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Aheim sells WAG to Kieger, CIC Capital
End of a three-and-a-half-year holding for Aheim, which wholly acquired the company in 2014
Amundi acquires minority stake in Greenoffice
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's international expansion into the US
OIC recommends €200m commitment to €1bn Novalpina fund
Recommendation was made by the investment committee and must be approved by OPERF
DBAG partially exits Cleanpart Group
DBAG acquired Cleanpart Group in 2015, at which time it reported revenues of €42m
LSP in €42m series-B for Nouscom
Abingworth leads the round with participation from 5am Ventures and Versant Ventures
Oakley buys Career Partner Group
Oakley draws capital from its €800m buyout fund, which held a final close in October
UnternehmerTUM leads €10m series-A for 3YourMind
VC firms Coparion and AM Ventures, and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf, also take part
Triton floats Befesa in €954m IPO
IPO prices at the bottom of the €28-38 range set by the company on 20 October
Battery Ventures leads $75m series-D for Getyourguide
KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Europe, Sunstone Capital and Nokia Growth Partners also take part
VC firms in €21m funding round for Thermondo
Dutch energy company Eneco and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft also take part in the financing
Rocket Internet floats HelloFresh in €1.7bn IPO
HelloFresh will raise €318m in expansion capital to fund continued growth and further acquisitions
Main Capital hires BDO's Scheurwater
Scheurwater will be responsible for LP reporting, governance and risk and compliance policies
IK buys Debitor Inkasso
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap I Fund, a €277m vehicle that held a final close in 2016
Permira acquires Duff & Phelps for $1.75bn
Selling shareholders include Carlyle, Neuberger Berman, University of California and Pictet & Cie
Berlin Innovation nearing first close for €40m seed fund
Berlin Innovation Ventures will make approximately 40 initial seed investments of €250,000
Brighteye holds €50m close for education technology fund
Vehicle will back European education technology companies from seed stage to series-C
Ardian's Italmatch buys Sudamfos do Brasil
Deal follows Italmatch's acquisition of Compass Chemical International in North America
Consortium backs €40m round for Ada Health
Cumberland VC, the June Fund and Access Industries all take part in the funding round
CalSTRS increases delegated authority limits for PE allocations
Changes notably affect LP investments, secondary transactions and co-investments
Equistone sells Oase to Argand
Equistone makes the divestment from its €2.4bn third fund, ending a six-year holding period
Equistone's Concept Life Sciences bolts on Aquila Biomedical
Bolt-on will bolster Concept's discovery capabilities with a translational biology offering
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period