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Palatine-backed Back2Work acquires Just IT

Back2Work Group, a UK-based adult learning and pre-employment training provider backed by private equity investor Palatine, has acquired Just IT Training, a provider of IT and digital apprenticeships and skills ‘boot camps’, based in London. Manchester-based Back2Work secured significant investment from Palatine’s Impact fund in late 2020 and Just IT

Eurazeo to invest more than €70m in WiiSmile

Eurazeo’s Small-Mid Buyout team has signed an agreement to invest in WiiSmile alongside the company’s management team, led by Sylvain Bianchini, Brice Bonnaigue and Jérôme Bourdon.

CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII to acquire Visma’s digital transformation business

Global alternative investment manager CVC, via the CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, is to acquire Visma’s IT consulting business, which focusses on digital transformation. The business has been a part of the Visma Custom Solutions division and is a provider of mission-critical IT solutions and data-driven technologies, powered by 2,000

BaltCap and Nalka sell INTRAC to United Partners Investments

BaltCap Baltic Investment Fund III sells INTRAC Group, a distributor of machinery for forestry, construction, agriculture and industry in the Baltics, to United Partners Investments (UPI), a Baltic investment company. As a result of the transaction, UPI will acquire 100% of INTRAC Group, including shares of Nalka Invest and minority

Atlantic BidCo secures 84% of Aareal Bank-Shares via its takeover offer

Atlantic BidCo GmbH, a non-controlled company indirectly held by funds which are respectively managed and advised by Advent International Corporation (Advent), Centerbridge Partners (Centerbridge), and CPP Investment Board Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), has secured 83.8% of shares in its voluntary public

Zoovu secures $169m in Series C led by FTV Capital

Zoovu, an AI-powered discovery experience platform for B2B and B2C e-commerce, has raised $169 million in a Series C funding roundled by FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investor in enterprise technology and services businesses. Zoovu will use the new funding to build out its go-to-market strategy and team, particularly

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