Benelux
VC-backed Biocartis lists with €450m market cap
Biocartis raises €100m in offering
Avedon exits Euretco to EK/Service group
Trade sale comes more than seven years after 2008 SBO
Gilde and Parcom sell Bekaert to Haniel
Exited business is part of portfolio company Gamma
Dealerdirect raises €8m from Prime Ventures et al.
Third deal by Prime Ventures in past seven days
Prime Ventures injects €5m into Forcare
VC Firm recently held €170m final close on latest fund
Waterland raises €1.55bn for sixth fund
WPEF VI spent three months on the road
Equistone closes fifth fund on €2bn hard-cap
Vehicle exceeds €1.75bn fundraising target
DN Capital et al. inject €6m into Take Eat Easy
VC invests via Global Venture Capital III fund
Apax completes €730m Exact take-private
Deal for business software company valued at around 16.8x EBITDA
Corvm Capital appoints senior adviser
Philippe Jous joins investment team
Tengelmann backs Global Fashion Group
Investment implies post-money valuation of €2.8bn for Rocket Internet company
MBO Partenaires backs Noukie’s
Firm invested via its MBO Capital 3 fund
Argos Soditic to acquire SNCB Logistics in €70m MBO
Deal values Belgian railfreight business at €70m
ICG invests in Loparex
Last investment for ICG Europe Fund V
3i reaps €35m in Refresco Gerber IPO
Dutch bottling company lists with €1.2bn market cap
Towerbrook buys Ad Van Geloven in SBO
Lion had bought the business from Egeria in 2008
Dutch government calls private equity industry into question
Parliamentary inquiry in Netherlands sets out to prevent locust behaviour
Cottonwood invests €1.6m in Clear Flight Solutions
Drone bird producer to launch product trials
CVC acquires DSM's chemicals division in €600m deal
Vendor will will retain a 35% stake in the division following deal
AAC Capital buys Corilus
GP takes majority stake in MBO
3i’s Element picks up Trac
Deal marks ninth bolt-on since 3i invested
Walker joins F&C
Walker joins from the European Investment Bank
Goldman Sachs and TPG to fully exit Ontex
Remaining shares sold at €25.5 apiece
In Profile: Corvm Capital Partners
Corvm Capital Partners adds to list of new firms using deal-by-deal model