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Books and literature
Kleiner Perkins leads $16m series-A for Inkitt

Redalpine, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Earlybird have also invested in the publishing platform

  • Expansion
  • 29 August 2019
Magazines and academic publishing
KKR to take Axel Springer private

KKR will draw equity from its European Fund V, which held its interim close on €4.7bn in April

  • Buyouts
  • 27 August 2019
Graphic designers and marketers
Nordwind's B2B Media Group bolts on Aumago

Nordwind Capital's portfolio company B2B Media Group has acquired a digital marketing agency

  • Expansion
  • 21 August 2019
Events and exhibitions
Graphite backs management buyout of Hanson Wade

Deal reportedly values the UK-based pharma and biotech events producer at £96m

  • Buyouts
  • 15 August 2019
Online automotive retail
Exponent-backed Dennis Publishing bolts on Car Throttle

Deal is intended to increase the company's online presence in the automotive publishing space

  • Portfolio management
  • 07 August 2019
Media planning and marketing
LDC's Fishawack bolts on 2E Creative

Deal is the fifth acquisition for the healthcare-focused communications group under the GP's tenure

  • Expansion
  • 05 August 2019
Smartphone users
BlueGem, Value Italy reduce stake in DigitalGo

Partial exit for the two GPs, which acquired the company in 2009 via MPS Venture II and BlueGem I

  • Exits
  • 31 July 2019
Marketing billboards
Up Invest buys Digiekraanid and Megameedia

GP will use the special purpose acquisition vehicle Media Investments & Holding for the transaction

  • Buyouts
  • 15 July 2019
Social networks and online marketing services
Phoenix invests in 1000Heads

GP is currently investing from its 2016 fund, which targets companies with EVs of £30-150m

  • Buyouts
  • 03 July 2019
Irrigation systems and agricultural production
Ares, Horizon back MBO of AgriBriefing

GPs plan to support the business by boosting its growth both organically and via new acquisitions

  • Buyouts
  • 21 June 2019
Creative agencies and marketing teams
Innova to acquire majority stake in CS Group Polska

Deal is the fourth investment made from the GP's sixth fund, which has a €325m hard-cap

  • Buyouts
  • 07 June 2019
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Ardian-backed Jakala acquires marketing specialist Volponi

Following Volponi’s acquisition, Jakala expects to further expand and reach revenues of €250m

  • Portfolio management
  • 07 June 2019
Financial reporting software
Revenue trumps earnings as PE mops up B2B SaaS firms

Private equity is helping to drive rapid consolidation in the B2B software-as-a-service market

  • Technology
  • 03 June 2019
Printing press machines and services
Charterhouse agrees £668m Tarsus take-private

Deal values shares in the Irish media and events business at 17x its average EBITDA in 2017 and 2018

  • Buyouts
  • 24 May 2019
Creative agencies and marketing teams
Webedia acquires Panoramic- and Smedvig-backed Quill

Marketing content provider is reportedly anticipating revenues of £7m in its current financial year

  • Exits
  • 20 May 2019
Liga de Videojuegos Profesional is an esports organiser
Reus exits Spanish videogames specialist LVP in €22m deal

Mediapro, which already controls around 50% in the company, acquires the stake owned by Ticnova

  • Exits
  • 16 May 2019
Marketing agencies and creative design firms
NVM reaps 2.7x on £37.5m sale of MSQ Partners to LDC

UK-based marketing communications firm will pursue international expansion under its new owners

  • Exits
  • 16 May 2019
Market data publisher Acuris
BC sells Acuris to Ion

Sale of Unquote's parent group brings to an end a six-year holding period for BC

  • Exits
  • 13 May 2019
Market data publisher Acuris
BC and GIC close to Acuris sale to Ion

Deal reportedly values Unquote's parent company, which generated £75m in EBITDA in 2018, at £1-1.2bn

  • Exits
  • 10 May 2019
World Cup 2018 semi-finalists England
Vista acquires Perform to merge with Stats

Transaction will create a sport data and media group in the European and North American markets

  • Buyouts
  • 16 April 2019
Media planning and marketing
Livingbridge invests in Brainlabs

GP draws capital from Livingbridge Enterprise 2, which writes cheques of up to £10m

  • Buyouts
  • 13 March 2019
University services and student loans
TPG Capital sells Times Higher Education to Inflexion

Inflexion plans to ramp up THE's US expansion following the opening of Inflexion's Boston office in January

  • Buyouts
  • 01 March 2019
Movie theater seats
KKR buys TMG

GP is bringing in media entrepreneur Fred Kogel as CEO while Herbert Kloiber joins the advisory board

  • Buyouts
  • 22 February 2019
Management consultants
Naxicap-backed BVA bolts on Doxa

BVA expects to become one of the main market research groups in Europe and reach revenues of €200m

  • Portfolio management
  • 19 February 2019
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