Transactions

AWS Mittelstandsfonds, a Vienna-based growth equity fund focused on Austrian SMEs, sold its remaining shares in three portfolio companies to Evoco AG, a Zurich-based lower midmarket manager that invests in growth and buyout investments in Western Europe with a focus on the DACH region.

Agrozet Ceske Budejovice, one of the major Czech distributors of agricultural machinery and spare parts, was sold to the Czech investment group GES Group.

Dunning, Kruger & Associates, a Finnish digital product design and engineering agency, was sold to The North Alliance, a Scandinavian design and technology agency network.

Mapping, a French software publisher dedicated to document management, was sold to Efalia.

Groupe FEDD, a leading French electronic player dedicated to critical solutions, was sold to Argos Wityu.

The leading Dutch healthcare staffer Tosca Medisch Interim (TMI) was sold to House of HR, one of the largest employment agencies of the Benelux.

The French company Socotec, active in the testing, inspection and control sector for the construction and infrastructure industry, known as TIC, acquired the majority shareholding of the Catalan BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, which works in the fields of civil and building engineering, energy, and quality control.

Clairfield International in the UK (Orbis Partners) advised the management team of Stuart Turner, a leading manufacturer of pumps and water-boosting products, on its secondary buyout with Epiris.

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) a leading technology and engineering services business was acquired for GBP 164 million by Fortescue Metals Group (ASX.FMG).

Versowood Oy, a Finnish forestry company renegotiated its EUR 80 million senior debt portfolio.

Bramble Foods secured investment from LDC private equity.

Ivela, a company active in the production and marketing of lighting fixtures made in Italy, was sold to Star Capital SGR S.p.A., through the holding company Starlight Group, a subsidiary of Star IV Private Equity Fund.

Clairfield advised Terra Patris on refinancing its debt portfolio with a syndicated EUR 39 million sustainability-linked loan.

1881 Group, Norway’s leading provider of personal and corporate information, acquired Tjenestetorget, a price comparison portal, from ABBH.

​The Limonta family signed a binding agreement for the entry of Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A., an independent and diversified industrial group listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, in Limonta S.p.A., partly through a capital increase and partly through the purchase of shares.

Customs Support Group, a European customs services provider (backed by Castik Capital), acquired Italian companies Mollica and MACC (Gruppo Mollica).

BH S.r.l., the holding company of the Bertolotti family that heads the IVAR Group, acquired 40% of IVAR S.p.A., a company already controlled by BH and one of the leading players in the design and manufacturing of highly energy-efficient heating and plumbing systems.

The independent private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners acquired 63.7% of Selematic S.p.A., an Italian company leader in the production of automatic secondary packaging machines for the food, pet food and disposable sectors, from Vertis SGR and the other shareholders.

Vicky Form, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a leader in the distribution and marketing of intimate apparel in Mexico, was sold to the shareholders of Zentrix, S. de R.L. de C.V., a leader in the textile industry.

PrimeApps, a Low‐Code Digital Transformation Platform Company, was acquired by Jitterbit, Inc., an application programming interface (API) transformation company.