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Pemberton opens Copenhagen office
Direct lending is gathering pace in the region as local banks begin to be constrained
VC firms in $56m series-B for Pleo
Fresh capital will be used to roll out Pleo across Europe and triple its headcount from 120 to 400
V4C buys Dreamcommerce
Second investment from the GP's V4C Poland Plus Fund, a vehicle fundraising towards a €150m target
Pamplona hires Benelux head
Tensen will be responsible for driving new investment opportunities and value creation in the region
Verdane buys Conexus
Conexus plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its continued international expansion
Jet Investment buys Tedom
GP draws capital from Jet II Fund, which held a final close on CZK 4bn (€153m) in November
Finch, Velocity co-lead €14m series-B for Twisto
Existing investors ING Ventures, Uniqa Ventures and ING Bank also take part in the round
Apax buys Baltic Classifieds Group
First deal Apax has made in the Baltic region and only the second in the CEE region
Agilitas-backed Recover Nordic buys L&T Korjausrakentaminen
Division employs 350 people and will now operate under the name Recover Nordic Korjausrakentaminen Oy
Agilitas-backed Danoffice buys Datacon
First add-on for Danoffice since Agilitas acquired the firm in a buyout in November 2017
Saga closes fund-of-funds on €600m
Vehicle was launched in March 2018 with a тЌ700m target and held a first close on тЌ170m
Longship-backed Sensio acquires Vestfold Audio
Combined group is majority owned by Longship, employs 75 people and projects revenues of NOK 150m
TA XIII closes on $8.5bn cap
Vehicle was launched in the first quarter of 2019 and was oversubscribed at first and final close
Fortino hires De Leeuw
Prior to joining Fortino, De Leeuw was an investment manager at Ackermans & van Haaren
Kirk Kapital invests in Catacap's TPA
Both Catacap and the companyтs management team will remain invested in the business
Aquiline-backed ClearCourse acquires Crafty Clicks
Since October 2018, ClearCourse has acquired six other firms with Aquiline's backing
Standout invests in X-akseli
GP invests from its SEK 1bn buyout fund Standout Capital I, which was 35% invested by November
Triton-backed Glamox buys Luxonic
Triton acquired a 75% stake in Glamox for a consideration of NOK 2.8bn in December 2017
Foresight invests £5m in Steamforged Games
Capital will be used to roll out Steamforged's pipeline of eight new games in the next 24 months
Beringea invests in $19m series-A for Fnatic
Round was led by LVL1 Group, the holding company of tech entrepreneur Lev Leviev
Gimv establishes life sciences advisory board
Gimv has made more than 80 investments in the life sciences segment since it started in 1982
Herkules-backed Seagull Maritime buys Tero Marine
Herkules bought Seagull for around тЌ100m in 2015 through Herkules IV, a NOK 2.5bn buyout fund
Voima raises €40m for deep-tech startup fund
Fund is targeting тЌ50m and will make 25-30 investments in seed, pre-seed, series-A and series-B rounds
Owl Ventures leads $21m series-B for Labster
Balderton Capital, Northzone and Swisscom Ventures also take part in the funding round