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Baring Private Equity Partners backs Grupotec
Spanish investor Baring Private Equity Partners is believed to have injected fresh capital into Valencian engineering firm Grupotec.
Key Capital’s Templine acquires A&A Recruitment
Templine Employment Agency Ltd, a recruitment company backed by Key Capital Partners (KCP), has acquired UK-based A&A Recruitment Ltd.
Foresight backs Procam MBO
Foresight Group has backed the MBO of Procam TV, a UK broadcast hire company.
Elysian Capital buys Axis Well Technology
Elysian Capital has backed the management buyout of Aberdeen-based oil and gas consultancy Axis Well Technology.
Invision buys Kraft & Bauer
Swiss firm Invision Private Equity has bought German fire protection business Kraft & Bauer Brandschutzsysteme (K&B) as part of a succession solution.
France's Elior and Nord-Est in refinancings
Charterhouse's catering business Elior has tapped into the high-yield market to raise €350m, while Oaktree has been able to reap a dividend by leveraging its investment in packaging company Nord-Est, according to local reports.
Candover's Alma Consulting in refinancing talks
Alma Consulting, a French corporate cost-reduction advisory business owned by Candover, could be taken over by its mezzanine lenders, according to local reports.
FF&P Private Equity acquires FIT
FF&P Private Equity has backed the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of specialist energy efficiency firm Food Industry Technical Ltd (FIT).
Herkules Capital exits Gothia to arvato AG
Herkules Capital has agreed to sell Gothia Financial Group AS to arvato AG, a global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider owned by Bertelsmann.
Better Capital acquires City Link for £1
Turnaround player Better Capital has bought UK courier company City Link Ltd from Rentokil Initial plc through its Becap12 fund for a symbolic £1.
Carlyle backs Addison Lee
The Carlyle Group has invested in transportation and private hire firm Addison Lee in exchange for a majority stake in the company.
Eurazeo portfolio company sells Molinel
Eurazeo has sold its portfolio company Molinel, a specialist in workwear clothing, to workwear retailer Alisco.
Creandum et al. back Xeneta
Creandum and Alden AS have led a €1.2m seed round for Xeneta, a Norwegian sea freight crowd-sourcing company.
Silverfleet buys Ipes from RJD for £50m
Silverfleet has acquired fund administration business Ipes from RJD Partners for £50m.
Portobello Capital’s Stock Uno buys CTC from Suma
Stock Uno, a logistics firm owned by Portobello Capital, has wholly acquired CTC Externalización, an outsourcing industrial and logistics services provider backed by Suma Capital.
Enterprise Investors backs Elemental Holding with €7m
Enterprise Investors has injected €7m into Polish specialist recycling company Elemental Holding in exchange for a 10.2% stake in the business.
LDC's EDM Group buys DIT
LDC-backed information management services provider EDM Group has acquired US-based business Diversified Information Technologies Inc (DIT) with support from LDC.
LDC backs £12m MBO of Validus-IVC
LDC has invested in the £12m MBO of UK-based claims management and counter-fraud software specialist Validus-IVC.
Key Capital Partners invests £2m in EarthStream
Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed UK-based specialist recruitment firm EarthStream with £2m in exchange for a minority stake.
PE-backed Nomad Digital buys Inova Multimedia
Nomad Digital, a provider of connectivity solutions to the transportation sector backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, T-Mobile Ventures, SEB Venture Capital and North Star Ventures, has acquired Inova Multimedia, a German provider of information, entertainment...
Next Wave backs expansion of Secured Mail
Next Wave Partners has invested in UK postal operator Secured Mail in a follow-on financing round.
TA Associates invests in Onlineprinters
TA Associates has backed German printing business Onlineprinters.
Alpha Associés invests in ECS Group MBO
Alpha Associés Conseil has taken a stake in the secondary management buyout of French services provider to the air transportation industry European Cargo Services Group (ECS) from Chequers Capital, Equistone Partners and Indigo Capital.
Isis makes 2.8x money on MLS sale
Isis Equity Partners has sold Micro Librarian Systems (MLS), a provider of library management systems to the education sector, to Capita plc.