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Triton invests in NPM Capital's Bergman Clinics
Investment is being made in partnership with NPM Capital and the Malenstein family
Bridgepoint Development Capital backs IDHL
GP is investing via Bridgepoint Development Capital IV (BDC IV), which closed on £1.5bn in September 2020
CapMan to acquire Pharmia
Deal is the second investment from CapMan Buyout XI fund, which held a first close in June 2019 on €160m and has a target of €250m
Kerogen sells Zennor Petroleum to trade
Kerogen Capital acquired a majority stake in Zennor in 2015, investing alongside Unigestion
FPE Capital backs Codestone
This is the ninth investment made by FPE Fund II, which held a £100m final close in October 2017
Equistone sells Oikos to Goldman Sachs
Equistone acquired the prefabricated housing company in an SBO from Adcuram in 2018
Qualitas launches €200m fourth fund-of-funds
Qualitas Funds IV invests in fund managers operating across the lower-mid-market in Europe and North America
Nordic Capital partly acquires Boost.ai
Shareholders Finstart Nordic and Alliance Venture will continue as investors alongside Nordic Capital
DCVC Bio leads $17m series-A round for BioPhero
Startup will use the funding to start production of its first product and make it available worldwide
Tikehau opens Frankfurt office, hires Felsmann
ABN Amro's Dominik Felsmann will take up his role as Tikehau's head of Germany from 15 March
Italian GP Arcadia to start marketing new fund by end of 2021
Arcadia's third fund will be larger than its predecessor, which closed on €80m in 2019
GP Profile: Arcadia
CEO Simone Arnaboldi discusses the firm's recent investments, its current pipeline and the prospect of launching a new fund
Bid Equity's Myneva bolts on Patronis, TTS
Social care and healthcare software platform is following a buy-and-build strategy
Palatine backs Anthesis
Company intends to further boost its growth both organically and via strategic acquisitions
Agilitas 2020 Private Equity closes on €565m
Fund focuses on mid-market companies across western Europe, within a range of sectors
Apax sells Sandaya to InfraVia
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Apax, which acquired a majority stake in Sandaya from Pragma Capital
CapMan Special Situations acquires HopLop
HopLop is the first investment from the GP's newly launched special situations strategy
Paragon sells NovumIP to GP-backed Questel
Transaction will see Paragon invest in Questel for a minority stake in the IP consultancy firm
FSI et al. sell Cedacri to Ion for €1.5bn
FSI intends to reinvest in Cedacri as a minority shareholder, doubling the capital deployed in 2017
Summa Equity sells Sortera to Nordic Capital
Summa was reportedly eyeing an exit multiple of 15x EBITDA, based on a 2019 figure of €19.6m
Ropes & Gray adds partner, counsel to private funds team
Emily Brown joins the law firm as partner, while Chris Townsend is hired as counsel
Inflexion buys minority stake in Systal
Investment in the managed IT network service is the GP's third deal to be announced in March 2021
Majority of LPs happy to commit without in-person meeting – survey
Cebile Capital survey finds that 51% of respondents expect to increase PE commitments in 2021
Quantifying PE's appetite for recurring revenue models
Buyouts in sectors where recurring revenue models are predominant went from 8% of European volume in 2010 to 22% in 2021 to date