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Axcel sells Ball Group to Findos, wraps up fund
Sale ends a holding period of around 12 years for Axcel III, which made 11 platform investments
CEE venture ecosystem matures as buyout market stalls
With the buyout market at an inflexion point, the local venture capital scene could be the one grabbing headlines in the coming months
Innova buys Chemes from Abris
Sale ends a three-and-a-half-year holding period for Abris, which invested from its second fund
Orlando carves our Nidec's compressor business
Orlando drew capital from the €320m vehicle European Special Situations Venture Partners IV
Dunas Capital hires two for new fund-of-funds
New vehicle, Rainforest Dunas Iberia Fund I, has been registered in Spain and has a target of €100m
Partners Group buys CapeOmega from HitecVision for €1.2bn
Partners Group said it will work to further expand in offshore infrastructure and related assets
Cinven sells €750m stake in Visma to Hg and CPPIB
Cinven made the realisation from its fifth fund, a тЌ5.3bn vehicle that backed Visma in 2014
DN leads $10m series-A for Leapwork
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand in the US
Idinvest leads €13m series-A for Alsid
Existing investors 360 Capital Partners and Axeleo Capital also take part in the round
Beringea raises £64m for VCTs
Fundraise is a record for Beringea and the second largest VCT raise in the last tax year
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Norvestor-backed Xllnc buys Lin Education
Bolt-on comes two months after the GP acquired Xllnc with capital from Norvestor VII
VC firms invest $7m in Medbelle
Signals, Talis, Mutschler Ventures, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Cavalry Ventures take part
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
Bogazici Ventures launches $346m triple fundraise
GP launches a $100m Crypto Fund to invest in ICOs, STOs and other cryptocurrencies
AlbionVC co-leads £5m series-A for Limitless Technology
Downing Ventures and corporate venturing arm Unilever Ventures co-lead the round
Nordic buys Signicat
Viking Venture and the company's management team will both retain a minority stake
Horizon buys minority stake in Dobrobut
GP draws capital from its $200m Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, which closed in January
Mid Europa buys Mlinar
GP is currently investing from Mid Europa V, which held a final close on €500m in December
Fraser-Allen succeeds Reeve as Albion head
Fraser-Allen will take over the day-to-day running of the business, including investment oversight
EQT sells stake in IVC to Nestlé
Second partial exit the GP has made from IVC this year, after selling a 20% stake to pension funds
Livonia Partners to launch new fund
New fund expects to raise in 12 months and will deploy equity tickets in the range of €10-20m
Agilitas-backed Recover Nordic buys Aktiv Tankrens
Sixteenth add-on for Recover Nordic since Agilitas backed the buyout of the group in 2013
Nordic hires co-head for DACH, promotes three
Nordic promotes Christian Gylling, Christof Ratjen and Thomas Vetander to partner