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August Equity's Active Assistance Group buys Communicare
August Equity's portfolio company Active Assistance has acquired British care service provider Communicare.
Target Partners et al invest in free games
German venture capital firms Target Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Estag Capital AG have invested between €1-10m in a series-A round for GameGenetics.
Earlybird closes fourth fund on $100m
Earlybird Venture Capital has held the first close of its fourth venture fund on $100m.
Mercapital exits Bodegas Lan
Spanish private equity house Mercapital has sold Spanish wine producer Bodegas Lan to Portuguese wine group Sogrape.
CVC exits StarBev in €2.65bn trade sale
CVC Capital Partners has sold CEE-focused brewer StarBev to NYSE-listed Molson Coors Brewing Company for €2.65bn.
NVM backs MBO of Volumatic
NVM Private Equity has injected ТЃ6m to back the MBO of Coventry-based cash handling firm Volumatic Limited from hazard detection company Halma plc.
Bowmark Capital sells Data Explorers to Markit
Bowmark Capital has sold securities data provider Data Explorers to financial information provider Markit.
Business Growth Fund backs Mexican street food
The Business Growth Fund has invested ТЃ3.25m in Manchester-based Mexican street food chain Barburrito.
Denham Capital closes $3bn fund
US-based Denham Capital has closed its sixth global energy and resources-focused fund on $3bn.
RIT sells Agora Oil and Gas for $450m to Cairn Energy
RIT Capital Partners have exited Norwegian oil and gas company Agora for a total of $450m, with ТЃ73m in total profits.
EQT invests in German online retailer
EQT Expansion Capital II has bought a minority stake in German online retailer Internetstores for €30m.
OpCapita acquires GAME for £1
OpCapita has acquired GAME Groupтs UK business for a nominal ТЃ1. The turnaround investor has acquired the firmтs 333 remaining stores, and paid a reported ТЃ50m for the company's ТЃ85m debt, but has not bought any of GAMEтs overseas assets.
EQT buys Anticimex from Ratos
EQT has acquired 100% of the Anticimex Group from Ratos in a tertiary buyout.
Idinvest and Entrepreneur Ventures invest in animation house
Idinvest Partners and Entrepreneur Ventures have invested $5m in French animation house Cyber Group Studios.
Accel Partners backs Hailo
Accel Partners has led a $17m series-A funding round for London-based mobile taxi app Hailo.
Orlando buys Paper Systems
Orlando Management AG and Kieran Investment GmbH & Co have acquired the Paper Systems division of Hamburg-based business Körber.
Celtic Therapeutics sets up $50m antibody drug company
Celtic Therapeutics has launched an Antibody-Drug-Conjugate (ADC) business, Switzerland-based ADC Therapeutics, with $50m of capital.
LDC reaps 3.8x money on Eveden Group exit
LDC has sold its stake in lingerie and swimwear business Eveden Group to Japanese listed trade player Wacoal Holding Corporation.
SSVP III closes on €231m
Orlando Management AG has announced the final close of its latest fund, Special Situation Venture Partners III, on €231m, €31m over target.
Sofinnova Partners lists DBV
Paris-based Sofinnova Partners has listed DBV Technologies, raising €40.5m in the IPO on NYSE Euronext Paris.
GCP acquires Garrets International
Greenhill Capital Partners has acquired Essex-based marine catering management business Garrets International for a reported ТЃ17m.
Nordic Capital in Bladt SBO
Nordic Capital has acquired Danish steel contractor Bladt from Maj Invest and Industri Udvikling.
Better Capital buys Everest for £25m
Turnaround specialist Better Capital has acquired a 95% in stake in UK-based home improvement products manufacturer Everest in an all-equity, ТЃ25m transaction.
AnaCap buys international division of IFG for €84m
AnaCap has agreed to acquire the international division of financial services company IFG Group for тЌ84m.