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Cottonwood in €2.6m series-B for Clear Flight Solutions
Clear Flight targets an expansion of the funding round up to a total of €6m
Fidelium buys Otto Knauf
First investment from Fidelium's new fund, which held a final close on €103m in June 2017
Creandum in €10m round for Billie
Rocket Internet, Speedinvest, Avala and Picus backed the company in February and all reinvest
Passion Capital files for third fund
Second fund targeted equity investments of up to £2m in very early-stage businesses
Main Capital buys Jobrouter
GP will support the software company's international acquisitive growth strategy
LDC promotes two, hires one
GP simultaneously announces that director Aston will move from Birmingham to London
Astorg hires Permira's Einsfeld to head new Frankfurt office
GP simultaneously announces the hiring of Veber from Nomura and promotion of de Mitry
DPE acquires majority stake in AWK
Firm draws equity for the transaction from the €575m buyout fund DPE Deutschland III
ICOs and venture capital: friends or foes?
With Asgard becoming the first European VC to hold a coin offering for its new fund, ICOs might present opportunities for institutional fund managers
University of Calgary hiring PE investment adviser
Investment committee recently approved the inclusion of PE and infrastructure in its portfolio
Bregal Freshstream hires de Graauw from Bain & Company
In his new role, de Graauw will be responsible for overseeing portfolio development
Tengelmann in €8m series-A for Idagio
Early-stage investor B-to-V Partners increases its commitment alongside new stakeholders
Nordic Capital buys Alloheim from Carlyle
Reports put enterprise value at €1.1bn, 12.5x the company's €88m projected EBITDA
Equistone acquires Fertighaus Gruppe from Adcuram
Under Adcuram's ownership, the group's revenues have increased from €200m to €300m
General Catalyst leads $28m series-C for Contentful
Existing investors Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital also take part
Brookfield buys Lampe Equity Management
Group manages a portfolio of various renewable funds and other assets totalling €1.3bn
HTGF backs seed round for Unity Robotics
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Staufen.Digital Invest and Haas Equity also take part in the round
Hg-backed Cogital buys Shelley Stock Hutter
Shelley Stock Hutter is the first acquisition made under the Blick Rothenberg brand
Neuberger Berman acquires FII's portfolio
Portfolio of 21 companies has a combined turnover of €2.3bn and EBITDA of €282m
E.Ventures, Greycroft back $20m round for Deposit Solutions
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate Deposit Solutions' international expansion
Hughes Armstrong makes changes to management team
Founder Steve Lord takes charge of a portfolio company as the firm faces "excessive headwinds"
Taxim buys Turkish lingerie designer Suwen
GP draws equity for the transaction from its €200m buyout fund Taxim Capital Partners I
Riverside-backed DPA Microphones buys Sound Network
Acquisition of professional audio distributor comes four years into the GP's holding period
Aurelius promotes two to board
Investment company prepares for further growth after the most successful year in its history