Europe
Penta sells Mecom Group to US-based trade buyer

Penta sells Mecom Group to US-based trade buyer

Central European investment group Penta Investments has sold its Slovak-based meat processing group Mecom to US company Smithfield Foods. 

Software and Hi-Tech
Octopus-backed SimplyCook acquired by Nestlé

Octopus-backed SimplyCook acquired by Nestlé

Octopus Investments' recipe kit company SimplyCook has been acquired by Nestlé.

Iconic Scholl, Dr Scholl’s brands reunited after over 30 years apart through Yellow Wood Partners deal

Major footwear retailer Scholl has been bought by US private equity house Yellow Wood Partners to reunite the business with the Dr Scholl's brand after more than 30 years of separate ownership.

Angel / Venture
VCs exit Cluno to VC-backed Cazoo

VCs exit Cluno to VC-backed Cazoo

Venture capital investors have sold their stakes in Germany-based car rental platform Cluno to its UK-based online car dealer, Cazoo.

Politics
Quantile sold to minority owner Spectrum for £11m

Quantile sold to minority owner Spectrum for £11m

Software consultancy First Derivatives has sold its majority stake in Quantile Technologies to an existing investor in the company, Spectrum Equity, for £11m.

Angel / Venture
Blue Horizon leads $10m extended series-B for Mosa Meat

Blue Horizon leads $10m extended series-B for Mosa Meat

Luxembourg-based venture capital investor Blue Horizon Ventures has led a $10m extended series-B round for Dutch company Mosa Meat, a producer of lab-grown meat. 

Plume hits $1.35bn valuation through Insight-led investment amid lockdown demand for better broadband, smart home connectivity

Smart home wifi platform developer Plume has hit a $1.35bn valuation through an Insight Partners-led investment round fuelled by an "explosion" in the segment.

CVC buys into Carlyle’s Medrisk to become latest PE major committed to US workers compensation industry growth

CVC Capital Partners is the latest private equity firm to buy into the growing US workers compensation industry by picking up a stake in Carlyle-backed MedRisk.

PE firm to carve-out footcare brand from UK’s Reckitt Benckiser

The deal with Boston-based firm Yellow Wood Partners is expected to be concluded by the third quarter

FPE celebrates debut exit from first independent fund, sells IWSR to Bowmark after impressive three-year growth

FPE Capital has scored an impressive first exit from its debut independent fund by selling IWSR to Bowmark Capital after big revenue and EBITDA increases at the business.

Europe
GP Profile: Energy Impact Partners

GP Profile: Energy Impact Partners

As the energy-focused impact investor develops its European division, EIP managing partner Matthias Dill discusses the firm's origination network, its sector focus, and impact investing in a more competitive era. By Katharine Hidalgo

Intriva Capital taps sophomore fund for stake in consumer debt advice business MoneyPlus

Intriva Capital, the special situations investor formed by former executives at Apollo Global, has tapped its second fund to pick up a stake in UK consumer debt advice business MoneyPlus Group.

Electra says on track for portfolio realisation in 2021

The firm said that one of its largest investments, TGI Fridays, performed well across the fluctuating conditions of 2020

K1 Investment backs latest Israeli deal with $25m Atera bet

Firm is taking minority stake in the software-as-a-service provider

Leapfrog brings in ex-IFC senior investor Mohandas as global healthcare co-lead

Emerging markets-focused Leapfrog Investments has bolstered its global healthcare team with the appointment of Biju Mohandas.

Hellman & Friedman to pledge over $1bn to its own PE fund

Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X has a $20bn goal and will invest in both North America and Europe

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