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Ardian acquires NetCo from IK
IK's exit comes two years after it acquired a majority stake in the company via its IK Small Cap II Fund
Inflexion buys ANS
Inflexion took a minority stake in IT service UKFast in 2018, increasing this to a majority in 2020
Patient Square leads $145m round for Apollo Therapeutics
Biotech company will use the funding to advance its lead therapeutic programmes into clinical development
OTPP's Innovation Platform leads $138m round for Beamery
UK-based recruitment software platform Beamery has raised a $138m funding round led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) via its Teachers' Innovation Platform (TIP).
Mayfair-backed Seraphine announces IPO intention
Mayfair Equity Partners acquired Seraphine from Bridgepoint Growth in December 2020
PE deal-making surge of 2021 could break one more record
Recent trends in the mega-deal segment indicate that the Alliance Boots buyout of 2007 is a record that is close to being broken
BIP on look-out for targets following CVC investment
CVC acquired the Italian management consulting and business integration service earlier this month
Paragon acquires KME's Specials business
Paragon Partners will own a 55% in the newly formed entity following the carve-out
FPE sells Questionmark to trade, nets 3.5x money
FPE acquired the assessment software in 2016 and has sold it to Battery Ventures' Learnosity
Altor acquires Multi Wing Group
Company was reportedly marketed based on EBITDA of €16m
Axcel acquires veterinary care provider VetGruppen
Company's co-founder and chief operating officer Rasmus Hansen will remain a significant co-owner alongside the GP
EQT buys Parcel2Go from Mayfair
Mayfair Equity Partners acquired Parcel2Go in December 2019 and will retain a minority stake
Blue Cloud Ventures leads €50m round for Templafy
Insight Partners, Dawn Capital, Seed Capital and Damgaard Company also take part in the round
Inflexion completes €170m take-private deal for Infront
In January, the GP offered €143m to take over the company, but later increased its offer to €170m
Swen recruits two to launch Blue Ocean impact strategy
Christian Lim and Olivier Raybaud join as managing directors to focus on ocean regeneration
VC fundraising enjoys strong 2020 vintage, sunny prospects
With record amounts of capital raised for the strategy, venture capital fundraising does not appear to have been slowed by the pandemic
PAI to acquire SGD Pharma from JIC
Buyout reportedly values the pharmaceutical glass packaging producer at around €900m
Isomer Capital launches €100m co-investment fund
Vehicle will co-invest in European tech scale-ups alongside the venture capital funds in which it is invested
Procuritas merges 12 IT companies to create Frendy
Procuritas will become the majority shareholder, while the founders of the companies will have a significant minority ownership of the merged entity
VC-backed Made.com lists in £775m IPO
ProFounders Capital scores 25x money on the listing; other investors include Partech
YFM scores 6.5x on Deep Secure exit
Deal shortly follows the 6x exit of YFM's FourNet stake to Palatine Private Equity
HIG prepares Conet for H2 2021 auction pipeline
Sponsor appoints GCA Altium to advise on the sale of the €25m-EBITDA business
Synova invests in NorthEdge-backed Orbis Protect
NorthEdge bought the building security company in 2018 and will retain a minority stake in the firm
SNÖ Ventures launches $100m fund
Norwegian venture capital firm SNÖ Ventures has launched and held a first close for its second fund, SNÖ Fund II, targeting $100m.
