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Active Capital backs Lumat
GP acquires a significant majority stake in Dutch yarns distributor Lumat in MBO deal
Naxicap enters exclusive negotiations to buy ECS
GP is in talks to buy French outsourced airfreight operations service ECS from Alpha
Omnes launches new funds
Omnes Real Tech, Omnes Expansion III amd Mezzanis III expected to hold closes in 2018
PAI, BCIMC finalise €1.58bn Refresco take-private
97.4% of the company's issued and outstanding shares are tendered at €20 per share
Mentha Capital's Destiny bolts-on Motto Communications
GP injects new equity into Destiny to finance acquisition of Dutch cloud service Motto
Idinvest, Brighteye Ventures back Ornikar
GPs take part in a €10m series-A round for the French online driving school
Alliance Entreprendre et al. back Demarne
Historical backers Unexo, Ouest Croissance and BPI France exit the French seafood specialist
Newport Capital backs Cow Hills
VC firm Newport invests in Cow Hills, a Dutch omnichannel point-of-sale software provider
PE-backers exit Quitoque to trade
360 Capital, Isai and NCI sell stakes in the French meal kits provider to Carrefour
Abénex to back Silvya Terrade
Abénex joins previous investors backing the French hairdressing colleges group
Gilde Equity Management's Chemogas bolts on Stereo Group
Belgium-based Chemogas has acquired Malaysian sterilisation gases distributor Stereo Group
Pragma sells NACC to trade
GP sells French distressed corporate debt specialist NACC to Norway's B2Holding
Five Seasons Ventures holds first close for maiden fund
French VC firm's first fund, dedicated to agriculture technology, holds a €60m first close
Essling Capital launches Essling Expansion fund
French GP's third fund, with a target of more than €200m, focuses on majority acquisitions
Serena et al. back Privateaser
Serena Capital, Isai and FJ Labs invest €10m in French venue-booking app Privateaser
Capitem Partenaires buys Aluthea in MBO
GP buys a 20% stake in French aluminum foundry Aluthea while managers retain the remainder
Alternative lending thrives in the Netherlands
Only the UK, France and Germany have seen more deals involving alternative debt, with Netherlands activity growing 31% year-on-year in 2017
Sofinnova holds final close for Sofinnova IB I
Having held a first close on €106m in February 2017, Sofinnova IB I closes on €125m
21 Centrale Partners V reaches first close on €200m
Announced in Q3 2015, 21 Centrale Partners V should close in Q3 2018 on around €300m
Walvis exits product information service Syndy to trade
VC firm sells its stake in the Dutch provider of product information to American company Icecat
Equistone Partners buys back Groupe Karavel in SBO
Equistone previously backed the French online travel agency between 2007-2011
NCI Gestion, Unexo back Filpack in OBO
GPs invest €4.5m in the French manufacturer of packaging for the fruit and vegetables sector
Charterhouse-backed Comexposium in €355m refinancing
Comexposium secures a term loan B facility from ING, Natixis, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale
Ventech et al. in series-B round for The Agent
GPs invest €7m in the French e-commerce retail platform to fund international growth