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NVM in £10m MBO for Trust Systems
Company founders Tom Stone and Mike Dowson will remain significant shareholders in the business
Ratos buys majority stake in Vestia Construction Group
GP will own 63% of the company, alongside the management and other key individuals who own the remainder
CVC injects £365m into Six Nations rugby tournament
Long-awaited deal finally crosses the try line, with initial approaches starting two years ago
Owl Ventures, Full in Partners lead $35m round for Preply
Round includes participation from Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, EduCapital, Diligent Capital, Evli Growth Partners and All Iron Ventures
Claris Ventures leads £15.2m series-B for NeoPhore
2Invest, 3B Future Health Fund, Astellas Venture Management and CRT Pioneer Fund also take part in the round
Consilium buys Music Center
Consilium intends to consolidate the company's market position and boost its expansion via strategic acquisitions
Ion, GIC launch €1.86bn takeover for Cerved
Cerved will be de-listed from the Italian stock exchange if the offer is successful
Ardian takes minority stake in Kapten & Son
Ardian Growth strikes first deal in Germany with investment in fashion and accessories retailer
Triton invests in NPM Capital's Bergman Clinics
Investment is being made in partnership with NPM Capital and the Malenstein family
Bridgepoint Development Capital backs IDHL
GP is investing via Bridgepoint Development Capital IV (BDC IV), which closed on £1.5bn in September 2020
CapMan to acquire Pharmia
Deal is the second investment from CapMan Buyout XI fund, which held a first close in June 2019 on €160m and has a target of €250m
Kerogen sells Zennor Petroleum to trade
Kerogen Capital acquired a majority stake in Zennor in 2015, investing alongside Unigestion
FPE Capital backs Codestone
This is the ninth investment made by FPE Fund II, which held a £100m final close in October 2017
Equistone sells Oikos to Goldman Sachs
Equistone acquired the prefabricated housing company in an SBO from Adcuram in 2018
Nordic Capital partly acquires Boost.ai
Shareholders Finstart Nordic and Alliance Venture will continue as investors alongside Nordic Capital
DCVC Bio leads $17m series-A round for BioPhero
Startup will use the funding to start production of its first product and make it available worldwide
Bid Equity's Myneva bolts on Patronis, TTS
Social care and healthcare software platform is following a buy-and-build strategy
Palatine backs Anthesis
Company intends to further boost its growth both organically and via strategic acquisitions
Apax sells Sandaya to InfraVia
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Apax, which acquired a majority stake in Sandaya from Pragma Capital
CapMan Special Situations acquires HopLop
HopLop is the first investment from the GP's newly launched special situations strategy
Paragon sells NovumIP to GP-backed Questel
Transaction will see Paragon invest in Questel for a minority stake in the IP consultancy firm
FSI et al. sell Cedacri to Ion for €1.5bn
FSI intends to reinvest in Cedacri as a minority shareholder, doubling the capital deployed in 2017
Summa Equity sells Sortera to Nordic Capital
Summa was reportedly eyeing an exit multiple of 15x EBITDA, based on a 2019 figure of €19.6m
Inflexion buys minority stake in Systal
Investment in the managed IT network service is the GP's third deal to be announced in March 2021