IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund, together with company founders, is to acquire SCHEMA Group (SCHEMA), a developer and provider of software solutions for demanding product- and process-related content. Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed. Founded in
Mid-market private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe has completed the sale of managed print services provider Apogee to HP Inc in a deal that values the company at GBP380 milllion. Maidstone-headquartered Apogee employs over 1,000 staff and operates from 25 office locations across the UK and Europe. It has grown
London-based investment fund, Fuel Ventures, has made a GBP275,000 investment in an online employee referral platform. Real Links uses its web-based portal to help organisations lower recruitment costs by utilising their employee network, while improving employee engagement and staff retention. 
 An online platform aimed at helping businesses improve
A fund managed by Horizon Capital is to acquire a minority stake in Ukrainian biscuit producer Yarych. Yarych is the second largest packaged biscuits producer in Ukraine, holding a 33 per cent share of the packaged biscuits market with its branded Maria, petit beurre and The Crackers biscuits. Yarych was
ProVen VCT plc and ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc, managed by Beringea, are to launch a combined Offer for Subscription to raise up to a total of GBP60 million with an over-allotment facility of up to a further GBP20 million. The target launch date for the Offer is December
Following receipt of regulatory approval from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Centaur has completed its purchase of Luxembourg Capital Partners SA and is now open for business in the Grand Duchy. Centaur’s Luxembourg office will focus on servicing private equity and real estate funds and related corporate
BNP Paribas Capital Partners (BNPP CP), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s specialist in external alternative manager selection, has launched an investment programme to provide institutional investors with exposure to the European discounted private debt market. Fundraising is ongoing, with the final target of EUR250 million expected to be reached in 2019.
Antares and Varagon served as joint lead arrangers for a USD138 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of ImageFirst Healthcare Laundry Specialists (ImageFirst) by Calera Capital Partners. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, ImageFirst is a leading linen rental and laundry service company
McLarens, a global independent insurance services provider has secured an equity investment from Lee Equity Partners. The transaction is expected to close no later than January 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. McLarens employees will maintain a substantial ownership
MicroVest, a global impact investing asset management firm, has closed a USD20 million, five-year revolving credit facility with MetLife Investment Management to provide a redemption line to their flagship impact investment fund. The credit facility will serve as a secondary source of liquidity for Limited Partners. The partnership will enable
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