Sophie Rose

Lipstick effect touches skincare: PE navigates competitive sector

Skky Partners and Inflexion are among firms investing in the skincare sector, with both focusing on picking and prioritizing businesses for future growth.

Archimed picks up skincare brand DermaPharm

DermaPharm develops and manufactures hypoallergenic, environmentally-friendly suncare, skincare, and haircare products.

Ardian and Finint Infrastrutture to buy airport platform Milione

Milione is the parent company of Save, which operates Venice Marco Polo Airport and other airports across northern Italy.

Apax to buy atHome Group from Mayfair Equity and Oakley Capital

atHome Group is Luxembourg’s property and automotive marketplace.

Kharis Capital invests in Belgian health food company Foodmaker

Foodmaker is positioned in the €90 billion European ready-made meal market.

CPP Investments ups stake in environmental services provider FCC Enviro

Under the agreement, CPP will pick up an additional 25 percent stake in FCC Enviro.

DBAY Advisors closes offer for Anexo Group

Anexo is an integrated credit hire and legal services provider.

LDC invests in performance marketing agency Shoptimised

Shoptimised’s proprietary software-as-a-service platform helps retailers, and the marketing businesses that support them, to increase online sales.

Cube IM-backed Glesys to pick up two Finnish datacenters

Glesys is a Nordic provider of colocation, cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service services.

Mill Rock-backed Asbury Carbons to buy Graphit Kropfmühl

Asbury Carbons will take over all GK operations from AMG with a total of around 350 employees.