Support services
Paragon buys Unicepta
Company's management has retained a minority stake and will remain in control of strategy
Accent Equity acquires majority stake in Thor Shipping
First acquisition from the GP's latest vehicle, which held a final close in October 2017
Axcel exits Lessor Group
Deal marks the end of a two-year holding period under Axcel, which acquired the firm in April 2016
DPE buys VTU Engineering
Founding shareholders, including board member Michael Koncar, retain a significant minority stake
Balderton leads $22m funding round for Peakon
Round is backed by EQT Ventures, Idinvest Partners and Sunstone Capital
NVM backs SHE Software in £3m round
NVM investment director Charlie Winward will join the board as a non-executive director
IK carves out PwC Sweden's business services division
Deal was made via the IK VIII fund, with a debt package provided by Nordic banks
Hellman & Friedman's Nets take-private gets over finish line
Final shareholder acceptance reaches 94.1%, with compulsory acquisition of minority shareholders triggered
Ergon backs merger of SVT and Rolf Kuhn
Combined group will generate a turnover of €150m and employ 600 people in 60 countries
One Peak leads $22m funding round for Spryker
Existing investors, including Berlin-based Project A Ventures, also take part in the round
Tesi leads €6m funding round for Zervant
Zervant plans to use the investment to grow the use of electronic invoicing for micro-businesses
Bowmark acquires Ask4 from Darwin
Deal ends a four-year holding period for Darwin, after acquiring the wifi provider in May 2014
Gimv acquires Impact from Humares
Belgian recruitment company will look to increase its geographical footprint under the GP's tenure
Capzanine backs Alphitan in MBO
GP used its Capzanine 4 Flex Equity fund, closed in 2016 on €350m, for the transaction
Exponent acquires $400m CEB Talent from Gartner
Deal values the Thames Ditton-based HR assessment business at 10.5x its 2017 EBITDA
Calculus Capital invests £3m in Open Energy Markets
UK firm intends to strengthen its sales team and enter the US with the fresh capital
Blackstone backed-Clarion acquires Global Sources
Group will be led by the existing Clarion management team and will operate as Clarion Events
Palamon acquires Thomas International
Psychometric assessments company generated pro-forma EBITDA of £9m in 2017 on a £40m turnover
Generationsskifte buys Marselisborg
Company's management team acquired the business from Michael Dyreholt in February 2015
Waterland sells Premium Group to Blackstone's Clarion
Blackstone acquired London-based Clarion from Providence Equity Partners in July 2017
Bridgepoint Development Capital acquires FCG
FCG Holding intends to expand in the Nordic region and across Europe following the deal
Aliter kicks off third platform with Boston Networks deal
Sixth transaction for Aliter, which closed its support services fund a year ago
EdRip backs Prenax MBO
Fourth transaction carried out by Rothschild's €315m ActoMezz III fund, which closed in 2017
BPI France, Rhône-Alpes PME Gestion back Alcadia in MBI
Thierry Nourdin and Frederic Charnay become new directors of French Alcadia Entreprises