Katharine Hidalgo
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BIVF, UCB Ventures lead £1.4m round for Rinri
Representatives from BIVF, UCB Ventures and BioCity have joined the company's board of directors
Summit Partners, FleetCor exit Masternaut to Michelin
Masternaut will continue to operate under its own brand as a wholly owned subsidiary of Michelin
SoftBank leads $484m series-E for GetYourGuide
Temasek, Lakestar, Korelya Capital, Heartcore Capital and Highland Europe also participate
Auctus buys QuinScape with new fund
QuinScape plans to implement a buy-and-build strategy and will geographically expand
Capvis acquires Xovis from Emeram
Emeram and the management team invested in Xovis in 2016, with Emeram taking a majority stake
EQT, ADIA to acquire Nestlé Skin Health in CHF 10.2bn deal
Auction process saw KKR, a consortium of Advent International and Cinven, and Unilever as bidders
Mobeus invests £5m in Arkk
Mobeus typically invests £2-15m in UK-based businesses with operating profits of £1-3m
VCs invest $18m in Icometrix
In 2016, Capricorn Ventures, along with other private investors, provided a €2m round of funding
MIG in $25m series-C for Cynora
Investors include family office Wecken & Cie, SBI, Dboled and SRF Partners Group
H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders
Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share
SHS invests in Betterguards
Betterguards is SHS's third investment from SHS V, which held its first close in 2018 on €90m
Dunedin acquires Acquis in MBO
Dunedin is currently investing from its Dunedin Buyout Fund III, which closed on £300m in 2013
VCs exit Greenergetic
Innogy's owner, RWE, first became invested in the company in 2015 and invested again in 2016
Yabeo-backed CommitMed merges with Prosenio
Prosenio, the merged company, will generate more than €16m in sales and will employ 60 people
Arcus Capital, BE acquire Sendmoments
Management has retained a 35% stake, BE has taken a minority stake and Arcus has taken the majority
Buy-and-build drives consolidation in DACH
Last year saw the second highest volume of bolt-on deals in the DACH region in the post-2008 era
LeapFrog raises $700m Emerging Markets Fund III
Prudential Financial, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and IFC acted as lead investors
VCs sell Therachon to Pfizer for $810m
Pfizer will acquire Therachon for $340m with $470m in additional, conditional payments
Ampersand takes minority stake in GenDX
Ampersand typically invests $10-50m in companies with $10-100m in annual revenue
Notion Capital leads $12m series-A for HeyJobs
Notion Capital typically leads funding rounds with a first investment of $3-5m in startups
KGAL to invest in private equity and expand investor base
KGAL has 72,000 investors from Germany, the UK and France, of which 211 are institutional investors
BioGeneration, Wellington lead €30m series-A for Confo
Fund+ and Perceptive Advisors, Capricorn, Qbic, PMV, Mints, V-Bio Ventures and VIB joined the round
Quartum Kapital acquires Polywest
Quartum Kapital focuses on companies with turnovers of less than €50m in the DACH region
Afinum exits Sinnex in trade sale
Afinum has already realised two investments from its Fünfte vehicle: CaseKing and D&B