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Blackstone leads £50m capital injection for NEC
Blackstone originally invested in NEC in 2018, drawing equity from its Total Alternatives Solution IV
Apiary invests in ACC
Apiary Capital invests in companies with enterprise values of £10-75m
Abac buys five petcare companies
GP acquires the companies via Abac Solutions, which closed on €320m in May 2016
Mobeus invests £7m in series-B for Buster + Punch
In 2017, Mobeus Equity provided Buster + Punch with £2.9m in growth capital financing
Piper invests £11.5m in Wattbike
Investment is intended to help the business grow in the UK, and expand in the US and Asia
Gradiente buys Arcansas
GP invests in the company via Gradiente II, which held a final close on its €135m hard-cap in 2019
BGF invests £15m in Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Yorkshire Wildlife Park is part of Wild Life Group, which generated revenues of £12.9m in 2018
PE-backed Navabi to be acquired by founders
Founders of the online fashion retailer are to buy back shares as the company undergoes restructuring
Abac Capital backs Iberfrasa
GP invests via Abac Solutions, which closed on €320m in 2016 and is almost fully deployed across nine companies
ND Industrial Investments acquires EGo Mobile
Electric car producer was valued at €1bn prior to its self-administration filing in April 2020
RCapital to acquire Archant through CVA
Archant's board says several options including a sale had been explored but a CVA was the best outcome
Piper sells Forthglade to IK
IK is currently investing from its IX fund, which closed on €2.85bn in May 2020
Euregio Plus to launch €50m VC fund
Fund intends to support the growth and expansion of startups and SMEs
The Craftory invests $20m in Present Life
Present Life intends to use the funds to invest in product development and customer acquisition
General Atlantic invests in Gymshark at £1bn valuation
First round bids for the minority stake were collected in early July 2020
Clessidra to buy wine producer Botter
Clessidra has been in negotiations for the acquisition of the Italian wine producer since February 2020
Calao Finance backs acquisition of Raidlight-Vertical
Raidlight and Vertical were since 2016 owned by Rossignol Group, a French winter sports group, which is owned by PE firm Altor
Antin to buy PE-backed Babilou
Company's founders Rodolphe and Edouard Carle will retain a minority stake in the business
P101 in €6.4m round for WeSchool
CDP Venture and Tim Ventures take part in the round, alongside Club Digital and Club Italia Investimenti 2
Nuo Capital, Olma in €4.5m round for Artemest
Early-stage investor Italian Angels for Growth and Swiss holding company Brahma also take part in the round
EMZ Partners invests in Ankerkraut
Founding Lemcke family will retain a majority stake in the Germany-based spice retailer
Genesis buys majority stake in R2B2
Deal is the first from the GP's Genesis Growth Equity Fund I, which is targeting €40m
Cathay, BPI-backed AD Education bolts on Ces
Add-on shortly follows the acquisition of Italian university Accademia Italiana Arte Moda e Design
Paradigm Capital increases IES stake to 57.6%
GP previously owned around 20% of the listed education company