Official Record
EQT exits ITS Learning to trade
Sale ends a six-year holding period for EQT, which bought the company via EQT Expansion Capital II
Exponent acquires KPMG pensions advisory
In November 2018, KPMG announced it would no longer provide consultancy work for its audit clients
PAI Partners buys Armacell from Blackstone
Deal is based on an EV of €1.4bn and will see minority owner Kirkbi maintain a stake
Siparex-backed Plurima carves out Log-Os from Zanardo
Following the deal, Plurima's CEO, Luca Marconi, will be appointed as CEO and chair of Log-Os
Mobeus invests £4m in IPV
Calculus Capital invested €2.5m in the media management software provider in 2015
Palladio acquires tanks manufacturer Santi
In additon to the equity deployed by Palladio, a debt package was provided by Intesa Sanpaolo
Ardian exits CCC to Telus
Canadian listed telecoms company buys the business for an EV of €915m
Carlyle's Saverglass carves out MD Verre from Vidrala
Saverglass intends to invest €50m over the next three years to convert MD Verre's production
Ardian takes minority stake in S&H
Equity contribution from Ardian and a senior debt package amount to a total of €14m
Karma et al. back €1.5m round for MeetFrank
Company will use the capital to launch its new "relocation without location" feature
Amundi PEF launches second Megatendances programme
New programme is structured into several vehicles to attract both retail and institutional investors
Waterland-backed Netgo acquires Mehrwerk
Acquisition of the business software platform is the second add-on in Netgo's buy-and-build strategy
Jet Investment exits MSV Metal Studenka
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which bought the company via its Jet I fund
Alantra's Unión Martín buys Mauritanian fishing company SMPI
Following this bolt-on, Alantra intends to further support Unión Martín's international expansion plan
Albion sells Bravo Inns for £17.9m
Enterprise value of the company represents an entry multiple of 6.8x for the acquirer
Vitruvian's Snow Software buys Embotics
Swedish optimisation software developer is also backed by Sumeru and Ontario Pension Board
Omers Ventures leads $5.2m round for Quorso
Business software company intends to use the investment from the series-A round to expand abroad
Mayfair backs Parcel2Go
Following the investment, the company expects to organically grow in its three verticals
Asabys leads €20m round for Anaconda Biomed
Previous backers Ysios Capital, Sabadell Venture Capital, Innogest and Omega Funds also take part
VC-backed ImCheck Therapeutics raises $53m series-B
Round is co-led by BPI France and Pfizer Ventures, the venture capital arm of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
Green Arrow buys Poplast from EOS
Green Arrow invests via its third fund, which held a final close on €230.6m in September 2018
Arcus, BE Beteiligungen buy majority stake in Lässig
Investment will support baby and parent products retailer in its digitalisation and e-commerce strategy
Umbra leads $20m round for Hastee
In addition to the equity investment, Hastee receives a $250m credit line from the investors
IK Investment Partners acquires Ondal from Capvis
Ondal is the GP's third recent medtech acquisition and the 15th investment from IK VIII