NextStage, an investment company listed on the Euronext Paris regulated exchange, and a specialist in long-term equity investments in mid-sized companies (MSCs), has sold of its entire stake in the Fountaine Pajot Group.Fountaine Pajot, an brand created by Jean-François Fountaine and Yves Pajot in 1976, has developed unmatched expertise in

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has soldn FullSpeed Automotive (FullSpeed), the fourth largest quick lube operator in the US, to MidOcean Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Based in Greenwood Village, CO, FullSpeed operates primarily under the Grease Monkey and SpeeDee brands and has

Mid-market private equity firm LDC and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), have agreed the sale of NBS to Byggfakta Group, a data and software provider to the European construction industry headquartered in Sweden and backed by private equity firms Stirling Square Capital Partners and TA Associates.  Financial details

Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to sell its majority stake in 7days, a German supplier of workwear for the healthcare industry, to a consortium of private equity firms, Chequers Capital and Paragon Partners, generating a 3.1x gross money multiple.  Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has successfully exited it investment in Panther Logistics to US-based AIT Worldwide Logistics (AIT). Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Northampton-based Panther Logistics is the UK’s largest independent two-man home delivery firm. Specialising in the retail and ecommerce sectors, its customers include

Funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have agreed to sell their majority stake in Nuremberg-based Eschenbach Holding (Eschenbach), a German spcialist in eyewear and low-vision products, offering correction frames and ready-to-wear sunglasses, with further strong positions in Europe and the US. Eschenbach is being acquired by British Inspecs Group (Inspecs),

Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has agreed the sale of Giacom, a specialist cloud services marketplace which provides cloud services to SMEs via the Information Technology Consultants (ITCs) community. The investment was originally made from the Livingbridge six fund. The business has been acquired by Digital Wholesale Solutions.   The deal

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, has sold GSM Outdoors, a provider of technologically-advanced, branded accessories for the hunting, sport shooting, and outdoor enthusiast markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.Headquartered in Irving, Texas, GSM has a broad portfolio of

Maven Capital Partners, one of the leading VCT managers, has realised its VCT investment in Edinburgh-based Symphonic Software (Symphonic) through a sale to PING Identity, a NYSE listed company which delivers Intelligent Identity solutions for enterprise. The exit from Symphonic, Maven’s fourth VCT realisation of 2020, has delivered an impressive 2.9x