Francesca Veronesi
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Corporate divestments fuel European buyouts
Carve-outs and spin-outs represented around 14% of all buyouts in 2019, up from 11.5% in 2018 and 10% in 2017, according to Unquote Data
Consortium invests $30m in series-B round for Eyevensys
Company will use the funds to develop its treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis
IK exits CID Lines to trade
Livestock hygiene specialist was reportedly expected to fetch a price tag of more than €300m
CVC Growth Partners invests $200m in EcoVadis
GP will draw equity from CVC Growth Partners II, which closed on $1.6bn in November 2019
Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities V closes on €1bn
Vehicle's predecessor, Five Arrows Principal Investments IV, closed on €451m
GHO Capital buys Ardena from Mentha
Mentha created Ardena by merging three portfolio companies in 2017 and conducting bolt-ons
Bencis to back EMC Group SBO
Holland Capital will end its 10-year ownership in the Dutch medical staffing specialist
Raise backs consultancy Efor
French GP invests €20m in the consultancy firm, while Capza provides a €35m unitranche
Consortium in €36m series-B for NorthSea Therapeutics
US-based VCs VenBio and Sofinnova Investments back the business for the first time
Mérieux closes Mérieux Participations 3 on €377m
Fund targets businesses operating within the nutrition and food safety sectors
Comhar backs TaperedPlus
Flat-roof design and insulation specialist TaperedPlus is Leeds-based Comhar's third investment
UI Gestion backs Daco France SBO
Directors Alain and Michel Abitbol retain stakes in the France-based dried fruits company
Prudentia backs Metz-Amnéville zoological park
GP is investing via its maiden fund, France Industrie I, which closed on €100m in 2018
SmartFin closes sophomore fund on €240m
Belgian early-stage and growth fund will provide €500,000-12m equity tickets
THCP backs Borealis Hotel Group
Deal for the hospitality group is THCP's second investment in the Netherlands
Siparex, I&F et al. back Rondot SBO
GP Siparex first invested in the glass manufacturing equipment specialist in 2016
Groupe LFPI eyes Document Store
ActoMezz backed the French printing equipment distributor between 2015 and 2018
Volta collects €35m for Volta Ventures II
New vehicle will provide funding to Benelux-based software and internet startups
Lone Star to buy BASF's chemicals division in €3.17bn deal
Germany-based construction chemicals business generated sales of around €2.5bn in 2018
The Carlyle Group backs Dept SBO
Waterland sells its majority stake in the Dutch digital marketing and advertisement agency
Hg buys P&I in €2bn deal
GP previously backed the German provider of cloud-based HR software from 2013 to 2016
Bregal Milestone inks first Dutch deal with Anywhere365
UK-based growth GP invests €40m in Anywhere365 via its maiden fund, which closed in 2018
Ardian buys Cérélia in c€810m deal
IK sells its majority stake in the France-based bakery business acquired in 2015
Integra holds third close on €110m for maiden fund
Fund hit its €100m target and the subscription period was extended to mid-2020