Investment funds managed by global private investment firm KKR will acquire Immedica Pharma, a Swedish pharmaceutical company focused on the commercialisation of medicines for rare diseases and specialty care products.

German holding company Mutares has acquired Greenview Group Holdings from Northern Irish private equity firm Cordovan Capital Partners and Michael Burke, the group’s current CEO.

French private equity firm Eurazeo, through its mid-large buyout team, has agreed to invest in Eres Group and acquire a majority stake from the IK VIII Fund managed by European private equity firm IK Partners, alongside the company’s management team and employees.

Bulgarian private equity firm BlackPeak Capital has invested €6.8m in Bianor Holding, a software development company catering to the technology, media and telecommunications industries.

Pennsylvania-based lower middle market private equity firm Argosy Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Federal Rent-A-Fence, a temporary chainlink fence rental business catering to construction sites and for events.

Global private equity investment firm CVC will acquire a majority stake in World of Talents, an international platform of human resources companies specialising in bottleneck professions and talent management, from Belgian private equity firm Baltisse.

Shares of Esprit increased by 24% to HKD0.26 ($0.03) on Thursday morning, marking a 39% gain since the company announced its discussions with a potential investor last week, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Private investment house Ardian has partially exited its investment in Planisware, a B2B SaaS software provider to the project economy industry, following the company’s IPO. Planisware’s Co-Founders have retained a majority stake in the business.

One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the sale of Walki Group Oy, a European supplier of packaging and engineered materials solutions, to Japanese paper products technology company Oji Group.