Media
Smedvig sells PPC to SDI Media
Sale of film marketing company brings to an end a seven-year tenure for the vendor
Notion leads $6m series-A for Adfenix
Other backers include co-investor Industrifonden, as well as IT outsourcing company Goodfellows
BGF divests Zone to Cognizant
Sale of digital marketing business comes two and a half years after the GP's initial investment
Vitruvian exits Tinopolis in management buy-back
Divestment of media production company brings to an end a nine-year holding period
Lyceum-backed Briefing Media bolts on Urner Barry
Deal is the second add-on for Briefing Media since Lyceum's buyout of the firm in 2015
Ardian exits TimeOne
Company was created in 2016 by merging two of Ardian's portfolio companies
Dragon Capital buys Ukraine's Radio-Era TRC
Deal is the second acquisition by the private equity house in the Ukrainian media industry
Cathay Capital invests in The Independents
LGT and Tikehau provide unitranche debt to the new group, born from the merger of K2 and Karla Otto
Renaissance Capital buys JLS Digital
Company's management team will retain a minority stake in the business alongside Renaissance
Foresight injects £1.9m into Regency Design & Print
Graphics company will recruit for its management team and pursue international expansion
Rocket Internet sells Plinga to Orangegames
Seventure, PD and Klingel also sell their stakes while Spil Games retains its minority stake
Advent to acquire Williams Lea Tag from Deutsche Post
Deal reportedly values the marketing and public relations business at £350-400m
Mayfair invest in marketing company SuperAwesome
Mayfair's maiden fund has now made seven deals and is more than 50% invested
KCP invests £6.6m in MC&C
New capital will be used to hire staff, invest in technology and finance potential acquisitions
NVM injects £3m into Knowledgemotion
Deal is the third of the year for NVM, which focuses on UK growth capital
Carlyle to sell subtitling business BTI Studios to Altor
Sale of media dubbing business comes after a four-year tenure in which BTI's EBITDA trebled
CapMan acquires minority stake in Russian advertiser Kokoc
CapMan's €99m Russia II fund expects to add a further three companies to its portfolio
LDC sells TCEG to Huntworth in £25m EV deal
Under LDC's tenure, the marketing agency made three bolt-ons and merged with The Moment
BC partially divests Mergermarket Group to GIC
Deal will see the GP return more than 2x its original investment to LPs and retain a 60% stake
Ardian purchases minority in T2O
Deal sees Ardian Growth acquire a minority holding in the Spanish business
BGF injects £2m into visual effects studio Milk
Deal is Milk's first fundraising round, which it plans to use to expand its studios
LDC invests £11m for minority stake in Lucid
Deal for medical communications agency is the fifth investment by the GP's London team in 12 months
BC's Mergermarket Group acquires TIM Group
BC Partners acquired Mergermarket in 2013 and has made a number of bolt-ons since
Target and HTGF in $2.6m Simplaex series-A
Deal is the first of the year for Target and the 15th for High-Tech Gründerfonds