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Waterland’s fifth fund raises €1.1bn
Waterland Private Equity Investments has held final close of its fifth fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund V, at €1.1bn.
Waterland invests €100m in Sarens
Waterland Private Equity has agreed to invest €100m in Dutch crane hire company Sarens Group.
L Capital buys 35% stake in TWC L'Amy
L Capital, a PE firm sponsored by luxury group LVMH, has acquired a 35% stake in French fashion accessories company TWC L'Amy from Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP).
€119m refinancing for PE-backed FPEE
AtriA Capital Partenaires, Pragma Capital and Barclays Private Equity (BPE) have refinanced the 2009 buyout of French building materials company FPEE with a €119m debt package.
HIG Europe buys Hanlo Group
HIG European Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in prefabricated house construction company Hanlo Group.
S-Refit et al. close finance round for Lophius
Venture capital firms S-Refit, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayernkapital have closed a €1.4m financing round for diagnostic test systems developer Lophius Biosciences.
Mid Europa signs first Turkish deal
Mid Europa has done its first deal in Turkey with the backing of Kent Hospital Group.
Apax France VIII closes on €700m
Apax France has closed its latest mid-cap fund on €700m.
Ventizz sells stake in vitronet
Ventizz Capital Partners has together with the company’s management sold a 15% stake in broadband network specialist vitronet to RWE Deutschland.
HIG Capital holds final closing
HIG Capital has closed its latest fund, HIG Growth Equity Fund II LP, on $500m.
Alpha sells Mecatherm to Wendel for €170m
Alpha has agreed to sell Mecatherm, a French manufacturer of production lines for bakery products, to industrial holding Wendel.
Lexington Partners raises $7bn secondaries fund
Lexington Partners has raised the world’s largest ever secondaries fund, reaching its $7bn cap.
Advent buys Mondo Minerals in SBO
Advent International has entered exclusive talks to acquire Mondo Minerals in a secondary buyout from HgCapital.
DFJ Esprit leads £8m round for Nuel
A consortium of investors led by DFJ Esprit have provided UK-based wireless technology company Nuel with £8m.
Consortium provides €7m funding for NonWoTecc
NRW.Bank, Rheinland Venture Capital, Kreissparkasse Köln, HTGF and KfW have backed NonWoTecc Medical in a second financing round worth €7m.
Creathor Venture and HTGF invest in Sirion Biotech
Creathor Venture and current investors HTGF, KfW and Bayerkapital have invested in biotechnology company Sirion Biotech.
General Atlantic Partners exits Navigon
Private equity house General Atlantic Partners has sold navigation software specialist Navigon in a trade sale to US company Garmin.
bmp acquires brand eins
Private equity house bmp has acquired 28.7% of shares in publishing company brand eins Medien AG, bringing its total holding up to 35.23%.
VCs reap 3x return on Dexela sale
Albion Ventures and the London Technology Fund (LTF) have sold UK-based medical equipment company Dexela to US healthcare firm PerkinElmer Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
HTGF and Seedfonds BW back Compositence
HTGF and Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg have invested an undisclosed amount in technology company Compositence.
NORD Holding buys CDA Datenträger Albrechts
NORD Holding has acquired German optical storage media manufacturer CDA Datenträger Albrechts GmbH in a secondary buyout from bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen.
T-Venture invests in 6Wunderkinder
T-Venture has backed German Software company 6Wunderkinder with an undisclosed amount.
DBAG exits Heim & Haus in management buy-back
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has sold its 68.2% stake in Heim & Haus - a German direct seller of shading systems and building components - back to management.
Leonardo Venture backs Cartago Software GmbH
Leonardo Venture has invested in online document solutions provider Cartago Software GmbH.