Dealmaking

Wise Equity looks to US for OneTag growth; North American PE interest in European assets grows

'UK and European assets looking significantly cheaper to US acquirers given the strengthening of the dollar against both the currencies,' Allan Bertie, head of European Investment Banking at Raymond James.

Wise Equity’s Montefusco: OneTag to aim for US expansion

Buying a technology firm allowed Wise Equity to diversify away from the supply chain risks in its typical industrials and manufacturing investments, says Ilaria Montefusco.

Mutares to take trio of Arriva businesses

Mutares has signed an agreement to acquire the Danish, Polish Bus and Serbian business operations of Arriva Group.

Charterhouse to buy English teaching platform Kids&Us with eyes on expansion

Kids&Us founders and Corpfin Capital will both reinvest in the company as part of the deal.

IK Partners buys minority stake in software provider Remazing

IK Small Cap III Fund has made the investment from its dedicated pool of development capital.

Levine Leichtman triples Ebitda at Monte Nido before sale; Bessemer raises first PE fund

Bessemer Venture Partners has raised a PE-like fund.

Bregal Unternehmerkapital buys software provider Medavis

Medavis has a market share of around 20% and is finding growing demand for digitisation across all its end markets, according to Bregal.

Porsche IPO set to close; Pendragon has buyout interest; Lone Star and Bank of Cyprus deal off

Reports suggest that the deal is likely to value Porsche at up to €75bn, making it one of the biggest ever European IPOs.

Abrdn buys full fibre operator Wessex Internet

Wessex Internet has been awarded the first subsidy contract under the UK government’s new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband scheme.

How LLCP tripled Monte Nido before sale to Revelstoke

'Under LLCP’s ownership, we helped Monte Nido open 22 de novo facilities and acquire 10 facilities, bringing its current total to 45 facilities in 15 states,' said Matt Rich.