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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
Perusa sells Xindao to Gilde
Perusa makes the divestment from Perusa Partners II, a €207m vehicle that closed in 2017
Equistone to acquire Heras
Equistone will acquire the property protection company from building materials group CRH
Steadfast, Kempen back Wilvo MBO
Kempen used its European Private Equity Fund, which held an interim close on €120m in June
Antea backs Frisse Blikken MBO
Deal is the sixth investment by the Antea Participaties VIII fund, which closed on €30m in 2017
Holland Capital backs Valori MBO
GP buys majority in Netherlands-based software testing and quality assurance specialist
3i announces eight hires and three promotions
3i has promoted and hired 11 people in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, London and New York
LSP, Andera et al. invest €116m in AM-Pharma
Forbion, Ysios Capital and Idinvest also back the financing for the biopharmaceutical company
Bencis invests in Gebhardt-Stahl
Bencis is currently investing from Bencis Buyout Fund V, which closed on €425m in 2016
Vendis closes third fund on €300m
Third-generation fund significantly surpasses Vendis II, which closed on €180m in 2016
Down 2 Earth Capital backs Bluecrux
GP invests in Belgian software developer Bluecrux via its Down2Earth Capital II fund
EQT Ventures, Naspers et al. invest €30m in Dott
Funding will help electric scooter and electric bike specialist Dott expand in new cities
Capital Croissance backs Emresa SBO
After seven years of ownership, Siparex and Re-sources sell Luxembourg-based Emresa
BC Partners carves out Synthon
GP invests in Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company Synthon alongside its founder
Pamplona backs Loparex SBO
Mergermarket reported in June that packaging company Loparex posted an $80-90m EBITDA