Benelux
Waterland sells SLG to Medica
Waterland Private Equity Investments has wholly divested its Belgian portfolio company Senior Living Group (SLG) to Medica, a France-based dependency care provider.
IK acquires Ampelmann
IK Investment Partners has bought a majority stake in Netherlands-based Ampelmann, a provider of motion technology systems and structures for the offshore energy sector.
Atlas leads €2.5m round for Harbour Antibodies
Atlas Venture has led a €2.5m funding round for Rotterdam-based Harbour Antibodies, an engineer of transgenic mice designed to produce high-affinity human antibodies.
Hogan Lovells hires team for new Luxembourg office
Law firm Hogan Lovells has hired two new partners, Pierre Reuter and Jean-Michel Schmit, to head its new Luxembourg office, which will open in the wake of the AIFMD transposition.
Special Report: AIFMD
Special Report: AIFMD
Gimv and Bencis pinch Punch's Xeikon
Gimv and Bencis Capital Partners have acquired a stake in listed Dutch printing business Xeikon from parent company Punch International.
Private equity on the road to recovery
Following a month of stellar exits, an uptick in buyouts and a record number of fundraisings, there is reason to believe private equity markets are turning a corner. Kimberly Romaine reports.
AIFMD adopted in Luxembourg
The AIFM directive has been adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament and will officially come into effect in the country’s law system on 16 July.
Newion exits Mirror42
Newion Investments has divested Amsterdam-based Mirror42, a provider of cloud-based IT intelligence platform solutions, to trade player ServiceNow.
Vion division attracts PE buyers
The €1.4-2bn sale of Netherlands-based Vion Food Group's ingredients division is attracting private equity buyers, according to reports.
Van Campen Liem's team expands
Kersten and Wehmeijer, Van Campen Liem
Avedon backs 2theloo
Avedon Capital Partners has provided funding to Netherlands-based 2theloo, a provider of public toilets and hygiene-related products.
Towerbrook acquires majority stake in Metallum
Towerbrook Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Metallum Holding, a Luxembourg-domiciled metal refining and recycling company, from private equity firm Groupe Alpha.
Rabo Capital looks to sell DORC
The private equity division of Rabobank, Rabo Capital, is planning to sell portfolio company Dutch Ophthalmic Research Centre (DORC).
CVC appoints Benelux and TMT adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Tenet chief executive Duco Sickinghe to its Benelux and TMT advisory boards.
Rabobank's Robeco snapped up by Orix
Robeco Group, the private equity arm of Dutch bank Rabobank, has been acquired by Tokyo-based financial services group Orix Corporation for €1.9bn (JPY 251bn).
VC-backed Prosensa raises $78m in IPO
Dutch biotechnology company Prosensa Holding, which is backed by a consortium of venture capital firms, has listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in an IPO valuing the business at $408m.
Gimv and EdRip back Complix with €12m
Gimv and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) have led a €12m series-B round for Belgian biopharmaceutical company Complix.
Tackling transparency and disclosure through data
While GP monitoring of portfolio companies becomes more sophisticated, LPs are demanding more granular insight into individual fund performance. The increasing demand for performance information begs several important questions: What data is required?...
VC-backed Cardio3 announces launch of €28.4m IPO
Cardio3 Biosciences, a Belgian pharmaceutical company backed by a number of venture capital investors, has launched the subscription period of its IPO.
CVC raises €812m in bpost IPO
CVC-backed bpost started trading on the NYSE Euronext Brussels today, in an IPO valuing the business at €2.9bn.
Triogen raises €6.5m from Wadinko et al.
Wadinko, Yellow&Blue Investment Management, real estate fund Intervest and the company's management have invested €6.5m in Triogen Group BV, a provider of waste heat recovery solutions.
Gimv backs MBO of Luciad
Gimv has acquired a majority stake in Luciad, a Belgian supplier of situational awareness systems-building software, alongside the company’s management.
CVC- and KKR-backed Van Gansewinkel sells AVR subsidiary
Van Gansewinkel Groep, which is backed by CVC and KKR, has sold AVR Afvalverwerking BV (AVR) to the Cheung Kong Group consortium for €940m.