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Swedish GPs cash in on pharmaceutical reform
Swedish healthcare bonanza
Argos seals Sage subsidiaries deal
Mid-cap GP Argos Soditic has completed the all-equity acquisition of four software-focused subsidiaries of Sage in France and Spain.
Invision buys Kraft & Bauer
Swiss firm Invision Private Equity has bought German fire protection business Kraft & Bauer Brandschutzsysteme (K&B) as part of a succession solution.
Panoramic invests £1.8m in Andante Travels
Panoramic Growth Equity has injected ТЃ1.8m into archaeological travel operator Andante Travels via its maiden fund, Panoramic Enterprise Capital Fund I (PECF I).
Isis backs Sage Construction MBO
Isis Equity Partners has backed the MBO of Sage Construction from software company Sage (UK) Ltd.
Almi and Chalmers Innovation back Halon
Almi Invest and Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund have backed Swedish web security solutions provider Halon Security.
France's Elior and Nord-Est in refinancings
Charterhouse's catering business Elior has tapped into the high-yield market to raise €350m, while Oaktree has been able to reap a dividend by leveraging its investment in packaging company Nord-Est, according to local reports.
Charterhouse buys Armacell for €500m
Charterhouse has agreed to acquire German insulation company Armacell from Investcorp in a €500m secondary buyout.
Herkules's Bandak Group acquires ITM
Herkules Capital portfolio company Bandak Group AS has agreed to acquire IOS Tubular Management AS (ITM) from Breimyra Invest AS.
Novartis Venture et al. in €33m series-C round for Opsona
A consortium of new and existing investors has injected тЌ33m into Irish immunology drug development company Opsona Therapeutics as part of a series-C funding round.
New Look launches £800m bond offering
Apax- and Permira-backed New Look Group has launched an ТЃ800m senior secured notes offering to pay down its debt.
Candover's Alma Consulting in refinancing talks
Alma Consulting, a French corporate cost-reduction advisory business owned by Candover, could be taken over by its mezzanine lenders, according to local reports.
DFJ Esprit et al. back M-Files Corporation
DFJ Esprit and Finnish Industry Investment have injected тЌ6m into M-Files Corporation, a technology start-up based in Finland.
FF&P Private Equity acquires FIT
FF&P Private Equity has backed the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of specialist energy efficiency firm Food Industry Technical Ltd (FIT).
Herkules Capital exits Gothia to arvato AG
Herkules Capital has agreed to sell Gothia Financial Group AS to arvato AG, a global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider owned by Bertelsmann.
PAI scoops up R&R Ice Creams
French large-cap specialist PAI partners has struck a deal to buy British ice cream manufacturer R&R Ice Cream from Oaktree Capital for тЌ850m.
Bridgepoint leads Cote auction
Bridgepoint has emerged as the front-runner in the bidding process for UK-based restaurant chain Cote, which is expected to sell for ТЃ100m, according to reports.
Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn, HTGF et al. back Compositence
Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn has become the lead investor in German carbon-fibre components company Compositence following a capital increase round that also included fresh investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft...
Better Capital acquires City Link for £1
Turnaround player Better Capital has bought UK courier company City Link Ltd from Rentokil Initial plc through its Becap12 fund for a symbolic ТЃ1.
KKR provides debt financing to Spain's Uralita
KKR Asset Management, KKR‘s sub-investment grade manager, has provided a €320m seven-year facility to Spanish building materials firm Uralita.
Mobeus in ATG Media bolt-on
Mobeus Equity Partners has made an add-on investment of ТЃ4.5m in portfolio company ATG Media to finance the acquisition of US-based online auctions site BidSpotter Inc.
Fortis PE and Next Invest sell Arets to Toyo Ink for €10m
Fortis Private Equity and asset manager Next Invest have sold their joint 100% stake in Belgian ink manufacturer Arets International to Japanese ink company Toyo Ink Group for €10m.
LBO France's Médi-Partenaires hopes to raise €385m on high-yield market
Médi-Partenaires, a French chain of clinics backed by LBO France and Equistone, is understood to be aiming to raise €385m on the high-yield bond market.
Cinven and Warburg Pincus in final exit from Ziggo
Cinven and Warburg Pincus have reaped €3.4bn on their full exit from Ziggo, the Dutch cable operator that the firms took public on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam last year.