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Gimv acquires 32% stake in Contraload
Existing investor Down2Earth, founded by former Gimv executives, retains a 38% stake
LFPI, BPI France buy Pénélope from Bridgepoint
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners, now part of Bridgepoint, had bought the business in 2010
NVM exits Control Risks
NVM first backed the company in 2011, when it acquired a significant minority stake
Cornerstone, Oaktree buy Poland's ProService from Highlander
Deal sees the US-based investor team up with local GP Cornerstone Partners for the Polish SBO
Seafort buys Die Jobmacher
Seafort Advisors acquires German temp employment company Die Jobmacher from its founder
Foresight’s Procam acquires Take 2
Deal is Procam's fourth bolt-on since Foresight backed the company's MBO in May 2013
Mobeus invests £3.7m in security training firm Redline
The capital injection will fuel international expansion of the Doncaster-based training company’s services
Partech and 360 in €1.1m round for Cubyn
The delivery company will use the fresh funds to boost shipments by 500% by the end of the year
Carlyle Group acquires Spain's Digitex in SBO
Deal marks an exit for Altra Investment after a five-year holding period
LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years
I&FP’s SVP bolts on Sedarvi
Post-acquisition group to represent combined €25m in turnover
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven
MMC in $5.7m round for Sky-Futures
Round follows first £2.5m injection by VC into drone inspection specialist
Ardian buys Argos-backed F2A
Deal comes three years after Argos acquired majority stake through its sixth fund
MML’s Optionis buys pub accountant ARC
Deal marks sixth bolt-on for Optionis since being purchased by MML in 2014
MML’s Iqarus buys C-Chec
MML acquired Iqarus in 2015 from former parent Capita
Verdane acquires five-company portfolio from Sequent Invest
Direct secondary deal is second portfolio acquisition by the Nordic specialist GP in 2016
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth £28m
I&FP buys Nova Technology
Buyout of IT consultancy is fifth to be financed via GP’s €135m buy-and-build fund
Synova scores 16x on Kinapse sale
Synova first backed the company in 2012, with sales growing since from £6.5m to £27.5m
Ouest Croissance backs MBO for Azenn
MBO is the first to involve the SME investor this year after an active end of 2015
Kester scores 3x on Garrets sale
Kester first backed the marine catering business in 2012 in a deal thought to be worth £17m
LGV’s Air Energi merges with Wellspring’s Swift
Merger of two energy-focused recruitment companies comes as oil prices look set to remain low