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VCs sell Drivy to Getaround in $300m deal
Combined company now spans 300 cities in the US and Europe and serves five million users
French education deals offer a valuable lesson
Investment activity in the French education sector continues to look strong after a bumper 2018, with multiples heating up accordingly
Gresham House invests £4.5m in Diaceutics IPO
Deal comes a year after the pharmaceutical data analytics company raised $5m of mezzanine
Aquiline-backed Clearcourse buys NetXtra
NetXtra is the sixth acquisition by Clearcourse since it was established in 2018
Axcel sells Ball Group to Findos, wraps up fund
Sale ends a holding period of around 12 years for Axcel III, which made 11 platform investments
Bowmark sells Care Fertility to Silverfleet
Earlier reports suggested the fertility clinic group could attract bids of around 8x its ТЃ11m EBITDA
PE-backed Garda Plast sells division to trade
Gruber Logistics buys the transportation and logistics activities of Progressio's Garda Plast
Nord Holding sells stake in Avista Oil
Family office Bitburger Holding and entrepreneur Susanne Klatten's investment arm acquired the stake
Alpha acquires ceramics specialist Laminam
GP invests via its Alpha Private Equity Fund 7, which held a final close on €903m in June 2017
PAI to buy Elior's Areas in €1.54bn deal
Proceeds of the Areas division sale will be used to reduce Elior's leverage ratio
Innova buys Chemes from Abris
Sale ends a three-and-a-half-year holding period for Abris, which invested from its second fund
Harwell injects £3.5m into Muso
Media-focused anti-piracy firm will invest in sales and marketing-related activities
Mutares to buy TrefilUnion from ArcelorMittal
Carve-out transaction sees special situation investor Mutares buy France-based TrefilUnion
Orlando carves our Nidec's compressor business
Orlando drew capital from the €320m vehicle European Special Situations Venture Partners IV
Alto Partners buys OFI
Italian GP Alto Partners buys a majority stake in dermo-cosmetic business via its fourth fund
Apollo buys 32 supermarkets from The Casino Group for €484m
Deal includes 12 Casino hypermarkets and 20 Monoprix and Casino supermarket properties
LDC backs Duncan & Todd's bolt-on of Black & Lizars sites
Transaction sees the opticians group acquiring nine stores from the optometrists chain
Oxford leads £6.5m round for Weengs
Courier service will use the capital to invest in its automated warehouse and product development
Sparring, Socadif buy Cesa-cap in SBO
Management team retains a minority stake in electrical engineering company Cesa-cap
NPM Capital backs fintech company Ohpen
Company plans to consolidate its market position, and further expand internationally
Apicap backs T&T Consulting MBO
Founder and CEO Christophe Janin retains a majority of the engineering and consulting firm
Vista Equity Partners-backed ACS buys Modern Systems
ACS plans to develop its offering in the application modernisation market and expand in the US
Hannover Finanz acquires stake in Lacon Electronic
Hannover Finanz targets medium-sized enterprises with annual sales of at least €20m
PAI's Ethypharm bolts on Pharmy II Laboratory
Ethypharm acquires pharmaceutical laboratory specialising in the treatment of pain