
Beringea backs Simplestream
Venture capital firm manages ProVen VCTs
Equistone's PIA bolts on SoQuero
Equistone bought PIA in March this year
BGF-backed York Mailing buys Go Direct Marketing
BGF committed ТЃ10m to YMG in 2013
Outdoor advertising catches private equity's eye
Outdoor advertising has remained robust and still offers room for consolidation
Hold the phone: opportunities remain in German telecoms
Although German telecoms sector has seen few deals this year, new opportunities are opening up
EQT buys Bureau van Dijk from Charterhouse
Deal is latest in series of publisher acquisitions by GPs
Providence et al. sell majority stake in M7 to Astorg
Providence will retain a minority stake
Notion, White Star lead $7m round for Glow
Business has raised $8.3m to date
BC-backed Mergermarket buys The Law Report Group
Bolt-on follows acquisition of Perfect Information earlier this year
NVM backs MSQ MBO with £7.8m
Company runs group of seven digital agencies
Sun European buys River Group
Asset to enter partnership with portfolio company Polestar
GCP-backed Fishawack in third bolt-on
Fishawack headcount doubled since GCP's first investment
Phoenix exits Precise Media in trade sale
Company under private equity ownership since 2005
PE-backed Secuoya buys stake in BGL
Buyer has been backed by N+1 since 2012
PAI acquires Euro Media Group
PAI takes majority stake in film & TV company
Cinven and Carlyle in Numericable/Altice share transfer
Deal follows Altice's €17bn SFR purchase
VC-backed Teads and Ebuzzing join forces for future Nasdaq listing
Backers include Gimv, Partech and Elaia Partners
Equistone backs Performance Interactive Alliance
Deal merges four digital marketing businesses
Citizen Capital et al. exit Trace in €40m trade sale
Citizen Capital, Entrepreneur Venture and NextStage have sold their stakes in Trace TV, a French media brand and pay-TV channel operator, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG).
Edge sells Working Partners, Beast Quest to portfolio company
Edge Investments has sold its stakes in Working Partners and Beast Quest to its portfolio company Coolabi in an all-share transaction.
Capidea buys Xstream
Danish private equity firm Capidea has acquired a majority stake in streaming software company Xstream.
LDC backs Imagine Nation
LDC has backed Netherlands-based media content company Imagine Nation.
Apax takes full control of Trader Media
Apax Partners has acquired a further 50.1% stake in Guardian Media Groupтs (GMG) Trader Media Group (TMG), securing full control of the company.
CapMan acquires The North Alliance
CapMan has agreed to invest in The North Alliance (NOA), a network of seven communication, design and technology companies in the Nordic region.