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Apollo sells Endemol Shine stake to trade
GP and The Walt Disney Company sell the entertainment programming company in a €2bn deal
EIB, iBionext et al. invest $28m in Prophesee
Consortium led by European Investment Bank backs neuromorphic vision system business
Bridgepoint's Bee2link buys Agence K
Bee2link buys IT and business support services firm serving the automobile sector
VCs and Airbnb back $60m series-C round for Tiqets
HPE Growth Capital led a $23m round for the mobile ticketing platform around a year ago
Ardian nears final close on €3bn for Private Debt Fund IV
Predecessor of the mid-market private debt fund closed on €2bn in 2015, hitting its target
Initiative & Finance backs Ymag
Founder Ayroulet sells his stake in the software business to the GP and the management
Omnes, Irdi Soridec invest €4m in Solvionic
Fresh capital will help the French fine chemistry startup to increase its sales teams
PE-backed Groupe Blondel buys Transports Regis Martelet
Historical backers Picardie, BPI France and CM-CIC reinvest in the logistics company business
Triton, Davidson Kempner sell Via Location to trade
GPs sell French vehicles fleet specialist Via Location after a two-years ownership
Capza, BPI France back Coutot-Roehrig MBO
Capza is investing in genealogy services provider Coutot-Roehrig with capital and mezzanine
CPPIB exits Interparking to APG
APG buys a 39% stake in Belgian Interparking investing €500-600m, says Inframation report
Benelux biotech and pharma startups attracting larger rounds
Average tickets for early-stage investments have jumped from €13m in 2017, to €20m the year after and €36m this year
Pemberton hires Gibson as head of IR
Gibson will support the launch of new strategies and new vintages of existing ones
PE-backed GTX Medical merges with US peer
Dutch medtech business GTX has merged with US counterpart NeuroRecovery Technologies
Apicap backs Hava3D MBI
New manager Stanislas Clicquot invests in the 3D printing business alongside the founders
BPI France backs Setforge
Corporate Farinia remains invested in the forged and machined components specialist
BNP Paribas Developpement buys stake in Unipex
Founders have retained a substantial majority in speciality chemicals business Unipex
Alven backs series-A round for Madbox
Alven will support French mobile gaming company Madbox in its next recruitment efforts
Eutopia raises €50m across two funds
French VC Eutopia raises funds following its spin-out from Otium Capital in early 2019
KKR-owned Upfield bolts on Arivia
Plant-based cheese specialist Arivia is valued at around €500m, says a Sky News report
Sofinnova closes Sofinnova Capital IX on €333m
Fund backs biopharmaceutical and medical devices startups, mostly in Europe and the US
Argos Wityu makes new appointments
PE firm has made new appointments in its French, German and Italian offices
Turenne, Euro Capital back Stoll Trucks MBO
Founder sells a majority stake in the trucks and vehicles business to the management team and GPs
Idinvest holds €350m final close for Digital Fund III
Fund is more than twice the size of its predecessor, Digital Fund II, which closed on €154m in 2015