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PPM Oost invests in Protifarm
PPM Oost is a development agency created by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
Silver Lake invests $500m in City Football Group
City Football Group, valued at $4.8bn, owns football clubs including Manchester City FC
Apax acquires Destiny in SBO
Destiny founders retain almost 30% of shares in the company in the secondary buyout transaction
Balderton leads €21m round for Detectify
Existing investors Paua Ventures, Inventure and Insight Venture Partners also participated
Silverfleet-backed Microgen merges with Touchstone
Silverfleet has backed the merger drawing equity from its European Development Fund
Acropolis invests $20m in SEV
Acropolis is a family office based in London that makes investments in private companies
LDC invests £30m in Croud
Fresh capital will also go towards further global expansion and expansion of its range of services
Adcuram-backed Vitrulan acquires Ahlstrom-Munksjö business
Vitrulan has acquired the business for its broader product range and to expand internationally
Inflexion invests in Ridgewall, backs acquisition of QDos
QDos is Ridgewall's fourth acquisition in the past year and was backed by Inflexion
Macquarie acquires Biocow stake
BioCow uses anaerobic digestion to create energy from agricultural waste
Bridges invests in AgilityEco
Bridges drew equity from its Evergreen fund, which held a final close on £50m in July 2018
August Equity targeting early-2020 close for fifth fund
August Equity Partner IV closed on £224m in April 2017 and recently made its 10th acquisition
Cinven, Astorg to acquire LGC for £3bn
Advent International, Bain, Blackstone and Carlyle were among the bidders in the process
August acquires dentistry software developer Code
Deal is the 10th investment from August Equity Partners IV, which closed on £224m in 2017
Mid-market stays loyal to English limited partnership
Luxembourg structures may have their proponents, but the Brexit drama does not seem to have dented the appeal of the English partnership
Advent's £3.9bn Cobham take-private likely to go ahead
Advent made a takeover offer of 165 pence per share in cash, which represents a 34% premium in July
August Equity exits Wax Digital
This is the fund's sixth realisation, following the sale of Vet Partners and Compass Community
Foresight sells Idio for 2x return
Insight Venture Partners acquired Episerver, the acquirer, from Accel KKR in 2018
Hermes GPE closes PEC IV on $603.5m
Predecessor vehicle PEC III closed on $389m in October 2017 and is now fully deployed
Arlington acquires Doncasters' forging business
Arlington expects to put fresh capital into the business and grow it through acquisitions
MMC Ventures holds final close for Scale Up Fund on £100m
Bluetower Associates acted as placement agent and Osborne Clarke provided legal advice
Alteri to acquire Steinhoff businesses
Acquired businesses include Bensons for Beds, Harveys Furniture, Relyon and Steinhoff UK Beds
BGF exits Bar Soba
Bar Soba's management team and staff will stay on with the company following the acquisition
Eclipse leads $20m series-A for Wayve
Existing investors Compound, Firstminute and Fly Ventures all participated in the round