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Summit holds €700m final close for second growth equity fund
GP held an interim close for the vehicle, Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund II, on €600m in May 2017
Mangrove holds first close on $170m for fifth VC fund
VC will target European technology companies in the early stages of development, with add-on capital available
Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital sells Bambora to Ingenico for €1.5bn
Nordic Capital has sold its electronic payment service provider Bambora to Ingenico Group for an enterprise value of €1.5bn
Godaddy sells Plus Server to BC Partners for €397m
Plus Server was being marketed from a projected €36m EBITDA and posted revenues of €100m in 2016
Main Mezzanine backs DMP
Main provided a mezzanine loan and took a minority stake alongside management
KCP invests £6.6m in MC&C
New capital will be used to hire staff, invest in technology and finance potential acquisitions
Wendel sells Constantia Labels to Multi-Color for €1.15bn
Constantia Flexibles will become the largest shareholder in Multi-Color with 16.6% of the company's shares
3i sells €72m stake in Formel D to Citic Capital
3i retains an investment of €155m, having originally injected €247m with a view to bringing in co-investors
Cipio leads eight-digit funding round for 21sportsgroup
Funding will be used to support the development of the company's new logistics centre in Ketsch
Enterprise Investors backs Jantoń MBO
GP uses its Polish Enterprise Fund VII vehicle to acquire all the shares in the company
VEP buys Scheuten Glass
Acquisition solves a succession issue with the company's 69 year-old founder, according to the GP
Findos sells Abit to Marlin
Main Capital will also divest its stake in the business, which it acquired through Eurosystems
Alpina invests in New Solutions
Business complements Alpina's other portfolio companies in the sector, including Gefasoft and CAQ Solutions
Oakley-backed Plesk buys Xovi
Xovi will be integrated into Plesk's existing website-building software as an SEO extension
Amadeus, Oxx back merger of Relayware and Zift
Transaction was managed by Oxx Capital, which has taken over management of some Amadeus portfolio companies
Creathor and MTIP lead €14m round for Blueprint
Existing investors, including Inventure and Pontos Group, will also participate
Ufenau buys Karthaus
Horse breeder and billionaire Andreas Jacobs, the duke of Croy and CEO Victor Baltus will also hold shares
EQVenture, AWS Gründerfonds back Meo Energy
New funding will be used to launch the product as a white-label offering for European energy companies
HTGF et al. sell Comnovo to Linde MH
Company's founders are the majority shareholders and will also sell their stakes in the transaction
Banks and VC firms in $10m series-A for Curve
Santander Innoventures, Investec, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital and Breega Capital also backed the round
Foresight makes 2x on sale of Blackstar
Deal ends a five-year holding period for Foresight, with the company's revenues more than doubling
Swiss commerce minister announces CHF 500m VC fund
Schneider-Amman states between CHF 200-300m has already been committed by Credit Suisse, Mobiliar and UBS
Battery Ventures-backed PST buys Rotronic
Company will join Battery's existing process-measurement companies Analytical Industries and Michell Instruments
1717 Life Science Ventures announces €50m venture fund
1717 will now begin fundraising and expects to hold a final close within six to eight months