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BWK buys Rasselstein Raumsysteme
Two unnamed private investors co-invested alongside BWK, taking 20% and 10% stakes
Nord Holding sells Parador to trade for €82.8m
Total cash consideration is €72.3m, which includes a payment of €53m to Parador's shareholders
Cinven buys Envirotainer
Cinven draws equity for the deal from the Sixth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €7bn
VC firms back CHF 13.7m series-A for Allthings
Round is led by Earlybird and Idinvest Partners with participation from Kingstone Capital
Tesi co-leads €5m funding round for Oura
US-based Bold Capital Partners co-leads the deal and will introduce US industry specialists to the board
Premium buys Clarus from Pinova
Clarus's management team led by Norman Thom and Markus Mondani will remain invested
PE-backed FNZ Group buys EBase for €151m
Sale is expected to generate a positive non-recurring income before tax of €85m for Comdirect
Eight Roads leads £14m series-B for Moneybox
Existing investors Oxford Capital Partners and Samos Investments are also taking part
Allocate 2018: Risk-return for maiden managers and spin-outs
First-time vehicles have enjoyed historically good fundraising conditions over the last two years
Forbion holds first close above target at €270m
Fund officially launched in May 2018 and Forbion expects to hold a final close in Autumn 2018
EQT sells Sportradar to CPPIB and TCV for €2.1bn
EQT will reinvest a portion of the sales proceeds and CEO Carsten Koerl will retain his stake
Triton closes smaller mid-cap fund on €448m
Fund was initially launched in January 2017 with a €350m target and a €400m hard-cap
HQ Equita buys R2P and Open Access
Management teams of both companies will remain in their roles and retain significant stakes
Abingworth closes 12th fund on $315m
ABV VII will follow the same strategy as its predecessor, investing in early- and late-stage deals
Waterland buys Hansefit
Waterland will invest in expanding the company's service portfolio and digitalising its services
Opera-backed Vetrerie Riunite sells Technoglas to Cerve
Acquirer will invest up to €30m in the production facilities in Austria, according to Italian press
Afinum sells Orwo Net
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for Afinum, which acquired a minority stake in 2011
HTGF, ECapital invest €4.6m in FMC
Round is closed just nine months after HTGF backed a seed round for the business
Italian PE back in fashion
Despite a drop-off in 2017, total Italian PE value last year is still almost double that of the €4.1bn invested in 2012
VC firms back $20m series-C for Fever
Round is co-led by Spanish media company Atresmedia and technology real-estate business Labtech
Investindustrial buys Dispensa Emilia
Third acquisition from Investindustrial Growth, which hit its €375m hard-cap in May
Allocate 2018: ESG gains traction with European LPs
Numerous reports and studies have shown that LPs are increasingly concerned about their GPs' environmental, social and governance policies
Nordwind acquires Supernatural
Nordwind invests in companies with revenues between €5-100m on a deal-by-deal basis
SwanCap launches co-investment fund
SwanCap held a final close on €433m for SwanCap Opportunities Fund III in February 2018