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Exponent's HSS Hire secures £245m refinancing
Development follows a difficult year for the tool hire group, in which adjusted EBITDA fell to £1.8m
Beringea leads €10m series-B for MYCS
Deal is Beringea's first investment in Germany and its second in the DACH region
UK government intervenes in sale of Better's Northern Aerospace
Better Capital agreed to sell the business to former portfolio company Gardner, now Chinese-owned
Sentica-backed VMP lists on Nasdaq Helsinki
Final offer price stands at €5 per share, setting a market cap of around €69.5m for the HR company
JC Flowers sells PIC stake to Adia
Sale ends a 12-year holding period for JC Flowers, which was one of the founding investors
TVP et. al in £4.4m round for Micrima
Developer of breast cancer screening systems will bring its Maria product to market
Axcel acquires Loopia and Active 24 from Visma
Axcel plans to expand the company, which offers web domains, shared web hosting and IT services
Alantra sells Tryo Group to Sener Aeronautica
Transaction spells the end of a seven-year holding period for the Madrid-based mid-market investor
Dunedin buys GPS
GP draws capital from Dunedin Buyout Fund III, a £300m fund that held a final close in June 2013
Warburg Pincus to buy Supplier Assessment Services for £160m
Deal sees the GP acquire the UK-based provider of compliance services from trade vendor Capita
EQT, PSP Investments buy Azelis in >€2bn deal
Apax is likely to generate a multiple in excess of 3.5x on the sale of its majority stake
Suma Capital backs Caher
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's growth organically and via new acquisitions
Litorina acquires Johan i Hallen to build platform company
GP deploys fresh capital to acquire the firm, which will partner with portfolio company Bergfalk
CapMan sells The North Alliance to Norvestor
Norvestor will become majority shareholder following the acquisition from CapMan and management
IK carves out KPMG Sweden's business advisory division
GP used capital from IK VIII Fund to finance the deal, after acquiring Aspia PwC in February
Vertis invests €3m in Sclak
Company will use the fresh capital to develop its digital platform and expand internationally
Sequoia-backed Asa International announces London IPO
Business is headquartered in the Netherlands and lends to low-income populations
Irdi Soridec, Axeleo Capital back Adagio
First round of funding from VC firms sees the startup rebrand from Onfocus to Adagio
Magnum Capital buys Aire Networks
Magnum secures a majority stake in the Spanish telecoms operator, with the founders retaining a stake
FSI acquires stake in Missoni
Fashion company plans to expand further globally and grow its product offering
MBO Partenaires buys-back Groupe LT
GPs Arkéa Capital, Amundi Private Equity and CEO Eric Van Acker acquire minority stakes
VC firms back $13m series-A for Tessian
Existing investors include Accel, Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe and Winton
Triton acquires Unident
Unident is the fund's first investment in the healthcare sector and was led from the Nordic office
Trocadero et al. back Escalotel
Consortium of investors acquire the family-owned AccorHotels franchise business