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Aurelius buys ZIM Flugsitz
Founders of the family-owned aircraft seat manufacturer will retain a minority stake in the business
Capvis buys Tertianum Group
GP acquired the care home group from Swiss Prime Site and will be the company's sole shareholder
Bregal buys majority stake in EA Elektro-Automatik
GP will support the family-owned business with its succession strategy and international expansion
Crédit Mutuel Equity buys stake in CF Group
Minority investment aims to boost growth of the swimming pool equipment and materials supplier
Oakley exits WebPros to CVC and re-invests
Exit sees Oakley re-invest for a minority stake and returns of 6.7x and 140% IRR in total
Lindsay Goldberg in talks to sell Schur Flexibles
GP bought the plastic packaging company in 2016 and the exit is expected to complete in Q1 2020
HV Holtzbrinck leads €8.8m seed round for Finn.auto
Danish VC Heartcore Capital, UVC Partners and existing investor Picus Capital also take part
Cross Equity-backed WDM buys Midrahtec Drahtwaren
Cross Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in WDM in January 2018
Omers Ventures et al. back $110m round for WeFox
Round brings the series-B total to $235m and values the digital insurance provider at more than $1bn
DBAG launches DBAG Fund VIII
Fund has raised €1bn of its €1.1bn target and plans to hold a final close in Q1 2020
Invision buys stake in Reisenthel Accessoires
GP will take a majority stake, with the Reisenthel family as minority shareholders
VR Equitypartner acquires stake in Bookwire
GP aims to grow the company's client base and international operations via the minority stake investment
Waterland-backed Hansefit combines with BFNL
Merger of German and Dutch peers will result in a client base of 3,500 companies
Afinum acquires Fast LTA
GP will support the Munich-based software company's growth by broadening its product offering
Ardian buys 26% stake in EWE
Ardian secured the asset following an auction process that included Macquarie and Allianz
ACG Management et al. back ADN Protection MBI
Soprome and BTC Capital also back the takeover of the security services company
PAI Partners buys Armacell from Blackstone
Deal is based on an EV of €1.4bn and will see minority owner Kirkbi maintain a stake
Ardian exits CCC to Telus
Canadian listed telecoms company buys the business for an EV of €915m
Waterland-backed Netgo acquires Mehrwerk
Acquisition of the business software platform is the second add-on in Netgo's buy-and-build strategy
Omers Ventures leads $5.2m round for Quorso
Business software company intends to use the investment from the series-A round to expand abroad
Arcus, BE Beteiligungen buy majority stake in Lässig
Investment will support baby and parent products retailer in its digitalisation and e-commerce strategy
IK Investment Partners acquires Ondal from Capvis
Ondal is the GP's third recent medtech acquisition and the 15th investment from IK VIII
Signa Innovations leads €5m series-A for Realxdata
Paris-headquartered Ventech also backed the round for the Berlin-based data analysis software company
Tenzing-backed Ticketer buys Fara
UK-based bus ticketing company Ticketer was acquired in 2018 and will now expand to the Nordic region