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Speedinvest launches EUR 80m Climate & Industry Opportunity fund
Fund is intended to back the VC's existing industrial and climate technology startups
IK to buy Renta Group from Intera
Intera formed the construction machinery and equipment firm in 2015 via a three-company merger
Tenzing raises GBP 100m Belay Fund
Vehicle can invest up to GBP 150m and will back the GP's Tenzing II portfolio companies
VCs in USD 156m round for Quell Therapeutics
Series B for the Treg therapy developer was led by VCs including Jeito Capital and Ridgeback Capital
Searchlight invests in Celestyal Cruises
Searchlight is investing in the cruise operator via its Searchlight Opportunities Fund
LBO France buys ID Market, Sourcidys
GP is investing via its Mid Cap strategy and will merge the B2C and B2B home and gardening retailers
Golding hires Schütz as ESG director
Christian Schütz joins from his role as senior vice-president of credit research at Pimco
Capiton holds EUR 504m final close for sixth fund
Capiton VI is now 36% deployed across seven deals and expects to make up to 15 platform investments
CVC exits Etraveli in EUR 1.63bn trade sale
CVC acquired the online flight booking platform from ProSiebenSat.1 in 2017 in a EUR 508m deal
Advent, Centerbridge to launch Aareal Bank takeover
Advent already owns a stake in Aareon, the property ERP software unit of Aareal Bank
Waterland opens Spanish office
GP has hired David Torralba as principal and head of Spain, plus Guillermo Galmés as senior advisor
Food and beverage buyouts to reach EUR 13bn in 2021
An average of 44 buyouts totaling EUR 5.1bn were completed in the sector from 2011-2020
Advent buys Caldic from Goldman Sachs
GP plans to merge the speciality chemicals producer with São Paulo-headquartered Grupo Transmerquim
UVC holds final close for third fund
UVC Partners has a deployment capacity of EUR 255m with its flagship fund and new Opportunity Fund
CVC buys Unilever's tea business for EUR 4.5bn
European food and beverage buyouts are now set to reach EUR 13bn in 2021, according to Unquote Data
Bain gears up for sixth European buyout fund
US-headquartered GP held a final close for its previous European fund in 2018 on EUR 4.35bn
ArchiMed buys Cardioline
Cardiology telemedicine platform is the first deal from the GP's EUR 650m MED III fund
Balderton raises USD 600m for eighth flagship fund
Fund will continue the VC's Series A-focused strategy, targeting European startups
Sofinnova holds EUR 150m close for third biotech fund
Impact fund has made two investments as of its interim close and expects to make 10-12 in total
Waterland sells Cawood for 3.7x money
Trade sale to EBI is the first exit from the GP's GBP 2bn, 2017-vintage fund Waterland VI
ICG to exit Park Holidays in GBP 900m trade sale – report
ICG acquired the caravan holiday park operator in a GBP 362m SBO from Caledonia Investments in 2016
GP Profile: Adelis steps up deal-making after latest fund close
Co-managing partner Jan Åkesson and head of IR Adalbjörn Stefansson speak to Unquote about the Nordic mid-market-focused GP's fundraise and deployment plans
Adelis III holds EUR 932m final close
Stockholm-headquartered GP's predecessor fund held a final close in 2017 on EUR 600m
Monterro 4 holds EUR 700m final close
GP will now be making new platform deals from the fund, continuing to focus on Nordic B2B software