Ireland
Carlyle Cardinal doubles money on GSLS with sale to Star Capital
Star plans to identify new growth opportunities and invest in fleet, staff and IT operations
Qiming in $12m series-A for LetsGetChecked
Healthcare self-testing company will invest in technology development and recruitment
Atlantic Bridge leads $30m round for DecaWave
Irish fabless semiconductor business will invest in recruitment and international expansion
MML invests in Travel Department
Deal reportedly sees the GP invest €12m for a majority stake in the tour operator
Atlantic Bridge backs €3m seed round for Siren
Atlantic Bridge draws capital from its €60m vehicle, Atlantic Bridge University Fund
Gilde leads €40m series-C for Fire1
Deal for the remote monitoring medical devices business is the GP's first Irish investment
VC firms back $8m series-A for Drop Kitchen
Frontline reinvested in the round and was joined by China- and US-based WI Harper
Carlyle exits Lily O’Brien’s in €40m deal
GP invested in 2014 via its Carlyle Cardinal Ireland fund for an estimated £12.5m
CapVest's Valeo buys Raisio's confectionery brands for €100m
Acquisition of Big Bear, Nimbus and Candy Plus is the ninth bolt-on made by the group
AIB backs TransferMate with €30m investment
Firms have agreed a strategic partnership to help AIB business customers
ISIF invests €19m in €38m round for Kaseya
Irish IT management software business will increase its Irish headcount from 30 to 160
Atlantic Bridge finances €2m round for Aylien
Backers in the round include existing investors SOSV and Enterprise Ireland
Spectrum injects €26m into Digital Marketing Institute
Digital marketing training company will undertake international expansion following the deal
ACT secures €20m commitment from EIF for new fund
VC is targeting more than €90m for the fund, which will invest up to €7m in Irish companies
Sovereign's Arachas to acquire Capital Cover
Deal is the first bolt-on for the insurance brokerage firm since the GP backed its MBO in February
Alchemy sells Noonan to Bidvest in €175m EV deal
Deal brings to an end a nine-year tenure, during which the company more than doubled its headcount
Montagu acquires Oasis from Housatonic and Sverica
RIM business made numerous bolt-ons and expanded internationally under the vendors' tenure
Mayfair takes majority slice of Promise Gluten Free
Fresh capital will be used to fuel the company's international expansion
Oaktree invests in Irish homebuilder Cannon Kirk
Capital will be used to repay loans to Ireland's bad bank as well as for expansion purposes
BGF appoints Casey as head of Dublin office
Leo Casey leaves his position of director at IBI Corporate Finance to join Business Growth Fund
Hartenberg's FutureLife bolts on Galway
FutureLife acquired the business through its subsidiary ReproMed, which the group bought in 2016
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on €1bn
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period
CCI invests in pharmacy group Sam McCauley Chemists
Deal is the eighth investment made from Carlyle and Cardinal Capital's Ireland-focused vehicle