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Blockchain heralds crypto's second coming
Following the launch of the first securitised token offering to retail investors in the UK, Unquote explores the potential for future VC involvement
GRO Capital backs Adform
GRO will partner with existing investor Via Equity and Adform's management team
Henq leads €5.6m funding round for Stravito
Existing investors Inventure and Creades have also taken part in the late seed round
Andera Partners leads €100m investment in HR Path
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France and Banque Palatine provide debt
Axcel acquires European Sperm Bank
Peter Bower, founder and previous majority shareholder of the sperm bank, will retain a stake
Isomer taps existing LPs for new co-investment fund
Fund aims to raise between тЌ50-100m and will seek direct investment opportunities in technology
Byfounders closes debut fund on €100m
Vehicle was announced in October 2017 and gained the backing of cornerstone investor VУІkstfonden
Redalpine backs $30m series-B for Taxfix
Round was led by existing investor Valar Ventures with participation from Creandum
DeA to launch Taste of Italy 2
Fund will be operative from 2020 and has set a target of €250-300m, with a larger international focus
FSN gets €50m insurance pay-out, sues Procuritas
Consortium of 12 underwriters led by Liberty GTS announced yesterday that it had paid тЌ50m to FSN
Aquiline-backed Clearcourse buys Circdata
Fifth acquisition Clearcourse has made since it was established with Aquiline's backing
Rockaway Capital backs $6.9m series-B for Gjirafa
Fresh capital will be used by the firm to scale its current products across the region
Arx buys two Czech facades businesses
Newly created business will be rebranded as Fenestra and expects sales of €40m this year
Kirkland hires Fried Frank's Townsend
Townsend was senior associate in the fund formation and secondaries division of Fried Frank
Litorina sells Fresks to Kesko for €200m
Company's sales have more than doubled from SEK 850m to SEK 2.1bn during Litorina's holding period
Innova buys Drukarnia Embe Press
Deal is only the second PE-backed buyout completed in Poland in 2019 and the third in CEE
Five Arrows-backed Karnov prices SEK 4.2bn IPO
AP6, Lazard and Vind have committed to acquiring shares worth up to SEK 607m in the offering
Nordic direct lending makes slow but steady progress
Private debt funds have been rapidly expanding their market share in corporate cashflow lending across Europe, but Nordic progress has been slow
Abingworth appoints MVM's Muralidhar
Muralidhar will work with the team in London, Boston and Melo Park to source new investments
BVCA appoints former cabinet minister Michael Moore
Moore will take over from Tim Haines later in the year; Haines has been in the position since May 2013
Equistone hires four for investment team
Hubert van Wolfswinkel and Julia Brunswicker join the Munich office from Montagu and DBAG
Montagu shelves plans for €500m infra strategy to focus on PE
Montagu instead decides to focus on the тЌ3bn fundraise for its sixth private equity fund
Summa-backed Lakers makes four buys
Summa acquired Lakers with equity from the SEK 4.5bn vehicle Summa Equity Fund I in September 2018
Hannes Snellman hires Kanter's Klang
Klang will be responsible for developing the firm's Nordic M&A platform and private equity practice