Northzone has acquired an additional 11 per cent of Trustpilot, a provider of retailer reviews, from the Danish governmental seed investment vehicle DTU Symbion Innovation. This brings Northzone’s holding in Trustpilot close to 35 per cent post transaction, making it one of the two largest investors in the company. Founded

Investcorp has completed the sale of FleetPride, North America’s largest truck and trailer parts distributor, to TPG, one of the largest private equity investment firms globally, for more than USD1bn. Steve Puccinelli, managing director at Investcorp and head of corporate investment for North America and Europe, says: “FleetPride represents the

Arkadin, the global collaboration services provider, has acquired Novasight, a company founded and managed by Philippe Decaesteke specialising in video conferencing services. Through this acquisition, Arkadin will reinforce its video conferencing offer (from the video-as-a-service to managed services) while boosting its development to Unified Communications, solutions which gather all the

Wind energy specialist Gamesa has sold a wind project in France with installed capacity of 8 MW to Impax New Energy Investors II (NEF II), an investment fund managed by London-based Impax Asset Management, via its portfolio company, Epuron France. La Souterraine wind project in the Limousin region of France

Private equity fund Brynwood Partners VI has sold its portfolio company, Balance Bar Company, to NBTY, a specialist in vitamins, supplements and active nutrition products and a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group. Balance Bar, founded in 1992 and acquired by Brynwood VI from Kraft Foods in 2009, has been

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investing and business improvement, has acquired the assets of MPI from Revstone Industries. Monomoy acquired MPI through its second fund vehicle, Monomoy Capital Partners II. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MPI is a North American manufacturer

Innova Capital, a Central European private equity fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are investing in EnergoBit Group, an electrical engineering services company in Romania. Innova Capital, a Central European private equity fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are investing in EnergoBit

Buy and build add-on activity in Europe has been even weaker than the subdued levels seen in H1 2012, and well below the same quarter in 2011, according to Silverfleet Capital and mergermarket’s Buy & Build Monitor for Q3 2012. The volume of buy and build activity in Europe in