AMP acquires Fulgent Media Group

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera has taken stakes in operators in Nepal and Cambodia for around US$488 million (£265.4 million). The company has bought a 51 per cent stake in TeliaSonera Asia Holding from Kazakhstan's Visor Group, and the entire share holding of Cambodia's Applifone.

Other Done Deals

Marketing Agency AMP, a marketing agency has announced the acquisition of Fulgent Media Group, a media agency providing strategic advice for emerging digital media platform companies. The deal amount was undisclosed

Transaction Wireless, a mobile infrastructure, commerce and marketing company, has secured $2.2 million (£1.2 million) in funding from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures

Brick Mountain Trucking has bought All Mighty Services, a New York-based provider of local pick-up and delivery services for undisclosed terms

MacroGenics, a privately held biotechnology company that develops therapies to treat autoimmune disorders, cancer and infectious diseases, has raised $25 million (£13.6 million) worth of funding from Nextech Venture

Ascribe has acquired WCI Consulting’s healthcare division for £650,000, with a further £300,000 deferred consideration to be paid in 12 months subject to performance

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera has taken stakes in operators in Nepal and Cambodia for around $488 million (£265.4 million). The company has bought a 51 per cent stake in TeliaSonera Asia Holding from Kazakhstan’s Visor Group, and the entire share holding of Cambodia’s Applifone

A group led by media mogul Haim Saban and private equity firm Apax Partners has acquired an additional 10.66 per cent of Bezeq Israel Telecom for $318 million (£173 million)

The Arctic Paper group has acquired Grycksbo Paper, a paper mill in the Dalecarlia region of Sweden. The terms of the deal have not been revealed

Nord Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has taken a majority holding in IGEL Technology as part of a management buyout from parent company the Melchers Group

Water Street Healthcare Partners has completed its acquisition of a 69 per cent stake in CareCentrix, the care management business of Gentiva Health Services. The transaction was valued at approximately $147 million (£80 million)

Deals in the pipeline

MediCult, an Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) company, has announced that it plans to acquire MidAtlantic Diagnostics, a US supplier of ART products, for $15.5 million (£8.4 million)

The shareholders of Wm Wrigley have voted in favour of the group’s proposed merger with Mars

Machinery maker Avery India has said its parent company had agreed to sell its 58.28 percent stake in the firm to ITW Global Investments, resulting in a change in control

Marc Barber

Marc Barber

Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

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