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Mentha-backed Aethon buys Samen Professionals
Dutch-based Aethon bolts on Samen Professionals to strengthen its service offering
Silverfleet carves out two divisions from Boa group
Boa is the 10th investment from Silverfleet Capital Partners II, which closed in 2015
Mentha Capital backs Kader MBO
Owners van Dijk and KleinJan will remain minority shareholders of Dutch consultancy Kader
Smile Invest buys Magnum Heating
GP deploys capital from its Smile Invest Fund, which held a final close in 2017 on its €350m hard-cap
H1 Review: Large-cap value drives Benelux buyout activity
H1's aggregate value of €11.1bn resulted in a 60% increase on H2 2018, and reveals large-cap activity remains strong in the region
Riverside sells RE Panels to THI Investments
Belgium-based sandwich panels specialist RE Panels is sold to German family office THI
Smile acquires stake in Microflor
Smile makes its fourth acquisition in the last 12 months with the horticulture biology company
LSP, Gimv et al. back iStar Medical €40m series-C
Series-C round will help Belgian medical device company to commercialise products
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Aurelius carves out YouBuild and MPRO
Carve-out of YouBuild and MPRO marks the maiden deal for Aurelius's Benelux team
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Waterland buys majority in IE Group
Buyout sees Waterland appoint Thorsten Oelgart as the new CEO of Belgium-based IE Group
Volpi backs Mansystems with €20m
Volpi closed its debut fund on €185m, with the expectation of doing six platform investments
HPE Growth leads €35m series-B for WeTransfer
Existing investor Highland Europe has also taken part in the latest funding round
Triton opens office in Amsterdam, makes new hire
Triton has opened an office in the Netherlands and hired van de Linde from Bain Capital
Steadfast buys Koop Group
Fifth platform investment from Steadfast Capital Fund IV, which held a final close on €297m
Egeria exits WC furnisher Vendor to trade
Sale ends a 19-year holding period for Egeria, which acquired Vendor via its second fund
Anders Invest buys Van Dam Machines
GP backs Van Dam, a producer of printing machines for plastic and paper cups and trays
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
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
Gimv's AgroSavfe receives €35m from investor consortium
Corporate Ackermans & van Haaren is backing AgroSavfe for the first time, injecting €10m
Gilde buys majority stake in Eichholtz
GP will help Dutch luxury furniture business Eichholtz to expand in the US and Asia
