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Waterland buys majority in IE Group
Buyout sees Waterland appoint Thorsten Oelgart as the new CEO of Belgium-based IE Group
Azulis Capital carves out Cegid Public
Division dedicated to the public sector generates the majority of Cegid's turnover
Waterland eyes logistics companies Marinetrans, BGL
GP files with the regulator to buy Dutch logistics businesses Marinetrans and BGL
Sofina invests €150m in Drylock Technologies
Sofina buys a 25% stake in Drylock, a diapers and incontinence products specialist
VCs invest $17.5m in Teralytics
Investors back Zurich-based transport analytics firm Teralytics to foster expansion abroad
Apposite's Riverdale Healthcare bolts on dental practises
Combined businesses will offer a greater range of private and specialist treatments
GPs sell MeilleursAgents to trade in €200m deal
Axel Springer's Aviv buys France-based MeilleursAgents, an online real estate service
Tikehau, BPI France back Groupe Rougnon SBO
Tikehau invests in the French environmental engineering firm via its T2 Energy Transition Fund
Montagu's Wireless Logic buys Matooma
Acquisition of France-based Matooma is the third purchase for Wireless Logic in 2019
Waterland sells HistoGeneX to PE-backed Caprion Biosciences
Waterland exits Belgium-based biotechnology business HistoGeneX to Canadian peer Caprion
GPs hungry for Benelux's food and beverages sector
From 2014 to date, Benelux has surpassed all other European regions in terms of large-cap buyouts in the food sector
LSP et al. in €67m series-A for Alizé Pharma 3
LSP leads the round for the biotech business, investing alongside previous and new backers
Gimv exits Legallais in management buy-back
Members of the founding family, management and employees will wholly own Legallais
Waterland inks first deal in Ireland
Dutch GP previously backed senior residential care operators based across Europe
Blackstone et al. in talks to sell Refinitiv in $27bn deal
Trade buyer LSEG and target Refinitiv's combined 2018 revenues amount to around ТЃ6bn
Gimv's AgroSavfe receives €35m from investor consortium
Corporate Ackermans & van Haaren is backing AgroSavfe for the first time, injecting €10m
France gearing up for a carve-out comeback
EY's recently published Corporate Divestment report makes encouraging reading for French GPs looking for corporate carve-out opportunities
Omnes collects commitments across funds
Omnes Mezzanis 3, dedicated to French small and mid-market businesses, closes on €100m
Ardian sells Ionisos
Latest transaction is France-based Ionisos's fifth buyout transaction since Acto bought it in 2004
Naxicap, Ardian back Emera MBO
GPs will help France-based Emera, a residential care home service, to expand abroad
Gilde buys majority stake in Eichholtz
GP will help Dutch luxury furniture business Eichholtz to expand in the US and Asia
Eurazeo holds a €2.5bn final close for Eurazeo Capital IV
Third party investors committed €700m to the fund, while GP provided the remainder
Keensight buys Smile from Eurazeo
Keensight invested in the digital and Open Source services business between 2013 and 2017
Steadfast, Kempen back Wilvo MBO
Kempen used its European Private Equity Fund, which held an interim close on €120m in June