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Main Capital hires BDO's Scheurwater
Scheurwater will be responsible for LP reporting, governance and risk and compliance policies
Vorwerk, Earlybird lead €5m round for Crossengage
Project A, IBB, Cavalry, 42 Capital, Capnamic, Ventech and TA Ventures also take part
IK buys Debitor Inkasso
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap I Fund, a €277m vehicle that held a final close in 2016
Permira acquires Duff & Phelps for $1.75bn
Selling shareholders include Carlyle, Neuberger Berman, University of California and Pictet & Cie
Berlin Innovation nearing first close for €40m seed fund
Berlin Innovation Ventures will make approximately 40 initial seed investments of €250,000
Brighteye holds €50m close for education technology fund
Vehicle will back European education technology companies from seed stage to series-C
Ardian's Italmatch buys Sudamfos do Brasil
Deal follows Italmatch's acquisition of Compass Chemical International in North America
Alantra buys MD Moldes
MD Moldes founder Manuel Domingues retains a 30% stake and remains CEO
Consortium backs €40m round for Ada Health
Cumberland VC, the June Fund and Access Industries all take part in the funding round
CalSTRS increases delegated authority limits for PE allocations
Changes notably affect LP investments, secondary transactions and co-investments
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
Equistone's Concept Life Sciences bolts on Aquila Biomedical
Bolt-on will bolster Concept's discovery capabilities with a translational biology offering
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period
Project A invests in 3i-backed Lampenwelt
Project A will contribute digital and strategic operational capabilities on top of its investment
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
VC firms sell Invendo Medical to Ambu for €225m
Selling shareholders include Xeraya, TVM, Wellington, 360 Capital and Heidelberg Innovation
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
HQ Equita sells Rovema to Haniel
Rovema reports double-digit growth percentages in the two years since HQ acquired it