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Advent acquires Evonik's methacrylates business for €3bn
GSO offered bidders a unitranche of €1.5bn and Barclays offered an all-loan structure of €1.25bn
IDI buys Institut de Formation à la Sophrologie
Buyout deal sees GP acquire a majority stake in France-based sophrology training institute
Synova backs Chatsworth Schools platform
Initial deal comprises five schools in south-east England, with plans to expand internationally
Bessemer leads $60m series-C for Shift
Existing investors Accel, General Catalyst and Iris Capital also take part in the round
Tiger Global invests €50m in Flaschenpost
Other investors include Cherry Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Discovery Ventures and Larix VC
ArchiMed to acquire Bomi in €70m take-private deal
GP intends to finance the acquisition via its Med Platform I fund, which held a €530m first close in 2018
CH&Co in exclusive sale talks with Equistone – report
Talks for the MML-backed catering and hospitality firm are reportedly based on ТЃ22m run-rate EBITDA
Sofindev backs Mabo-Lifting
Sofindev is investing in forklifts specialist Mabo-Lifting via its Sofindev IV fund
Project A, Creandum add $30m to funding round for Voi
Existing investors include Vostok New Ventures, Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe
Segulah sells CCS to trade
Segulah supported several bolt-on acquisitions and also made partial divestments
Montefiore, M80 back Gandi.net
Previous investor Stephens exits investment in the domain name registrar after 14 years
Summit exits Acturis in Astorg-backed deal
Sale of insurance-related software business brings to an end a nine-year holding period
ASC Investment acquires Canon Business Services
ASC Investment will retain all current employees and bring in a new management team
Calcium Capital invests €14m in Climb Up
Carvest, which first invested in Climb Up in 2011, exits the climbing walls operator
Keensight-backed LinkByNet bolts on Objectif Libre
Objectif Libre's management team will join the board of LinkByNet and acquire shares
Global Founders Capital in $2.8m series-A for Sviper
Round was led by Modern Times Group, a Sweden-based digital entertainment company
IDI invests €21m in Freeland
Buyout sees Tikehau providing unitranche debt for France-based support services company Freeland
VC-backed energy software firm Limejump sold to Shell
Magnesium Capital, Passion Capital and Starkraft Ventures have been backing the startup in recent years
Nordic buys Conscia from Axcel
Nordic Capital draws money from Nordic Capital IX, a тЌ4.3bn fund that closed in May last year
Genesis backs IT specialist CN Group
GP deploys capital from its Genesis Private Equity Fund III, which closed on €82m in September 2016
Clyde Blowers sells Hydreco to Alcedo-backed Duplomatic
Hydreco was acquired in 2008 by Clyde Bowers' ТЃ250m second fund, which made six investments in total
CVC reacquires Ahlsell in SEK 31bn take-private deal
Follows a cash offer of SEK 55 per share for the business that CVC made on 11 December
Consortium of VCs exit Indoo.rs
Speedinvest, Tecnet Equity and Techinvest backed Indoo.rs across four venture and seed rounds
Carlyle's Comdata carves out PayCare from PE-backed Nexi
Deal follows the sale of Oasi, purchased by FSI's Cedacri from Nexi for €151m in January