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SwanCap launches co-investment fund
SwanCap held a final close on тЌ433m for SwanCap Opportunities Fund III in February 2018
Hg's Cogital buys Westleton Drake
Transaction is a bolt-on for the group's UK division, tax adviser Blick Rothenberg
Waterland's Median buys Klinikzentrum Mühlengrund
Seventeenth bolt-on acquisition in the healthcare buy-and-build strategy since 2011
EQT buys Suse for $2.5bn
GP draws capital from EQT VIII, a €10.75bn fund that held a final close in February 2018
HQ Capital signs joint venture with China's Yuanju
Yuanju is a multi-strategy fund manager set up by Chinese state-owned asset manager Everbright
Adcuram hires Brickenkamp and Feldt
Brickenkamp leaves his post at Frankfurt-listed Technotrans to join as head of operations
Anders buys Aldowa
Shareholders Jan Boom and Allard Droste sell to Anders, with Droste retaining a minority stake
Evoco strengthens team
Camenisch joins as director of finance and operations, and Sormani is promoted to director
Novo Ventures leads CHF 20m round for NBE Therapeutics
PPF Capital Partners Fund and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) also take part
AGIC sells KraussMaffei to Chemchina
Sale is the first exit for AGIC's Asia-Germany Industrial Promotion Capital I vehicle
Invision buys Niclen
GP draws equity from Invision V, a €285m fund that held a final close in July 2013
Steadfast sells Stanzwerk Jessen to trade
Second exit from Steadfast Capital III, following the sale of road safety service AVS
Natixis IM buys MV Credit Partners
London-headquartered MV invests in both senior and subordinated debt across Europe
KKR appoints Lazard for Selecta IPO
Selecta has had a series of bolt-ons, including vending and coffee services provider Pelican Rouge
CGS holds final close on CHF 240m hard-cap
Vehicle was launched in June 2017 and held a first close on around CHF 200m in March 2018
Golding launches 2018 buyout strategy
Vehicle was registered in Luxembourg at the end of May as Golding Buyout 2018 SCS SICAV-FIAR
Astorius holds final close for ACF III on €49m
Strategy is marketed as a private equity product for semi-professional investors in Germany
DBAG buys BTV
DBAG draws equity for the transaction from the new vintage of its growth capital fund, DBAG ECF II
HTGF sells Sierra Sensors to trade
Sale ends a 12-year holding period for HTGF, which invested in the business from its first fund
Towerbrook wraps up double fundraise on $5.3bn hard-cap
Towerbrook V and Towerbrook Secondary Opportunities II (TSO II) both surpass their targets
EQT Ventures leads $18m series-B for Silexica
Existing investors Merus Capital and Pau Ventures also take part in the round
Insight backs $18.8m series-C for Blinkist
Existing investors Greycroft, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and EVentures also take part
Adams Street targets $800m for 2018 programme
Asset manager has raised between $700m-2bn for its flagship FoF strategy every year since 2007
DLA Piper hires Baker McKenzie's Schumann
Schumann will be responsible for advising private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions