Katharine Hidalgo
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Kernel Capital leads £1.6m round for Automated Intelligence
Kernel Capital makes a £750,000 investment in the data management platform company
EQT to sell Charleston
EQT acquired Charleston in 2014 and made nine bolt-on acquisitions throughout its holding period
AP Ventures et al. invest €17m in Hydrogenious
AP Ventures and several corporates have invested €17m in the hydrogen carrier company
Gilde exits Powerlines to trade
Gilde Buyout Partners acquired a majority stake in Powerlines from Invest Equity in 2008
CVC to acquire Ontic for $1.365bn
BBA Aviation acquired Ontic in 2006 for $67m and has pursued an acquisitive growth strategy
Winona exits sports fashion retailer KJUS
Winona Capital invested in the Switzerland-based ski and golf apparel company in 2013
ECapital, G+D invest €2-9m in Brighter AI Technologies
Brighter AI Technologies develops software to anonymise faces to comply with data privacy
Gimv to sell Thinkstep to trade
Gimv first invested in the company's €8m financing round in 2010 alongside Next47
BtoV, Wellington and Seroba co-lead $48m series-C for Quanta
Existing investors BtoV, Wellington and Seroba all invested in the company's series-A in 2009
EMZ acquires stake in Arturia
EMZ draws equity from EMZ 9 fund, which launched in January 2019 with a target of €900m
Unigrains sells Céréa Partenaire management business
Céréa's management team and institutional investors have wholly acquired the company
SoftBank to launch second Vision Fund with $108bn
Vision Fund II has received commitments from investors in its predecessor
Seneca acquires stake in Whyte & Ivory in debut deal
Curtain linings and blackout materials wholesaler Whyte & Ivory launched in the US in 2016
Paragon closes fourth fund on €780m
2014's The Paragon Fund II closed on €412m and is fully deployed, making its last investment in July
Gimv, Sofinnova, Gilde exit Breath Therapeutics for €500m
Gimv and Sofinnova Partners co-led a 2017 €43.5m series-A for Breath Therapeutics, with participation from Gilde Helathcare
Equistone to acquire Heras
Equistone will acquire the property protection company from building materials group CRH
Demeter acquires Chesneau
Existing investor UI Gestion has reinvested in the company following its initial investment in 2011
VCs invest $10m in Cambridge Touch series-B
Funding round for the touch screen technology company was led by Japan-based Kureha Corporation
Visionaries Club holds double close on <€80m
Debut funds for new Berlin-based VC Visionaries Club approach their hard-caps with family offices as LPs
Waterland's Median Kliniken bolts on Eschenburg, Rhein-Reha
Waterland has owned Median Kliniken since 2014 and has now bolted on 21 companies
Paragon acquires Pro Optik
Optical retail chain Pro Optik is likely to be Paragon III fund's first acquisition
VCs exit Understand.AI to trade
Germany-based trade buyer DSpace has acquired autonomous driving software company Understand.AI
N26 receives investment of $170m in series-D extension
Tencent Holding and Allianz X have invested in the series-D funding round extension
Graphite announces four promotions
Graphite Capital has promoted Mark Hall, who has been with the firm since 2008, to senior partner