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The Carlyle Group backs Dept SBO
Waterland sells its majority stake in the Dutch digital marketing and advertisement agency
Phoenix acquires Redington
Firm is currently investing from Phoenix Equity Partners 2016, which closed on £415m
Bregal Milestone inks first Dutch deal with Anywhere365
UK-based growth GP invests €40m in Anywhere365 via its maiden fund, which closed in 2018
Maven exits Prime Document for 2.6x return
Acquisition of Prime will allow UnifiedPost Group to enter the UK market
Mentha buys and merges Paradigma and BlijWerkt
Gilde Healthcare was invested in HR specialist BlijWerkt since 2011
Portobello Capital carves out BT's Spanish business
Deal includes the Spanish ICT services and the local network infrastructure managed by BT
HIG Capital carves out Lagardère Sports
Planned disposal values sports media agency Lagardère Sports at approximately €110m
Agilitas sells Recover Nordic to EQT
EQT deploys capital from its EQT VIII fund, which hit its €10.75bn hard-cap in 2018
Main Capital's SDB Groep buys Competence Group
GP bought SDB in Q2 2018 with the intention to pursue a buy-and-build strategy
Apiary invests in Roar Techmedia
Unquote understands the entry multiple for the trade events company was 6-8x EBITDA
ACG Management et al. back ADN Protection MBI
Soprome and BTC Capital also back the takeover of the security services company
Exponent acquires KPMG pensions advisory
In November 2018, KPMG announced it would no longer provide consultancy work for its audit clients
Siparex-backed Plurima carves out Log-Os from Zanardo
Following the deal, Plurima's CEO, Luca Marconi, will be appointed as CEO and chair of Log-Os
Ardian exits CCC to Telus
Canadian listed telecoms company buys the business for an EV of €915m
Ardian takes minority stake in S&H
Equity contribution from Ardian and a senior debt package amount to a total of €14m
Mobeus invests £13m in Access Partnership
Mobeus's investment will enable the consultancy to expand its services geographically
P101 invests €2m in Osteocom
P101 deploys capital from its Programma 102 fund, which targets early- to late-stage startups
Torqx Capital buys Descroes
GP invests via its debut vehicle, Torqx Capital Partners I, a €150m fund targeting mid-market companies
Inflexion-backed Kynetec bolts on Kleffmann
Inflexion provided fresh equity for the acquisition from its Inflexion Buyout Fund IV
Ambienta sells Energy Wave to EQT-backed Antas
Sale ends a two-year holding period for Italian GP Ambienta, which owned a majority stake in Energy Wave
Norvestor sells Cegal to DWS-, Argentum-led consortium
Transaction is made via a special purpose vehicle, Norvestor SPV I, which will own 75-80% in the company
FTV Capital leads $65m round for CloudFactory
FTV Capital partner Alex Mason and principal Puskoor join CloudFactory's board
Alantra sells Ingenium's Spanish mobile business to Orange España
Alantra plans to strengthen the activity of the other divisions of Grupo Ingenium
Warburg Pincus sells Accelya to Vista Equity Partners
First investment made by Vista via its permanent fund, Vista Equity Partners Perennial