Host Europe Group, the largest privately-owned hosting group in Europe, has been acquired by European private equity firm Cinven from Montagu Private Equity.   Headquartered in the UK, Host Europe Group is a provider of hosting and domain services to small and medium enterprises, with around 600 employees. It offers an

HIG Capital’s Brazilian affiliate has completed a strategic investment in Creme Mel Sorvetes, a Brazilian ice cream company.   Headquartered in Goiás, Creme Mel is the largest ice cream producer in the Mid-West of Brazil. The company has over 900 employees and sells ice cream in nine Brazilian states.  

Venture capital funds TT Venture, a fund managed by Fondamenta SGR, and Atlante Seed, a fund managed by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, an Intesa Sanpaolo Group company, have invested in MilkyWay, a start-up in Modena focused on the design, manufacture and online sales of bike-trial and extreme sports equipment.  

Edison Ventures has made a USD5.5m investment in a USD7m total financing round in Ontario, Canada based eSentire.   Existing investor VentureLink joined Edison in the round.   The proceeds will be used to increase sales and marketing, expand product development to address markets beyond financial services eSentire combines behaviour-based

NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE), the lower mid-market buyout firm, has sold its majority stake in Ochre House to US-based Pinstripe backed by Accel-KKR, which delivers a 4x return on NBGIPE’s original investment.   The sale will result in the combined business becoming the largest independent provider of global recruitment process

AnaCap Financial Partners and the management of Simply Business have completed the management buyout of the small business insurance provider.   Under the terms of the agreement, funds advised by AnaCap and Simply Business’s management will acquire 100 per cent of Simply Business.   Established in 2005 by parent company

Germany’s largest online optician Mister Spex, a portfolio company of private equity firm DN Capital, has acquired two Swedish online eyewear operations, Lensstore and Loveyewear.   “With this step we demonstrate our leading position in Europe and accelerate our international expansion,” says Dirk Graber, founder and chief executive of Mister

Livingstone Partners’ debt advisory team has concluded a debt refinancing in support of Dunedin’s recently announced GBP43m buy-out of York-based Trustmarque Solutions.   Livingstone arranged a GBP19.5m debt package with HSBC Bank, with additional capacity for acquisitions.   Trustmarque is a provider of technology services and solutions to private and

Main Street Capital has closed a new portfolio investment totalling USD7m of invested capital in Garreco.   Main Street’s investment in Garreco consists of USD5.8m in first lien, senior secured term debt and a USD1.2m direct equity investment.   Garreco is headquartered in Heber Springs, Arkansas and is a manufacturer