The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold Fisher Unitech (Fisher), a provider of 3D design software tools and 3D printers, to Computer Aided Technology (CATI), a portfolio company of CIVIC Partners (CIVIC). Based in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan,

BGF has successfully exited its investment in landscaping and grounds maintenance company, TCL Group. TCL has been acquired by idverde to create the UK’s largest provider of outdoor green services. BGF first invested in TCL Group in May 2014 to exit an existing shareholder and provide funding for the acquisition

The infrastructure division of GED, GED Infrastructure SGEIC, is to sell its stake in Telecom Castilla – La Mancha (Telecom CLM) to a pan-European fund manager specialising in infrastructure Equitix. The closing of the transaction will take place after the accomplishment of the Condition Precedents (Antitrust clearance amongst others).  

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has sold global business-to-business events specialist FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) to Thomson Reuters. The value of the transaction is undisclosed. FCBI delivers high-end conferences and exhibitions globally to a diverse range of sectors including energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, transportation, travel, strategy and technology. It helps senior

Investment manager Downing has exited a series of hydroelectricity investments based in Scotland and managed by Gilkes Energy Limited. Downing’s Energy and Infrastructure Investment team has worked closely with Gilkes Energy, a specialist hydroelectricity developer, since September 2013, to invest in a series of seven projects.  The investment funded the

Private equity firm Horizon Capital’s USD370 million EEGF II fund has sold the remaining 22.7 per cent stake held in Purcari Wineries (Purcari) after successfully listing the company on the Bucharest Stock Exchange last year. EEGF II has realised a 3.3 times blended gross cash-on-cash return on the exit of

Deepbridge Capital, a tax-efficient investment manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) provider, has exited its holding in iPipeline Holdings, with iPipeline being acquired by Florida tech-holding firm, Roper Technologies, for USD1.63 billion. iPipeline is a provider of cloud-based software solutions to customers in the financial services and life industry.  

Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, and Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird based in Chicago, have sold their stakes in emids to New Mountain Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Both firms initially invested in emids in 2013.  

Edge Performance VCT, a creative industries VCT managed by creative economy specialist Edge Investments (Edge), has sold portfolio company deltaDNA to Unity Technologies, creator of a real-time 3D development platform based in San Francisco. Launched in 2011 by games industry veterans Chris Wright and Tim Christian, and big data expert,