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SHS invests in spine implants producer EIT
Business hopes to use SHS's investment for an expansion to the US market
Eaton hires D'Angelo as head of Europe
New managing director is based at Eaton Partners' London office
Deal in Focus: Kartesia supports ProFagus expansion
Alternative lender bets on its existing network in locating German deals, as it supplies a debt replacement package for Steeadfast-backed ProFagus
Bregal buys Kunststoff Schwanden
Management buyout sees Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquire a majority stake
Maven invests £3.1m in Hotel Indigo
Funding for the project includes ТЃ1.6m of equity from a syndicate of investors
Gimv invests €30m in Spineart
Investment marks Gimv's fourth investment in the healthcare space this year
HgCapital makes 2.3x on Personal & Informatik exit
HgCapital achieved a 36% IRR return on the exit, which followed the initial investment in 2013
RCapital exits Summit in trade sale
Summit claims it has seen a 370% growth in profit since RCapital's investment
Ardian to acquire Lagarrigue Group
Azulis Capital exits after taking a majority stake during the secondary buyout in 2011
Project A backs Klara's $3m round
Funding will be used to finance further expansion in the US market
Kartesia in ProFagus debt replacement
Alternative lender provided a senior secured tranch to replace an existing lender
Montagu buys Universal-Investment
Company claims it quadrupled its assets from €70bn to €280bn in the last 10 years
IBB backs Meetrics' third funding round
IBB invested via VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, a €52m early-stage vehicle
Ardian raises €4.5bn for mid-cap fund
Vehicle raised €4bn of commitments and an additional €500m for co-investments
Omnes sells stake in Valorem to 3i in €57m deal
3i bought a 28.5% share from Omnes' vehicle FCPR Capenergie and others
Lonsdale's Ocean Media bolts on two competitors
Acquisitions are part of Ocean Media's strategy to add divisions to the core business
Carlyle acquires software business Exocad
Previous backer Fraunhofer Venture completely exits the business as part of the deal
OEP's Duran acquires Kimble Chase
Duran acquires its American competitor in order to extend its market reach
Atomico backs Bitmovin's $10.3m series-A
Existing investors Dawn Capital, YCombinator and SpeedInvest also joined the round
Beyond Capital buys Sysob
Beyond hopes to apply a buy-and-build strategy during its time at the helm
TA sells Onlineprinters to Bregal
TA Associates sells Onlineprinters after originally backing the business in 2013
Waterland invests in Hanse Orga
Lindemann family brings Waterland on board in order to boost international expansion
DBAG buys Polytech
DBAG said in a statement it will invest up to €12m from its balance sheet
LPEQ appoints Mark Florman as chair
Mark Florman is the former CEO of BVCA and the founder of private equity firm 8 Miles