Sector
LDC acquires Precision Micro in £22.5m MBO
Deal sees the GP invest £13m in the Erdington-based photochemical etching company
Naxicap exits Paradis du Fruit
GP sells its minority stake in the French restaurants operator to the management team
Synova's Stackhouse Poland bolts on Honour Point
Acquisition of corporate insurance broker and risk management firm is Stackhouse's ninth bolt-on
Accent Equity sells Stål & Hyr in trade deal
Deal comes only a year after Accent Equity purchased a majority stake in the business
Index leads $5m series-A for ClauseMatch
Talis Capital joins the round alongside existing investors including Speedinvest
Hg sells Allocate Software to Vista
Healthcare workforce management software company has expanded internationally under Hg's tenure
Index Ventures et al. back Slite
Consortium of backers invest €3.7m in the French note-taking app developer
Mobeus backs Hemmels
Fresh capital will be used to scale up the company's engineering and research and development teams
Inflexion acquires EHL, UKWM, creates Comparison Technologies
New multi-channel price comparison company is likely to pursue bolt-on acquisitions
Bowmark, Abry reportedly in second round for LDC's PEI Media
Initial bids for the company, submitted last month, came in at more than 10x EBITDA
CVC sells Sky Betting & Gaming in $4.7bn deal
CVC acquired SBG in 2014, in a deal valuing the online betting and gaming company at £800m
GTCR sells CallCredit to TransUnion for £1bn
Sale comes four years after the GP acquired the credit reference bureau for around £480m
Mangrove leads €3.2m series-A for Adverity
Existing investors Speedinvest, 42Cap and AWS Gründerfonds also take part in the round
Rutland divests Pizza Hut in management buy-back
GP will retain a minority stake in the UK pizza restaurant chain following the deal
Fondo Italiano invests €10m in Seco
Computer components company will seek to pursue international expansion and make bolt-on deals
Sofinnova leads €35.5m capital increase for Inventiva
Capital is drawn from Sofinnova Crossover Fund I, which held a final close on €275m in April 2018
Paragon-backed Chicco di Caffè buys Bota Group
Selling shareholders Pius Widmer and Bruno Wanske exit to pursue other opportunities
LDC's LearnDirect divests e-assessment division to PSI
Sale comes eight months after the company lost an appeal against an "inadequate" Ofsted rating
CVC, EQT Credit in second refinancing round for Paymentsense
Debt package follows a first refinancing deal in November 2016 by the debt providers
Keensight-backed Pixid buys Carerix
Keensight invested in Pixid, a French online management system for temporary work, in 2015
IK sells Touristry in trade deal
Deal ends a two-year holding period for IK, which acquired the business via its IK Small Cap I Fund
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Irisgraphic
Labels business Irisgraphic is the seventh add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
NB Renaissance Partners et al. exit Esaote
Chinese consortium wholly acquires the Italian medical imaging company
Serena, Newfund back €7m round for FlexyBeauty
Fresh capital will be used to consolidate FlexyBeauty's position in France and expand into the UK