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Passion Capital closes venture secondaries deal
Fund closed in 2011 on ТЃ37.5m but now boasts a NAV north of ТЃ100m
Verdane-backed e-retailer Desenio to list in Q1
Private placement will give the company a valuation of around тЌ1.1bn
Five Seasons launches second fund
VC targets the European food technology industry, primarily investing in series-A and -B rounds
Tenzing invests in Jeffreys Henry MBO
Management team at the company will be led by managing partner Justin Randall and partner Jon Isaacs
IK acquires Innovad
GP deploys capital from IK IX Fund, which closed on its €2.85bn hard-cap in May 2020
GCP sells Infinity Works to Accenture
GCP invested in Infinity Works in March 2019 as a minority partner to the founder management team
Heal Capital invests in Actio
New investment of €1.5m is an extension of the €8.5m raised by the live coaching company in December 2020
Sofinnova, Ally Bridge lead $108m Mainstay round
Mainstay intends to use the funds to support the company's commercial launch of ReActiv8 in the US
DACH exit rebound expected in H2 2021
DACH PE players completed 16 exits in January 2021, compared with 14 in January 2020, hinting at signs of a gradual recovery
Holland Capital, Join Capital invest in RheoCube
GPs are investing more than $2m in the laboratory research and development simulation software
Resource Partners acquires Polish company Nesperta
GP will help the company with its expertise and experience through international and product expansion
Main Capital's Mach bolts on Data-Plan
GP acquired public sector software developer Mach in September 2020 and is following a buy-and-build strategy
Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Baird, which invested in the company via its $310m Baird Capital Global Fund I
PE-backed NutraQ sold to trade in NOK 3.1bn deal
Based on the company's 2020 EBITDA of NOK 188m, the deal achieved an EBITDA multiple of 16.5x
Addleshaw Goddard hires Bourgeois as partner
Nadine Bourgeois joins the firm's banking and finance team in Germany from Luther Rechtsanwälte
FII leads €17m series-B for Inxpect
GP invests in the company via Fondo Italiano Tecnologia e Crescita (FITEC), which backs Italian technology SMEs
ECI-backed Edenhouse sold to trade
Accenture is a listed professional services conglomerate and acquires the IT service to improve its SAP provision capabilities
TA Associates buys majority stake in Igel
Mergermarket reported in March 2020 that the cloud workspace business was up for sale
Goldman Sachs, Via Equity buy Swedish IT firm Advania
Existing investors in the company reinvested alongside the new GP
Marlin backs e-commerce specialist Lengow
With Marlin's support, the company plans to further develop its technology and boost its international expansion
Piper promotes Stern
Stern led on the recent sale of Proper and on investments such as Neom and Wattbike
Flashpoint holds $70m first close for new venture secondaries fund
GP is targeting $200m for its new strategy, and its co-founders will commit 10-15% of their own capital to the fund
Quadrum Capital's Bark Packaging buys CarePack
Quadrum invested in Bark in March 2020 and the deal is part of the company's buy-and-build strategy
Schroder Adveq registers fourth secondaries fund
Both a US dollar-denominated and a euro-denominated vehicle have been registered