Benelux
VCs invest €7m in CryoTherapeutics
Existing investors Creathor Ventures and Peppermint Venture Partners participate in the round
Integra holds second close on €75m for maiden fund
Fund held a first close on €21.5m in Q4 2018 with the backing of a number of entrepreneurs
Prime Ventures invests €22m in Creative Group
Primes Ventures is currently investing in IT companies from its fourth generation vehicle
CVC Credit holds $1.42bn final close for GSS II
Special situations fund had a target of $1bn and was closed after eight months on the road
Hamilton Lane announces final close for co-investment fund
Vehicle was registered as a Delaware LP in October 2017 and held a first close on $755m
NPM Capital buys majority stake in Rooftop Energy
Founders will retain a stake in the Dutch developer and operator of solar power plants
Dutch pension funds all in on sustainable investing
Two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PFZW, are ranked in the top 10 in the world for their responses to climate change
Kempen holds second closing for European PE Fund at €120m
European PE Fund, launched in early 2019, held a first close on €76m in February
Invest Europe appoints Mid Europa's Baudon as chairperson
New chairperson takes over from DN Capital's Marovac and will serve a one-year term
LSP et al. back Imcyse in €35m series-B
New and historical backers invest in Belgium-based Imcyse, a developer of immunotherapies
Gimv backs Alro Group
Gimv takes over the majority stake in Belgium-based Alro Group from the Thijs family
Management due diligence: getting under the bonnet
Almost half of PE investors believe external assessments are the most important method for evaluating a management team
Velocity, Holtzbrinck invest $12.5m in Bux
Total funding raised for the Dutch developer of a stock trading application is $35m so far
Triton backs Royal Reesink SBO
Equipment distributor Reesink was marketed based on €55-60m EBITDA, according to reports
Talkin' 'bout my generation: millennials in private equity
With millennials now making up the bulk of new entrants in PE, are GPs set up to match the new expectations of these young professionals?
KKR targets $1.5bn for second growth tech fund
Fund was registered in Luxembourg in November last year and expects to hold a final close in Q3
Oaktree's Agro buys Friopuerto's Iberian operations
Under Oaktree's ownership, storage operator Agro bolted on around 20 companies
Fortino backs Maxxton
Fortino is currently investing from its Fortino Growth Capital II vehicle, which has raised €125m
Triton exits steel waste recycling company Befesa
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which bought Befesa from recycling company Abengoa
Advent hits $17.5bn hard-cap for ninth fund
Close puts it just inside the top 10 for largest Europe-focused buyout funds ever
Sector specialisation taking hold in Europe
European private equity firms are sharpening their investment focus by restricting the number of sectors they target
Velocity Capital raises €105m evergreen fintech fund
VC has also appointed SureTrade and TradeKing co-founder Don Montanaro as partner
GPs sell public transport operator Hansea to DWS
Belgium-based Hansea acquired four peers based in Flanders and Wallonia since 2014
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Generation game
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses new generations working in private equity