Media
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
Ardian invests in Seri Jakala
Ardian Growth invested in the business via a club deal alongside Mediobanca's Equity Partners
BC- and GIC-backed Acuris bolts on SparkSpread
US-based energy trade publication is the company's first acquisition since GIC invested last year
CapMan sells The North Alliance to Norvestor
Norvestor will become majority shareholder following the acquisition from CapMan and management
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
