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Caixa Capital Risc backs Xtraice with €800,000
Caixa Capital Risc has injected €800,000 into Xtraice, a manufacturer and distributor of ecological synthetic ice.
SEP exits IndigoVision
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has sold its stake in Scottish video security business IndigoVision, following a number of unsuccessful MBO attempts.
LDC backs Keoghs
LDC has invested in Keoghs, a UK legal services provider recently approved as an Alternative Business Structure.
Axis and Baring inject €20m into Avanza
Axis Participaciones Empresariales and Baring Private Equity Partners have injected €20m into Spanish services and processes outsourcing firm Avanza.
Exponent buys HSS in SBO
Exponent Private Equity has bought UK-based tools and services supplier HSS Hire Services Group from its owners Och-Ziff and Perry Capital.
Gilde looking to acquire TMC for €69.2m
Gilde Buy Out Partners has reached a conditional agreement on a public offer for project and human resources management business TMC Group (NYSE:ALTMC).
Octopus invests in IOVOX
Octopus Investments has backed London-based telephony analytics provider IOVOX, taking a minority stake in the business.
Alven injects €1m into iAdvize
Alven Capital has invested €1m in French online customer relations services provider iAdvize.
Alven injects €1m into iAdvize
Alven Capital has invested €1m in French online customer relations services provider iAdvize.
Bain buys Telefónica unit for €1bn
Bain Capital has agreed to the acquisition of Atento, the call-centre unit of Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica, for €1.04bn.
FSI Régions and SGCP back WC Loc OBO
FSI Régions and Société Générale Capital Partenaires (SGCP) have taken a minority stake in the owner buyout of WC Loc, a French sanitation fixtures rental business.
Sunstone et al. back Freespee
Sunstone Capital and existing investor Inventure have invested тЌ3.3m in Swedish mobile advertising services company Freespee.
EdRIP and Iris back ProwebCE take-private
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) and Iris Capital have backed the take-private of French support services business ProwebCE, alongside trade player Edenred.
LGV buys Air Energi from Palatine
LGV Capital has completed the secondary buyout of energy consultancy Air Energi Group from Palatine Private Equity.
Investindustrial and Trilantic buy Euskaltel
Investindustrial and Trilantic Capital Partners have acquired 48% of Basque telecommunications provider Euskaltel through the holding company International Cable Holdings.
AEA buys NES from Graphite for £234m
AEA Investors has acquired technical recruitment group NES Global Talent from Graphite Capital for ТЃ234m.
ECI backs rhubarb MBO
ECI Partners has backed the MBO of luxury catering brand rhubarb, investing ТЃ12m in exchange for a minority stake.
Gresham PE acquires Investis
Gresham Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in digital corporate communications company Investis in a ТЃ25m MBO.
FSI Régions backs Axonal OBO
FSI Régions has taken a minority stake in the owner buyout of French clinical research business Axonal.
FF&P Private Equity invests £8m in David Phillips MBO
The private equity business of Fleming Family & Partners has acquired a majority stake in British property services provider David Phillips Furniture for ТЃ8m.
GMT buys Seagull AS
GMT Communications Partners has acquired Seagull AS, a Norwegian provider of training systems for seafarers, in a management buyout.
LDC exits Direct Group in trade sale
LDC has sold UK-based outsourced insurance services provider Direct Group to Ryan Specialty Group.
Initiative & Finance acquires Fil Rouge in BIMBO
Initiative & Finance (I&F) has taken a majority stake in the buy-in management buyout of French marketing group Fil Rouge.
WHEB and Hermes GPE invest £13m in WEMS
WHEB Partners and Hermes GPE have invested ТЃ13m in smart energy company Wireless Energy Management Systems International Ltd (WEMS).