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Eurazeo invests €25m in niche perfumer EX NIHILO 

Eurazeo, a European private equity firm with €33.5bn in AUM, has completed a €25m minority investment in EX NIHILO, a $60m high-growth niche perfumery brand best known for its ‘Fleur Narcotique’ scent.

Kennet books 3x return from Eloomi sale

Private equity firm Kennet Partners has agreed to a deal to sell learning and development platform provider Eloomi, which it co-owns with Great Hill Partners and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), to Ceridian, netting a 3x return on its initial investment.

Clearlake completes exit from Janus investment

Clearlake Capital Group, a PE firm focused on the industrial, technology, and consumer sectors with over $70bn of AUM, sold its remaining shares of Janus International Group and fully exited its investment in the business last December.

KKR-backed BrightSpring eyeing $1.36bn IPO

BrightSpring Health Services, a community-based healthcare services provider backed by private investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, is looking to raise as much as $1.36bn in a public offering and a sale of convertible securities, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Aquiline Capital Partners invests in PharmaForce

Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm with over $10bn in AUM, has made a majority investment in PharmaForce, a pharmacy solutions provider to hospitals and health clinics. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Godspeed Capital sells MOREgroup to Wind Point

Godspeed Capital Management, a lower middle-market defence & government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has sold MOREgroup, family of architecture, design, and engineering brands, to Wind Point Partners.

Sentinel Capital Partners acquires Market Performance Group

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has acquired Market Performance Group, a provider of omnichannel strategy and consulting services focused on the consumer packaged goods industry.

General Atlantic acquires infrastructure investor Actis

Global growth investor General Atlantic is to acquire Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, creating a diversified, global investment platform with approximately $96bn in combined AUM in the process.

CVC to acquire La Piadineria from Permira

CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII has agreed to acquire 100% of the Italian quick-service restaurant chain, La Piadineria, from funds advised by global private equity investment firm Permira.

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