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I&F-backed Claire-Sainte-Lizaigne acquires Fast
Industries & Finances Partenaires acquired the group as a Veolia spinout in 2012
Capital Dynamics raises $564m secondaries vehicle
Closing $200m above target, the fund is the largest-ever secondaries vehicle raised by the GP
Target et al. back Finanzchef24's €4m round
Existing investors HW Capital and Mercura Capital recommitted in the new round
Ardian's Trigo acquires Böllinger's automotive quality business
Acquisition is Trigo's first bolt-on since Ardian's takeover in the spring
VR's Vohtec bolts on Böllinger subsidiary
Böllinger sells its business section as part of the group's restructuring
eCapital backs Theva's €6.4m round
Bavarian government also comes on board via the Bavarian Growth Fund
3i exits Geka in €260m deal
3i and its funds will reap total proceeds of €178m, having already realised value in a refinancing last year
German PE develops a growing appetite for startups
VCs including Earlybird's Brandis discuss the growing trend of private equity houses taking part in growth capital deals within the country
Carlyle buys minority stake in Schön clinic group
Deal values Schön Klinik, which has 17 locations across Germany, at €1.5bn
Project A and Paua invest in Homeday's series-A
Round comes in same month as property technology competitor McMakler raises €8.5m
TGFS backs IT security business Rhebo
Rhebo is the third business started by the founders, who specialise in IT security
CVC closes latest debt fund on €650m
Vehicle will target European stressed and distressed corporate credit
Affiris raises €10m from MIG et al.
Affiris has raised €130m of funding to date, of which half comes from licences and grants
Holger Weiss joins Target as venture partner
Startup founder and business angel was hired to help improve Target's startup network
Cinven's sixth buyout fund holds final close on €7bn
Vehicle will make тЌ150-600m investments across Europe, the US and Asia
Cherry Ventures in Smacc's €3.5m series-A
Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. also participated in the round
Frog Capital backs McMakler's €8.5m round
Piton Capital, Mutschler Ventures and Cavalry Ventures also backed the round
3i's Atesteo in €70m refinancing
BayernLB, Commerzbank, HSBC and UniCredit act as lead arrangers on the deal
ECM acquires Wieners+Wieners
ECM hopes to take advantage of the consolidation of the language services market
Greycroft backs Splash's $2.5m round
In March, Splash won the founder prize at tech-festival South by Southwest
New Leaf backs Crispr's $38m boost to series-B
Closing comes a week after US regulators approved Crispr's first clinical trial
Equistone acquires Sihl
GP acquires the business from Italian company Diatec, which had owned it since 2003
SHS invests in Tyromotion
SHS's first investment in Austria follows a collaboration agreement with AWS
Highland backs Juniqe's €14m series-B
Startup will use the funding to expand to Switzerland, France and the Netherlands