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NorthEdge-backed Orbis acquires Optosafe

NorthEdge Capital portfolio company Orbis Protect has acquired security systems designer Optosafe.

Astorg’s IQ-EQ buys Conseil Expertise & Synthèse

Investment services business IQ-EQ, a portfolio company of Astorg, has acquired France-based accounting and auditing services provider Conseil Expertise & Synthèse.

Armonia-backed Biodue buys Farcoderma

Milan-listed cosmetics producer Biodue, a portfolio company of Italian private equity firm Armonia, has wholly acquired food supplements specialist Farcoderma.

YFM-backed DSP acquires Explorer

YFM Equity Partners portfolio company DSP has acquired Oracle software consultancy Explorer UK.

Apollo’s Rackspace IPO values company at $4.18bn, below PE firm’s 2016 take-private valuation

Apollo Global has seen a disappointing IPO for portfolio business Rackspace value the business at about $4.18bn - less than the company's $4.3bn valuation when Apollo took it private four years ago.

New Special Fund for MSD

MSD Partners has held a final closing of MSD Special Investments Fund LP with $825 million in capital. The new fund had a target of $500 million. MSD Partners was formed in 2009 by the

Hg makes further investment in Evaluate

Hg has secured a majority stake in portfolio company Evaluate following an additional investment in the pharmaceuticals analytics business.

Private equity firms pledge to reduce carbon emissions in new sustainability push

So far, 47 firms have signed up to Initiative Climat International (iCI), a global network that will share knowledge, tools, experience, and best practice to help build and manage both climate-aligned and climate-resilient portfolios

Investindustrial’s Italcanditi buys Ortofrutticola Del Mugello

Italian candied fruit and marron glacé producer Italcanditi, a portfolio company of private equity firm Investindustrial, has wholly acquired chestnut specialist Ortofrutticola Del Mugello.

Verium-backed Tavola acquires Frische und Service

Tavola, a portfolio company of Switzerland-based family office Verium, has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based Mediterranean food products company Frische und Service as part of a succession solution.

Bregal’s SHD bolts on Tesy

Furniture and kitchen design software business SHD, a portfolio of Bregal Unternehmenkapital, has acquired Italy-based furniture design software company Tesy.

G Square looking to exit ISPS – report

G Square Capital is looking at a sale of portfolio company Institut Supérieur des Professions de Santé (ISPS), according to Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

Riverside Building Flavors Platform

National Flavors, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company, has acquired GSB & Associates. The buy of GSB is the first add-on for National Flavors since being acquired by Riverside in March 2020. GSB specializes

Equistone’s Rena buys Hirtenberger Engineered Surfaces

Chemical surface treatment equipment manufacturer Rena Technologies, a portfolio company of Equistone, has acquired Austria-based electrochemical surface technology developer Hirtenberger Engineered Surfaces.

3i posts increase in net asset value as PE portfolio proves resilient despite Covid-19

The UK-listed business posted a total return of 6.8% for the period

Former Warburg Pincus principal’s firm Preservation Capital closes debut fund at £309m

Focusing on the asset-light financial services sector, Preservation Capital will look to invest in a focused portfolio of three to five platform companies

Lakeview Banks Big Multiple on UAS Sale

Lakeview Equity Partners has sold its portfolio company, UAS Laboratories, to Chr. Hansen at an enterprise value of $530 million. Lakeview acquired UAS Laboratories in April 2013. United Agricultural Services Laboratories (DBA UAS Laboratories) is

Thompson Street Exits Lab Platform

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) has sold Analytical Lab Group to Element Materials Technology, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Capital. Analytical Lab Group (ALG) provides FDA- and EPA-focused microbiology testing services to the healthcare, drug,

Nautic Adds to Harrington

Harrington Industrial Plastics, a portfolio company of Nautic Capital Partners since March 2020, has acquired Aetna Plastics. Aetna fabricates and distributes industrial plastic materials in sheet, plate, rod, tubular bar, and strip formats and supplies

Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund invests €80m in DORC

Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund (ECAF) has invested €80m in vitreoretinal surgery Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC), which is a portfolio company of Eurazeo Capital IV.

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