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Atomico leads €30m series-B extension for Peakon
Investment brings the total volume of Peakon's series-B to €48m, following a round in February 2018
Nordic VCs sell Capres to trade
KLA is a Nasdaq-listed semiconductor manufacturer based in California with 10,000 employees
White Star invests $10m in Packhelp
Existing investors Speedinvest, ProFounders and Market One Capital also take part
IK launches Copenhagen office
Office will be led by Danish national and partner Thomas Klitbo, who has been with IK since 2007
Nordic Alpha invests in Re-Match
Re-Match is the second investment from the fund, which has a strong focus on value creation
Q&A: JCRA’s Benoit de Bénazé
Some GPs are combatting risks arising from turbulent politics and economic uncertainty by making more frequent use of currency and risk hedging instruments
BGF invests £11.6m in Invenio
Newco was set up for the transaction under the name Invenio Business Solutions Holdings
CEE fundraising activity promises buyout revival
Fundraising in the region held strong in 2018 in contrast to the rest of Europe and promises to be even stronger in 2019, even as dealflow slumped
AP6 invests in Accent's Hoist
Accent retains the majority and the company's founder, Malcolm Lindblom, will keep his share
Vitruvian leads €45m round for Dental Monitoring
Vitruvian draws capital from its €2.4bn Virtuvian Investment Partnership III vehicle
EQT Infrastructure fund hits €9bn hard-cap
Stockholm-headquartered manager announces the final close EQT Infrastructure Fund IV
Summa buys Olink Proteomics
Management team led by Ulf Landgren will remain as minority shareholders after the deal
Neveq targets €27m for third fund
Vehicle's predecessor Neveq II held a final close on €20.3m in 2014 and is now fully invested
EC reduces charges for insurers in PE
Insurance companies accounted for just 8% of European private equity fundraising in 2017
Providence buys OpusCapita
Posti hired AGC Partners to explore the sale of the digital payment subsidiary in January
Index leads $6.5m series-A for Josh Wood Colour
Founder and CEO Josh Wood is global colour creative director at hair salon chain Redken
RDCP gears up to launch second fund
RDCP Healthcare Opportunities Fund II will target £50m, to deploy in healthcare assets
Penta-backed Sensiblu buys Belladonna
Belladonna had 93 pharmacies prior to the trasnaction and the divested subsidiary includes 46
Lexington requests extension for seventh fund
Firm has asked for a one-year extension to complete the wind down of the portfolio
VC-backed Raisin buys MHB Bank from Lone Star
Acquisition comes shortly after Raisin announced its $114m series-D funding round
Steadfast holds final close on €297m
Vehicle surpassed its target of €250m to close just below its €300m hard-cap after two years
Beechbrook holds first close on £128m
Fund was launched in August with a target size of £250m and a £300m hard-cap
One Equity buys GKN subsidiary from Melrose
Melrose also announced the sale of a minority stake in French aerospace company Sabca
Nordic GPs set their sights on the DACH region
Nordic buyout houses are increasing their presence in the region, both in terms of deal activity and boots on the ground