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New Leaf backs Crispr's $38m boost to series-B
Closing comes a week after US regulators approved Crispr's first clinical trial
Deal in Focus: Quilvest exits Acrotec in uncertain Swiss watch market
An in-depth look at the recent sale of watch component maker Acrotec by Quilvest to Castik
Equistone acquires Sihl
GP acquires the business from Italian company Diatec, which had owned it since 2003
SHS invests in Tyromotion
SHS's first investment in Austria follows a collaboration agreement with AWS
Highland backs Juniqe’s €14m series-B
Startup will use the funding to expand to Switzerland, France and the Netherlands
Adelis-backed Nordomatic buys Dominus
Following the bolt-on, the Nordomatic group will have a turnover of SEK 500m
Quilvest sells Acrotec to Castik
Secondary buyout gives the Swiss business Acrotec an enterprise value of CHF 280m
Harbert backs B2X with €6m
Business claims it has grown revenues at an annual 59% rate since 2011
Triton buys Fläkt Woods from Equistone and Sagard
Exit comes nine years after the two GPs bought the company in an SBO
Ex-Deutsche Bank CFO Krause joins Warburg as adviser
Krause is the second former Deutsch Bank executive to go into private equity recently
Delos leads Allecra Therapeutics’ €22m round
Startup received funding from Forbion's main fund and its latest co-investment fund
Thuja closes second fund on €34m
Thuja's second vehicle is almost double the size of its €19m predecessor fund
VR sells Ismet to Phoenix Mecano
VR Equitypartner exits the business after acquiring a minority stake in 2011
Ufenau buys Doktorhuus
Ufenau plans to apply a buy-and-build strategy in the Swiss medical practice market
HTGF backs Immersight’s six-digit round
Fresh capital will be deployed with the purpose of company growth and technology development
Gilde closes fourth fund on €250m hard-cap
Gilde Healthcare focuses on medtech, digital health and therapeutics in Europe and the US
Inflexion’s Succession secures fresh £25m funding
Plymouth-based Succession plans to acquire 50 competitors by the end of 2017
TSG provides growth funding for Canyon Bicycles
Bike manufacturer Canyon aims to enter the US market in spring 2017 following the TSG investment
Genesis buys Quinta-Analytica
Buyout marks the first deal for the €80m Genesis Private Equity Fund III fund
BPM backs MBO of Optometrijas
Poland- and Estonia-based BPM is backed by the Baltic Innovation Fund
Abundant dry powder fires secondaries prices sky high
This second installment of our secondaries focus takes an in-depth look at pricing trends
Cambridge Associates appoints senior investment director
Vicky Williams joins from BP Investment Management, where she was head of private equity
Intel Capital et al. back ProGlove
Company's concept was developed during Intel's "Make It Wearable" competition in 2014
Heliad backs Muume’s CHF 2.2m round
Muume is a platform for digital self-service purchases via smartphone