Support services
BPE sells FirstAssist Services for £12.5m
Barclays Private Equity (BPE) has sold business services provider FirstAssist Services to outsourcing company Capita plc for ТЃ12.5m.
Palamon acquires Eneas for NOK 375m
Palamon Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Eneas Energy AS following a NOK 375m investment.
Valedo acquires Perten Instruments
Valedo Partners has acquired Perten Instruments Group, which develops instruments for quality control of food products, grain and flour.
Chequers-backed Accelya to acquire Kale Consultant
Chequers Capital portfolio company Accelya has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Indian support services business Kale Consultants.
3i sells NSL to AAC for £120m
3i has exited outsourced services provider NSL via a ТЃ120m trade sale to Northern European mid-market buyout firm AAC Capital Partners.
ERCP backs Pénélope MBO
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP) has taken a majority stake in French recruitment agency Pénélope alongside management.
EdRIP invest €3m in Soft Company OBO
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has backed the owner's buyout of French IT business Soft Company.
Prime Technology leads €10m investment in Cint
Prime Technology Ventures has led a тЌ10m investment in Swedish online market research solutions provider Cint.
Next Wave-backed Future Thinking merges with SPA
Next Wave Partners has backed the merger of its portfolio company Future Thinking (formerly known as TORA) with another market research company SPA.
XAnge and CIC back ITL buyout
French investors XAnge and CIC Capital Privé have backed the management buyout of ITL from Initiative & Finance.
Bridges Ventures exits The Office Group
Bridges Ventures has sold office space provider The Office Group in a ТЃ43.3m management buy-back.
Cinven finally scents deal with Spice
Cinven's revised offer of 70p per share for Leeds-based utility support services group Spice is likely to be recommended by the company's management.
Norvestor invests in Apsis
Norvestor Equity has invested in software provider Asis Sweden AB, becoming the largest shareholder.
Newfund et al. invest in TCMC
Newfund and three private investors have provided French eCRM specialist CRM Mobile Corp (TCMC) with growth capital funding.
Auctus backs two add-ons for Career Partner Group
Auctus Capital Partners portfolio company Career Partner Group has acquired majority stakes in further education providers Horst Rückle Team GmbH and Proaktiv Management.
ALMI Invest provide funding for EcoBag
ALMI Invest and business angels have invested approximately SEK 2.2m in waste separation specialist EcoBag AB.
Scope portfolio company Wright Trafikkskole expands
Scope-backed Wright Trafikkskole has acquired Norwegian Transportfagskolen and Sikkerhetshallen and Swedish Kul pand Swedish Kul pУЅ Hjul Trafikskola.
Scope-backed Brand Factory acquires Kariplast
Scope Capitalтs portfolio company Brand Factory has wholly acquired the Finnish producer and supplier of in-store communication Kariplast Oy.
EQT and Goldman Sachs considering IPO of ISS
EQT Partners and GS Capital Partners are considering an IPO of Danish cleaning, catering and security provider ISS A/S, according to reports.
Ratos in possible exit of Bisnode
Ratos AB has entered negotiations regarding the sale of its portfolio company Bisnode, according to reports.
Consortium invests in TimeTemp
A consortium led by Investinor has provided NOK 36m for Norway's TimeTemp AS.
Norvestor exits Secode in trade sale
Norvestor Equity has agreed to sell its shares in the security service provider Secode AB to NTT Communications Corporation.
Atlas Capital completes second investment
Madrid-based Atlas Capital has completed the second investment from its inaugural fund, committing тЌ6m of growth capital to back the Spanish audiovisual services firm Uveauve.
AC Desarollo takes majority stake in Vaughan Systems
AC Desarollo, the private equity investment arm of Ahorro CorporaciУГn, has acquired a controlling stake in Vaughan Systems, a Spanish provider of commercial English language training services.