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MTI Partners invests £250.000 in Arvia Technology
MTI Partners has injected £250.000 in water-treatment specialist Arvia Technology, through the UMIP Premier Fund.
Wise divests Mar-Ter; generates 2.8x returns
Italian mid-market investor Wise Sgr, has divested its stake in logistics operator Mar-Ter Spedizioni, to Italian public investment firm, Mid Industry Capital Spa.
BNP backs Telogic with €3m investment
BNP Paribas Private Equity has invested €3m growth capital in business technology services provider, Telogic.
Call centre investments: Supporting the recovery
During the downturn, private equity firms invested defensively, particularly in the outsourced services sector. Now the economy is recovering, investors are looking to benefit from what is widely seen as a consolidating market. Mareen Goebel gives an...
Summit takes majority stake in Ogone
Summit Partners is to acquire a majority stake in online payment processing company Ogone SA/NV; financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Borea acquires WorkShop
Borea has wholly acquired staffing and temping agency WorkShop Bemanning & Kompetanse, alongside Isoldi and Nycon.
Elysian Capital acquires Vertical Pharma Resources
Elysian Capital has backed the management buyout of pharmaceutical supplier Vertical Pharma Resources Limited. Two of the original four founders of the business, trading as Integrated Pharmaceutical Services (IPS), have fully exited.
Auctus invests in Benchmark Partner
Auctus Capital Partners has invested an undisclosed amount in call centre service provider, Benchmark Partner GmbH.
Capvis and Partners Group buy Kaffee Partner from Odewald
Swiss-based Capvis Equity Partners and Partners Group have acquired a majority stake in coffee specialist Kaffee Partner from Odewald & Compagnie. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
Vinci buys Faceo from Apax
Apax partners has sold Faceo to French facilities management company, Vinci, for an undisclosed amount, according to media reports.
JP Morgan to buy Schroders PE services business
JP Morgan has signed an agreement to purchase Schroders' private equity administration business, as part of the build up of its JPM Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) unit.
KKR acquires 49.9% stake in Inaer
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has acquired a 49.9% stake in Inaer, a mission-critical onshore helicopter services.
Nordic Capital prepares listing of Falck
Nordic Capital is preparing to list Danish emergency and assistance company Falck.
Investindustrial on the look out for new Inaer investor
Market sources indicate Southern Europe private equity house Investindustrial is seeking a new investor for its international helicopter business Grupo Inaer.
Investinor invests NOK 50m in Ziebel
Investinor has led a NOK 71m investment round in oil service company Ziebel AS, contributing NOK 50m.
LDC increases stake in Ascend
LDC has purchased an additional stake in portfolio company Ascend, a provider of aviation information and consultancy services.
Candover to inject £15m into DX Group
Candover-backed UK and Ireland independent mail and courier business DX Group has agreed to a capital refinancing and a management buy-in led by Petar Cvetkovic and David Hoare.
Abris backs Masterlease MBO
Central and Eastern Europe private equity investor Abris Capital Partners has backed the management buyout of Polish fleet management company Masterlease Polska. No financial details have been disclosed.
Herkules acquires Elis
Norwegian GP Herkules Capital has wholly acquired software company Elis AS from Data in Vest AS, Hafslund Venture and Elis employees.
Sovereign invests £10m in BIMM
Sovereign Capital has invested £10m in Brighton and Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM), a provider of modern music vocational and higher education.
Lead Equities’ JCL Logistics acquires Logwin assets
Lead Equities' portfolio company JCL Logistics has acquired the road and rail activities of logistics company Logwin.
EdRIP purchase 25% holding in Geotec
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has acquired a 25% stake in Geotec Group, an industrial services company, in an OBO deal.
Growth Capital Partners exits Entec in £61m deal
Growth Capital Partners has exited its investment in UK-based environmental and engineering consultancy Entec Holdings via a £61.2m trade sale to AMEC.
Synova acquires Dental Buying Group
Synova Capital has backed the buyout of dental products and services provider Dental Buying Group (DBG) in a deal of undisclosed value.