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Accel leads £12.5m series-B for Carwow
Round follows ТЃ1.3m seed investment and ТЃ4.6m series-A in February and December 2014
Portobello in Laulagun MBO
Industrial buyout is fifth deal financed via GP’s €375m third fund
Ardian creates TimeOne via portfolio companies merger
GP injects fresh €5m and will become minority shareholder in post-merger group
Dutch MPs unveil green paper against private equity
Dutch Labour MP Henk Nijboer has published his proposals on how to reform the private equity market
Activa backs Mecadaq OBO to create build-up platform
Second build-up project to be financed by the GP’s third fund in the space of a month
Vendis kickstarts second fund with Petrol buyout
SME-focused vehicle understood to have raised €160m, up from €150m target
Mandarin closes second fund on €200m
Figure falls far below €500m target vehicle launched with in March 2013
Miura to create Reefer group with Chereau buyout
Asset will be merged with Spanish peer SOR Ibérica, acquired by the GP last month
Dayuse raises €15m from Partech et al.
Series-A saw VC draw equity from its €130m, 2011-vintage sixth venture fund
Initiative & Finance buys minority stake in Fermatic
MBO is maiden deal for GP's recently closed €168m second small-cap buyout fund
Adveq promotes six to executive director
Announcement comes a year after fund-of-funds named four professionals to the role
Peak Rock bolsters Brussels team with new principal
Carsten Beck will manage deal sourcing in Europe for mid-market investor
Ysios et al. in €11.5m series-A for Aelix
Ysios has backed the HIV vaccine developer via its €100m second healthcare-focused fund
Gimv buys Itho Daalderop and Klimaatgarant for merger
Group is latest business to enter Gimv’s Sustainable Cities programme
Equistone exits Sogetrel to Quilvest and BPI France
Quilvest and BPI France to become company's respective majority and minority owners
Bridgepoint et al. buy PE-backed Anaveo
Deal marks exit for minority owners CM-CIC, ACG and Garibaldi Participations
Ardian's Trescal bolts on Primo
14th add-on since GP's takeover in June 2013 is Trescal's first in Canada
Ixo buys majority stake in Evas
MBO is ninth deal for GP's third fund, currently invested at 40-50%
Corvm appoints Pinault to board
Latest senior hire by mid-market GP after launching with deal-by-deal approach in 2014
Catterton, LVMH, Arnault merge PE operations to create L Catterton
New player to target global consumer space as it grows portfolio beyond $12bn
Balderton promotes two to partner
Moffat and Wise appointments bring VC's partner count up to eight
3i sells 20% Consultim stake back to founder
Debt-free nature of deal allowed GP to reap annual dividends since 2007
Electra appoints Fortescue as managing partner
Hugh Mumford will stay on as chairperson of the investment committee
Sun European's V&D goes under
Case is the latest to highlight ongoing controversy around Dutch portfolio companies