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LDC sells Clifford Thames to US trade buyer
Business will be acquired by OEConnection Holdings, a US-based e-commerce technology group
Apax's Evry sets IPO price range
Following the initial take-private, the GP aims to float the asset after a two-year holding period
Endless sells Imtech UK & Ireland to EDF
Sale of technical services business comes less than two years after its acquisition by the GP
Agilitas's Reconor bolts on Lotra
Danish waste management company steps into a nationwide business
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on £525m
Advent completes €2.42bn Safran acquisition
Advent merges the business with portfolio company Oberthur Technologies to form a €2.8bn group
Sofindev-backed House of Talents acquires Arcq
Human resources and recruitment company is entering the pharmaceutical sector
Primary acquires Metamark in £62m MBO
Deal for the sign vinyl and digital printing business is the fifth investment from the GP's fourth fund
HTGF, Kima exit eWings.com in trade sale
Hogg Robinson Group enters into an agreement to acquire the digital business-travel service
Jobi Capital in £20m series-B for Quiqup
Delivery company will look to expand across the UK and internationally following the deal
PE-backed Celli bolts on beer pumps producer Anagram
Deal is the third bolt-on acquisition for Celli during its private equity ownership period
Apax acquires Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus
Deal could reportedly value the industrial cleaning business at up to 12x EBITDA
H2 acquires Search Consultancy Group
Recruitment business will look to expand across the UK and make bolt-on acquisitions
Agilitas-backed Recover Nordic bolts on four firms
Recover Nordic expands its presence across the Nordic region with three purchases
Epiris sells TechInsights to Oakley in final exit from Axio
Final "major realisation" from data and analytics group represents 5x multiple overall and 76% IRR
HIG sells Brand Addition to Elysian
Acquirer takes a majority stake in the merchandising company, with HSBC and Beechbrook providing debt
RCapital invests in Cluttons
Chartered surveyor has suffered from difficult trading conditions and legacy issues
Nova Capital sells DirectorBank in management buy-back
Sale of executive recruitment firm brings to an end an 11-year tenure for the GP
Lynx buys Label Express
Deal for printing business is the second UK investment made by the Canadian GP since the Brexit vote
Lonsdale's P2 bolts on FS 101
Lonsdale bought management consultancy P2 Consulting in January 2017
ECM-backed Wieners+Wieners bolts on Apostroph
Bolt-on is continuation of ECM’s buy-and-build strategy in the German-speaking language services market
Equistone's Chartco bolts on Docmap
Norwegian company is the first add-on for Docmap since it was carved out from ECI's Kelvin Hughes Group
Amadeus Capital in $2m Iyzico series-C
With the latest capital infusion, the Turkish fintech startup has raised $15m of capital
Redalpine leads €3m series-A round for Zenjob
Extra capital will be used to expand Zenjob's operations out of the capital and across Germany