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Altor sells Enhanced Drilling to EV Private Equity
EV Private Equity will combine Enhanced Drilling with Enhanced Well Technologies
Apposite's Riverdale Healthcare bolts on dental practises
Combined businesses will offer a greater range of private and specialist treatments
Palamon carves out Business School24 from Il Sole
GP already owns a 51% stake in the company and is buying the remaining 49% for €21.5m
Chiltern takes majority stake in IMD Group MBO
Financial details remain undisclosed, though the GP typically writes equity cheques of up to £15m
Quantum acquires Postcon
Quantum typically invests up to €15m for majority stakes in companies with revenues of €20-500m
Palatine impact fund backs Veincentre
Clinic operator focusing on varicose vein treatments will open new sites in Glasgow and Leeds
NB Renaissance acquires leather producer Rino Mastrotto
Founding Mastrotto family will retain a significant stake and continue to lead the company
Accel in $35m round for Fever
Deal brings the total amount raised by the social media software developer to $70m
CVC buys online universities Pegaso and Mercatorum
GP deploys capital from its CVC Fund VII, which held a final close on its €15.5bn hard-cap in 2017
Aurelius carves out BT Fleet Solutions
Division generated a turnover of £209.5m in its most recent financial year
BlackRock et al. in €25m series-C for Scalable Capital
Existing investors BlackRock, Tengelmann Ventures and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures participate
GPs sell MeilleursAgents to trade in €200m deal
Axel Springer's Aviv buys France-based MeilleursAgents, an online real estate service
GPF Capital backs beer cooler producer Golderos
GP invests via its GPF Fund II, which held a final close on €150m in October 2017
Battery Ventures buys Quantifoil Micro Tools
Battery Ventures has created the buy-and-build platform Sample Preparation Technologies
Acceptance threshold for KKR's Axel Springer bid exceeded
KKR has formed a consortium with the Springer founding family and its CEO to acquire the publisher
Anacap exits Heidelpay to KKR
Throughout Anacap's holding period, Heidelpay completed seven bolt-on acquisitions
LDC's Fishawack bolts on 2E Creative
Deal is the fifth acquisition for the healthcare-focused communications group under the GP's tenure
Apax buys Adco
GP sees off competition from Core Equity Holdings, EQT Partners and Triton Partners
Livingbridge backs Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers
GP deploys capital from its Livingbridge Enterprise 2 fund, which closed in 2015 on £220m
Kester backs ComplianceOnline MBO
First investment made by Kester via its new Kester Capital II fund
Encore Capital invests in vegetarian restaurant chain Mildreds
Company intends to use the fresh financing to boost its expansion with further openings
Nordic Capital supports Cint in P2Sample acquisition
Customer insight software developer Cint already has offices in New York and LA
Nordic Capital shelves GHD GesundHeits sale - report
Nordic Capital has halted a sale process for homecare company GHD, which involved PAI and CD&R
Mayfair makes first exit with Fox International trade sale
Mayfair backed the SBO of the fishing tackle business in 2015, with Next Wave reinvesting