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Charterhouse reaps 2.4x on sale of Comexposium
Comexposium is sold to Crédit Agricole Assurances after three years under Charterhouse's ownership
Palatine acquires CET UK from Dunedin
Acquirer draws capital from its third flagship fund, which typically writes cheques of £10-30m
Phoenix buys Nineteen Group, supports bolt-on
Nineteen is the eighth investment from Phoenix Equity Partners 2016, which closed on £415m
Intera invests in Porvoon Huoltomiehet
Finnish property maintenance company will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy
Agilitas-backed Hydro International buys Oxford Scientific
Agilitas acquired the wastewater treatment products and services provider earlier this year
Avedon's Kinly bolts on MK2
Mid-market GP Avedon bought Amsterdam-based collaboration technology specialist Kinly in 2017
Vaaka Partners invests in Nordic Healthcare Group
GP invests via Vaaka Partners Buyout Fund III, which closed on its €225m hard-cap last year
One Equity-backed Lutech bolts on Tecla.it
Deal also includes the acquisition of two subsidiaries controlled by Tecla.it
Hg Capital Trust sells Atlas to Riverside's Mintra
Deal represents the second add-on for Riverside's Mintra, following the acquisition of OCS HR
ECI invests in Moneypenny
Reports value the deal for the outsourced customer services business at more than £100m
Finatem sells Schollenberger to Cobepa-backed Socotec
Sale ends a holding of two years for Finatem, which acquired the company from its fourth fund
Parquest sells Polyexpert back to management
GP sells its minority stake in Polyexpert after investing via Parquest Capital I in 2014
HTGF backs AirGateway
Company intends to use the fresh capital to expand its offering and consolidate its market position
Inflexion's Radius Payments buys Adam Phones
Acquisition is the first since the minority investment by Inflexion in January
Isatis backs Nova Consulting
Isatis acquires a minority stake to support further acquisitions and expand abroad
Downing invests in £5m round for Hackajob
Hackajob allows clients to view a candidate's code and cloud structure implentation
PE consortium invests $21m in Coople
Fresh capital will be invested in the further development of the product and technology
Maven backs Acton Banks in MBO
Deal includes an investment of £9.65m from Maven in addition to investment from senior management
Idinvest et al. inject €20m into Cooptalis
Following a €1.5m round in 2015, the France-based recruitment agency now generates €250m in turnover
Endless sells Affinity Workforce to Castlerock Recruitment
Deal for the recruitment business brings to an end a holding period of just 16 months
PE-backed LeasePlan withdraws IPO
Dutch fleet management business had been scheduled to float in Amsterdam and Brussels in October
PE-backed BluJay bolts on Era System
Deal allows BluJay to boost its market position as an integrated customs solutions specialist
One Equity's Lutech bolts on CDM Tecnoconsulting
Group intends to expand further internationally, especially in the rest of Europe and China
Mobeus invests £9m in Ventrica
Outsourced customer communications company aims to almost double its headcount within a year