Support services
Volpi invests €90m in Version 1 SBO
Existing backer BDO Development Capital exits IT company after a three-year holding period
LDC-backed Equiom buys Eagle
Corporate services provider Equiom was bought by LDC in a 2013 secondary buyout
NVM injects £3m into Intelling
Telecommunications support business will look to undertake a geographic expansion strategy
Vaaka Partners-backed Solita acquires Palmu
Finnish GP has owned the digital business consultancy and services company since 2013
Quilvest acquires Eudonet
Quilvest invests in the CRM services specialist, taking over from Naxicap Partners
3i sells ESG to Socotec, generating £30m in proceeds
Deal follows a nine-year tenure in which the business sold non-core assets and made 15 bolt-ons
Genesis acquires 47% of POS Media Group
Transaction is the second investment made from the Czech GP's third fund, which raised more than €80m last year
Inflexion acquires Cawood Scientific from NVM
Agriculture-focused laboratory testing business acquired Sci-Tech under the vendor's tenure
Inflexion acquires minority stake in K2
Deal for the tech consultancy firm is the fourth made by Partnership Capital Fund I in four months
Vaaka backed Tietokeskus bolts on SystemaStore
Finnish provider of ICT services expands in the northern Finland region
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested
Dunedin invests in Forensic Risk Alliance
Accountancy and data analytics consultancy will undertake an international expansion strategy
Equistone's Apogee acquires Danwood
After the acquisition of Citydocs, Apogee completes its fourth bolt-on transaction with UK-based Danwood
Epiris's Axio sells Risi to Euromoney for $125m
Sale of the forestry products intelligence business marks the sixth realisation from the group
Phoenix invests in GFS
Investment in the logistics and delivery management company marks the third deal made from the GP's 2016 fund
Aliter Capital closes maiden fund on £92m
Newcomer will focus on the UK support services sector and has already struck a deal
Accent Equity sells Textilia to Danish trade buyer
Acquisition by De Forenede Dampvaskerier brings Textilia's private equity ownership to an end after 20 years
Livingbridge invests in Stowe Family Law
Deal marks the second investment made from the GP's 2016-vintage sixth vehicle, which closed on £660m
Summa taps SEK 4.5bn maiden fund to acquire Lin Education
Founder and CEO Josef Lind will reinvest alongside Lin's management team and the new equity backers
CM-CIC to take over FDG Group
DBAG entered the group's ownership structure in 2011, taking a majority stake for an undisclosed amount
Epiris's Axio sells OAG to Vitruvian for $215m
Deal brings the total returns generated by the GP's investment in the data and analysis group to 3.9x
CapMan subsidiary Norvestia sells Idean Enterprises
CapMan acquired fellow Finland-based investment company Norvestia in November last year
Connection backs £10.2m ACT Clean MBO
GP invests £5m to support the buyout of the cleaning and kitchen portering business
Holtzbrinck and Battery invest $4.2m in Zeitgold
Fintech startup will use the capital to roll out its product to small businesses