Benelux
Shoe Investments, Knight Venture in €2.75m series-A for Dealroom
Funding will support Dealroom's continued international expansion in Europe and beyond
Q4 Barometer: Continued buyout bonanza tops record-breaking year
Private equity investors completed 807 deals in Q4 2019, tipping the year into record-breaking territory
KKR closes Global Impact Fund on $1.3bn
Fund targets lower-mid-market companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia, which contribute to sustainable development
Forbion leads €25m series-A for Azafaros
Fresh capital will be used to expand the company's executive team and strengthen the organisation
Cerberus sells Covis Pharma to Apollo
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for the GP, which built Covis through a series of acquisitions
Direct lenders eye secondaries market for first-gen funds
Several European direct lenders are speaking to secondaries advisers about running processes on older vintage funds
Stirling Square closes fourth fund on €950m
Fund targets buyouts in European mid-market companies with enterprise values of €50-500m
2019 in numbers: Full steam ahead
With the full statistics for 2019 deal activity and fundraising now compiled, Unquote explores last year's highlights and what 2020 may hold
VCs in €20m series-B for PDCLine
In 2016, Belgian VC Meusinvest, Spinventure and several business angels invested €4m in the company
PAI Partners to launch €600m mid-market fund
Vehicle will target companies based across Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the Benelux region
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: the Review/Preview special
In this special bumper episode, the Unquote editorial team does a deep dive on key 2019 stats in each market
Ergon Capital Partners to back CompaNanny
Belgian GP plans to back the company, according to a document by the Dutch competition authority
OxGreenfield backs Bavak Beveiligingsgroep
Founded in 2019, OxGreenfield backs Dutch companies generating a turnover of up to €50m
EQT sets €14.75bn target for new flagship fund
EQT registered several vehicles in Luxembourg in November last year ahead of the launch
Vortex buys Assai Software Services
GP draws equity from Vortex Buyouts II, which closed on €35m in 2017 and is now more than 50% deployed
3i creates new bioprocessing platform with Cellon acquisition
GP is currently looking for a CEO to sit across the divisions of the new platfom
Vendis appoints Riisberg as senior adviser in Nordic region
Christian Riisberg was previously founding partner of Alipes and a board member for various companies
IK to acquire Acture Groep
IK will buy a majority stake, investing via its €550m IK Small Cap II fund, which closed in Q1 2018
SET Ventures Raises Fund closes third fund on €100m
Dutch VC closes the fund, launched in Q1 2019 and focusing on energy transition
Corporate divestments fuel European buyouts
Carve-outs and spin-outs represented around 14% of all buyouts in 2019, up from 11.5% in 2018 and 10% in 2017, according to Unquote Data
IK exits CID Lines to trade
Livestock hygiene specialist was reportedly expected to fetch a price tag of more than €300m
GHO Capital buys Ardena from Mentha
Mentha created Ardena by merging three portfolio companies in 2017 and conducting bolt-ons
Bencis to back EMC Group SBO
Holland Capital will end its 10-year ownership in the Dutch medical staffing specialist
Consortium in €36m series-B for NorthSea Therapeutics
US-based VCs VenBio and Sofinnova Investments back the business for the first time