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Maven and Simmons back £8.5m energy services buyout
Maven Capital Partners and Simmons & Company have acquired UK energy services companies Roberts Pipeline Machining and Wellclad for £8.5m.
21 Centrale Partners set to buy Planet Sushi
21 Centrale Partners is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Planet Sushi, a French chain of sushi restaurants, according to media reports.
HTGF backs Tixel
High-Tech Gründerfonds and hannover innovations fonds have backed data transfer specialist Tixel with a €700,000 investment.
Lyceum buys EAT from Penta Capital
Lyceum Capital has acquired a controlling stake in UK takeaway food chain EAT from Penta Capital.
Gilde buys Actief Interim from KBC PE and Indufin
Gilde Equity Management has acquired temporary staffing provider Actief Interim from KBC Private Equity and Indufin for an undisclosed amount.
Nauta Capital leads £4m Basekit round
Spanish private equity firm Nauta Capital has led a £4m series-A round of funding for Wales-based software company Basekit.
T-Venture backs FutureE
T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom, Entrepreneurs Fund and KfW have backed energy system producer FutureE Fuel Cell Solutions with an undisclosed investment.
Electra acquires Daler-Rowney
Electra Partners has backed the buyout of fine art materials supplier Daler-Rowney with a £26m investment.
Odewald invests in Polytech
German private equity firm Odewald has acquired a majority stake in medical equipment supplier Polytech Ophthalmologie from founding family Reese for an undisclosed amount.
Inflexion acquires Phlexglobal
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of healthcare support services provider Phlexglobal.
Fondo Italiano invests in Comecer
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, the Italian government backed fund has invested €7.5m in radiochemistry specialist Comecer in return for a minority stake.
Argos Soditic invests in Dimar
Private equity firm Argos Soditic has invested in food supplier Dimar.
Barclays PE and LBO France exit Converteam in $3.2bn trade sale
Barclays Private Equity and LBO France have sold 90% of French power conversion and engineering company Converteam to General Electrics for $3.2bn - around 13x EBITDA.
CVC looking to sell DSI
Private equity firm CVC is in negotiations about the sale of building firm DSI.
Riva y Garcia launches healthcare start-up fund
Spanish fund manager Riva y Garcia and a Barcelona-based medical school have announced plans to establish a private equity vehicle dedicated to healthcare start-ups.
Lyceum injects £50m in Access UK
Lyceum Capital has invested £50m in business management and accounting software provider Access UK.
Mercapital puts Gasmedi on the block
Spanish private equity firm Mercapital has hired Goldman Sachs to manage a sales process for its portfolio company, Gasmedi.
Alven and Newfund inject €2.5m into MobPartner
Alven Capital and Newfund Management have invested €2.5m in French mobile marketing company MobPartner.
Segulah sells stake in Exotic Snacks
Segulah has sold its stake in Exotic Snacks AB to a consortium led by the company’s founder Rolf Nilsson and board member Björn Krasse.
PAI in exclusive talks to buy Kiloutou
PAI partners is set to acquire French construction equipment rental company Kiloutou from Sagard.
Gimv et al. exit Psytechnics
Gimv, New Venture Partners and DFJ Esprit have sold software company Psytechnics to Nasdaq-listed Netscout Systems.
3i sells Pilatus stake to IHAG Holding
3i has sold its stake in Swiss-based aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG to IHAG Holding.
3i to float Norma Group
3i has announced its plans to list auto parts supplier Norma Group on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
3i looking to offload Azelis
3i has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to run the auction process for Belgian chemicals distributor Azelis, according to media reports.