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Avedon exits Olympia in management buy-back
GP sells the Dutch employment agency to its CEO, ending its three-years ownership
Apax France's Bip buys Mea Consulting
Bip intends to expand its offering to M&A advisory, and strengthen its position in the Italian market
Aliter acquires Sponge
Aliter acquired Bolt Learning in May 2019 and concurrently provided financing to acquire Mercurytide
EQT sells minority stake in Anticimex to GIC
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund invests in a deal that values the company at around €3.6bn
Inflexion-backed Huws Gray acquires JE Fuller
Inflexion acquired a minority stake in Huws Gray and backed its merger with Ridgeons in October 2018
Andera carves out Ingenico's health business
Division providing card terminals to pharmacies and hospitals will be rebranded to Olaqin
BGF exits Thames Technology
BGF first invested in the company in 2013, with £3.2m to support the purchase of new equipment
Aksìa's Covisian carves out Avanza customer management unit
Following the deal, Covisian expects to reach a turnover of more than €330m
Livingbridge sells CR7 Services
Livingbirdge was invested in the payments company through its Isis Growth fund and its VCTs
Downing leads £4.3m series-A for FundamentalVR
Existing investor Tern, as well as Epic Private Equity and Brighteyes Ventures, also invested
CCI exits Abtran in management buy-back
Abtran was majority owned by the joint venture of The Carlyle Group and Cardinal Capital
Exponent-backed SHL to acquire Aspiring Minds
Exponent acquired psychometric testing and interviewing services company SHL in 2018
Elysian-backed Raymond Group sells RBWS
Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling has sold one of its divisions to waste management company Collard
Sovereign acquires Murgitroyd in £62.8m deal
Sovereign will pay 13.8x EBITDA for the intellectual property attorney service
HGGC-backed Davies acquires ASC
AIMC recently co-invested in operations management company Davies, which is headquartered in the UK
Westbridge exits LinkFresh
Westbridge SME Fund portfolio company LinkFresh has been sold to a US-based trade buyer
Eurazeo's Efeso Consulting acquires FibonacciLab
Swiss FibonacciLab represents Efeso Consulting's second bolt-on under Eurazeo ownership
Sofimac backs Expedial MBO
Management team buys stake in a transportation services provider while founder retires
Alcuin takes minority stake in Gravitas
Alcuin Capital Partners has invested for a minority stake in recruitment company Gravitas
Vitruvian-backed CFC bolts on Solis Security
Solis security will expand CFC's in-house cyber claims and incident response team
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
Inflexion to acquire Pharmaspectra
Inflexion Private Equity has taken a majority stake, drawing equity from its £250m fund
Q&A: 3i’s Olinick and Bakker on managing the tech/services convergence
Andrew Olinick, partner and co-head of 3i's North America business, and Netherlands-based director Mark Bakker talk tech and services
CBPE invests in Centralis
Management team will stay on, while the founders have sold their stakes in the company
