Benelux
Droia sells Tusk Therapeutics to trade in €658m deal
Droia invested in UK-based Tusk Therapeutics in 2014, acquiring a majority stake
Mentha buys Insites Consulting
All 13 current managing partners will remain in their roles and partner with Mentha
3i sells Basic-Fit shares for £85m
3i Group sells down 3.7 million shares in Basic-Fit at a price of €30.5 per share
P101 invests €1.5m in Wonderflow
GP deployed capital from its Programma 102 fund, launched earlier this year with a €120m target
Equistone backs Wallenborn Transports MBO
GP invests in Luxembourg-based Wallenborn Transports while CEO retains a significant stake
Northleaf nets $2.2bn for global PE programme
Canadian private markets investor closes its latest secondaries vehicle on $800m
Then and now: European private equity's post-Lehman decade
European PE came to a virtual standstill 10 years ago, but figures show the asset class has all but recovered its pre-crisis appeal
VC firms invest $16m in Job Today
Existing investors Mangrove Capital Partners and Accel Ventures also take part
Capvis holds final close on €1.2bn
Significant increase on Capvis IV, which launched with a €600m target in February 2013
De Hoge Dennen buys Eszet Handelsgroep in MBO
Dutch GP buys majority stake in Netherlands-based wires, cords and cables supplier Eszet
Franklin Templeton, Asia Alternatives to launch fund-of-funds
Joint venture, called Franklin Templeton Private Equity (FTPE), will be headed by Arthur Wang
Private equity in the age of digitalisation
Unquote and Taylor Wessing bring together leading tech-focused PE practitioners to discuss modern challenges and opportunities
VC firms back Uberall's bolt-on of Navads
Total round now amounts to $50m, after HPE, Project A and Holland Private Equity invested $25m
VC firms in €30m series-D for Miracor
Belgian listed investment fund Quest for Growth takes part in the financing
Silverfleet appoints co-head of Benelux region
Erik Fuchs joins Silverfleet as co-head of the Benelux region, and will be based in Amsterdam
KKR hires Palamon's Daan Knottenbelt
Knottenbelt will lead KKR's EMEA financial services coverage
Investec hires UniCredit's Bachtler
Former Unicredit director Joerg Bachtler joins Investec's institutional sales group team
Accent Equity-backed Inteno bolts on Genexis
Following the merger, the combined group expects to generate revenues of approximately тЌ60m
Eurazeo's CPK in talks to buy Lutti
CPK, the holding company of Carambar & Co, will buy the France-based sweets producer from Katjes
Nordian Capital backs Codema
Nordian is currently investing via its Nordian Fund II vehicle, closed in 2014 on €300m
Partners Group appoints David Layton as co-CEO
Layton, the current head of private equity, will replace Christoph Rubeli from 1 January 2019
Benelux industrials booming and primed for internationalisation
Sector soars past consumer in terms of aggregate value of H1 buyouts, having historically attracted similar levels of PE backing
PE-backed IPOs hit nine-year low
Of the 617 European exits so far this year, only 17 have been IPOs, equivalent to 2.7%
CVC sells Stage Entertainment to trade
CVC sells 60% stake in Dutch musical theatre producer Stage to Advance Publications