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Lakestar injects $3.5m into Marley Spoon
Series-A extension follows €4m round in November last year
Astorg set to exit Gras Savoye
Deal expected to complete by end of 2015
Dealerdirect raises €8m from Prime Ventures et al.
Third deal by Prime Ventures in past seven days
BGF pumps £10m into Rovop
Rovop operates a fleet of remotely controlled subsea vehicles
HTGF et al. exit bab.la to Oxford University Press
HTGF first invested in bab.la in 2008
Ambienta acquires €20m Oskar Nolte stake
Deal marks Italian GP's first German investment
Foresight backs £2.6m MBO of Specac
Foresight introduces Kevin O'Donovan as company's new chair
Verdane exits Codenomicon in trade sale
Exit is direct secondaries investor's third in a month
Ardian's ADA Cosmetics bolts on Scanamenities
Deal financed via ADA's balance sheet and 'moderate amount' of debt
LBO France in Materne-Mont Blanc dividend recap
Backer understood to have recouped large chunk of original investment
DN-backed windeln acquires Feedo
Online baby and toddler products retailer will operate under Feedo brand
Mountain Cleantech backs Ascon Resource Management
Waste management and recycling company operates across Germany
CataCap, Access buy GSV and Pitzner for DKK 800m
Deal leveraged at more than 50%, supported by two co-investors
Sobera acquires Polytechnos portfolio
Assets include Nanotron, Panoratio and Capella
Capiton acquires minority stake in Trioptics
Company's founder continues to hold majority stake
Sagard picks up Alvest in tertiary buyout
LBO France had bought business from Ardian in late 2012
UK Watch Q1 2015: dealflow slows but confidence remains
The latest unquoteт UK Watch, published in association with Corbett Keeling
Oaktree in Torm restructuring deal
Deal supported by 92% of Torm creditors
Lindsay Goldberg Vogel acquires VDM Group from ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp writes down asset by €100m
Prime Ventures injects €5m into Forcare
VC Firm recently held €170m final close on latest fund
Valar Ventures leads $18m EyeEm series-B
Photo-sharing app previously raised $10m over two rounds
Industrifonden in $14m round for Bonesupport
Round was led by unnamed Scandinavian pension fund
Nomad buys Permira's Iglo in €2.6bn deal
Permira offloads Iglo for тЌ2.6bn