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Hg buys MeinAuto.de
Investment is the first step in an initiative to build a service provider in the auto sector
Cinven sells NPS to trade for £475m
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired NPS in December 2014
Aurelius hires Peter Wood from Next Wave
Wood will be responsible for sourcing investments in listed and private UK companies
Aliter-backed Ipsum buys SPEC
Group expects to generate revenues of ТЃ23m and employ 175 people after the transaction
VC firms back $8m series-A for Drop Kitchen
Frontline reinvested in the round and was joined by China- and US-based WI Harper
HSH Nordbank receives final bids from PE firms
ARD's teletext service announces that confirmed and binding final offers have been received
VC firms inject CHF 20m into Oculis
Company simultaneously announces the relocation of its headquarters from Reykjavik to Lausanne
Baird Capital exits RaySpec
Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities
Baltcap sells Magnetic MRO to trade for €43m
Number of employees has increased from 160 to 440 under Baltcap's ownership
Oaktree buys NL Holding
Group comprises 16 subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Spain
Funds back $270m series-A for BioNTech
Struengmann Family Office commits fresh capital to the round and retains a majority stake
Goldman and GIC lead restructuring of Vector funds
Both funds are managed by Vector Capital and closed in 1999 and 2005
HgCapital-backed A-Plan buys Endsleigh from Zurich
Endsleigh will continue to operate as a separate entity under its existing management team
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than ТЃ250m over six funding rounds
HSH Nordbank final bids due Friday
Bank must be reprivatised by February as part of a bail out agreement from June 2013
PAI buys Albéa from Sun European
Sale comes a year after the collapse of an auction led by strategic bidder RPC
MSPEA leads acquisition of Korres
MSPEA and Profex will respectively own 56% and 14% of holding company Nissos
VC firms in £85m series-B for Orchard Therapeutics
Fresh capital will be used for the global launch of the company's lead gene therapy product
ECM buys urology specialist Uroviva
ECM draws equity for the transaction from its €230m buyout fund German Equity Partners IV
Aurelius buys Connect Books
Division comprises six brands and has projected combined revenues of тЌ250m for 2017
3i makes 4.4x on €307m sale of Atesteo to IHO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for the GP, which acquired Atesteo in September 2013
Deal in Focus: IK buys Optimum from Mentha
IK Investment Partners makes its first acquisition in the Benelux region since the opening of its new office in Amsterdam in April
Vitruvian backs credit-comparison site Smava
London-based private equity firm Vitruvian Partners has made an undisclosed investment in German online banking platform Smava.
Bain-, Advent-backed Concardis buys PCS Paycard, Simplepay
Both companies focus on providing payment solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises