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Deal in Focus: Ekkio Capital exits Amatsigroup
Under the GP's seven-year tenure, the pharmaceuticals business bolted on numerous competitors and acquired new laboratories
Carvest and Loire-Centre Capital back ATER MBO with €2m
Siparex and Sodero Gestion, which previously held a 37.5% stake, are fully exiting the company
Seventure Partners leads €2.2m round for Machtfit
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, PHS Capital and the Dr Becker clinic group have also participated in the round
Omnes carves out three Geoxia subsidiaries
LBO France became the majority shareholder of Geoxia in 2009 as part of a restructuring
Mobeus invests £5m in Wetsuit Outlet
New funding will be used to expand into the US and enter the equestrian and field sports markets
LDC sells Antler to Endless
Luggage manufacturer and retailer will come under PE ownership for the fourth consecutive time
Goldman Sachs invests $35m in remuneration software Beqom
Funding will be used to expand the direct sales force and further develop indirect sales channels
Accent Equity buys Oral Care
Accent Equity acquires Swedish dental provider Oral Care via its Accent Equity 2012 fund
Triton buys Unica
Management and the van Vliet family will hold 49% of the new company, while Triton will take 51%
LDC backs Amberon MBO
GP invests as part of ТЃ25m package to support the buyout of the provider of temporary traffic lights
Genui buys Acrolinx from Kennet
Former CEO of SAP, Bernd-Michael Rumpf, also invests alongside Genui and company management
BlackFin holds €100m first close for BlackFin Tech Fund 1
BlackFin is targeting €150m for the fund's final close by the end of the year
IK acquires Bretèche Industrie from Equistone
IK is investing through the IK VIII Fund, closed on its €1.85bn hard-cap last year
Target Partners hires Wolter as partner
Target hires TestHub founder and Applause EU managing director Jan Wolter as venture partner
KCP backs YorkTest MBO
YorkTest was a bolt-on for CBPE Capital's porftolio company Ingemino
Bridgepoint in talks to acquire Miller Homes
Company generated an operating profit of ТЃ103m from ТЃ565m in sales in 2016
CM-CIC, Unexo and Capitem exit Martin Calais
Three GPs acquired a 37% stake in the company for an undisclosed amount back in 2014
Parquest takes over Accès Industries
GP closed its second buyout fund, Parquest Capital 2, on its €310m hard-cap last year
1st Capital Partner leads series-A extension for Hemovent
Original funding round of $6m in February 2016 was provided by a consortium led by MIG Verwaltungs
EdRip takes minority stake in G3S Alyzia
EdRip invests through ActoMezz arm, acquired from ACG Capital in July last year
Blackstone acquires Clarion Events
Private equity house acquires the business from Providence Equity Partners
Mayfair invest in marketing company SuperAwesome
Mayfair's maiden fund has now made seven deals and is more than 50% invested
Omers makes 2.6x on £1bn sale of Civica to Partners Group
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Omers, which bought Civica from 3i for ТЃ390m in 2013
CVC, PAI buy Permira's Grupo Cortefiel stake
Following the transaction, the GPs are understood to retain an equally-split stake in the business