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Fondo Italiano backs Forgital Group
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has injected €30m into Forgital Group, an industrial components manufacturer and systems provider.
Fondo Italiano enters entertainment market
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has made its first transaction in the entertainment and events management market with a €10m investment.
Phenomen et al. invest $8m in Delivery Club
Phenomen Ventures, Guard Capital and AddVenture have injected $8m into Delivery Club, a Moscow-based online food delivery company.
Kurtosys secures $8m
London-based Kurtosys, a financial technology (fintech) software company, has raised $8m in its series-C funding round from Triangle Peak Partners and existing backer True Ventures.
BGF invests £4m in Palmer Hargreaves
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ4m in Midlands-based marketing and communication agency Palmer Hargreaves.
Westbridge Capital reaps 3x on Mobile Computing Systems
Westbridge Capital has sold its stake in software business Mobile Computing Systems (MCS), generating a 3x money multiple.
AAC backs Lubbers MBO
AAC Capital Benelux has acquired a majority stake in Lubbers Transport Group, a Dutch transport and logistics company for the oil and gas industry, as part of a management buyout.
Gimv and Cube to acquire VTB
Gimv and the Cube Infrastructure Fund are to wholly acquire Veolia Transport Belgium (VTB), the Belgian operations of France-headquartered Transdev Group.
Ardian and Resource Partners increase Baltcom holding
Ardian and Resource Partners have bought out a minority shareholder in SIA Baltcom TV (Baltcom), a Latvian cable television operator, to increase their joint stake in the business.
BGF injects £6m into Medicina
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ6m in Bolton-based medical devices company Medicina.
Nazca Capital in €45m Fritta buyout
Nazca Capital has acquired a majority stake in Spanish ceramic tiles company Fritta.
Industrifonden invests SEK 10m in Garantibil
Industrifonden has invested SEK 10m in Garantibil, a Swedish e-commerce site focusing on used cars.
Carlyle and Vitol invest in Varo Energy
Carlyle has teamed up with Vitol Group to invest in Varo Energy, in a move to create a midstream energy business in north-west Europe.
Sovereign's Kindertons buys Plantec
Accident management firm Kindertons, backed by Sovereign Capital, has acquired Plantec, a UK-based provider of services to the motor insurance industry.
Montagu picks up CEFS from UBS
Montagu Private Equity has acquired Corporate Employee Financial Services International (CEFS International) from UBS.
IK's Vistra buys HVK
IK Investment Partners-backed Vistra Group has acquired the HVK Family Office Services (HVK FOS) division of Netherlands-based consultancy firm HVK.
VC-backed Klarna acquires Sofort
Online payment provider Klarna, backed by DST and General Atlantic among other VCs, has acquired Sofort for $150m.
Arx reaps 4.5x on Ergis Eurofilms exit
Arx Equity Partners has divested Polish plastics processor Ergis Eurofilms through a series of block trades to investors on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Ardian sells Cegos stake
Ardian has divested its minority stake in French vocational training services business Cegos Group to management and existing shareholder Cegos Association.
FSN Capital sells Norman Shark
FSN Capital has divested Norman Shark, the malware analysis solutions division of its portfolio company Norman, to Blue Coat Systems.
Norvestor's Apsis picks up ProspectEye
Email marketing business Apsis Group, owned by Norvestor, has acquired ProspectEye.
VEB injects $5m into rebranded Travel.ru
Venture capital-backed Oktogo.ru, which acquired Travel.ru in September, has rebranded as Travel.ru and announced a $5m investment by VEB Innovations.
UK retail: who will be celebrating this Christmas?
As private equity continues to dominate the UK consumer sector, who is set to see soaring sales during the festive flurry? Alice Murray reports
Crescendo Biologics secures £17.5m series-A
UK biotech Crescendo Biologics has raised ТЃ17.5m in its series-A funding round from Imperial Innovations, Astellas Venture Management (AVM) and existing investor Sofinnova Partners.