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IK buys majority stake in GeoDynamics from Sofindev
Sofindev had reportedly been looking to sell its 50.1% in the company and had mandated EY for the process
Altitude exits Mortec Semiconductor for 12.6x return
Altitude acquired the company in July 2016 in a deal that valued the company at around £1m
Capvis buys Arag
GP invests in the company via Capvis Equity V, which held a final close on €1.2bn in September 2018
Vesalius Biocapital leads €50m round for CatalYm
VCs including Forbion, BioGeneration Ventures and Coparion also back the immunotherapy developer
MCH sells Lenitudes, invests in Atrys
Sale ends a six-year holding period for MCH, which acquired a 66.5% stake in Lenitudes via its third fund
Via Equity invests in ESmiley
Deal is the GP's first from its fourth fund, which held a first close last month and is targeting €175m
Ufenau to acquire Mac IT-Solutions
Ufenau intends to build an e-commerce software platform via a buy-and-build strategy
Portobello Capital raises €350m secondaries fund
Fund is dedicated to promoting the growth of Angulas Aguinaga and Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra
MIG leads €39m series-A round for IQM
"Deep tech" startup has so far raised €71m since being founded in 2018
Auctus buys Landbäckerei Sommer from SIP
SIP acquired the bakery chain in 2011 and has made returns of more than 20x its total investment
Moonfare appoints Winson Ng of UBS as CIO
Moonfare is a platform that allows private individuals to invest in private equity funds
DeA Capital buys Gastronomica Roscio
This is the first deal inked by the GP via Taste of Italy 2, which recently held a final close on €330m
Tikehau leads €150m investment in Amarenco
Pierre Devillard and Pierre Abadie from the private equity team of Tikehau will join the board
Novalpina buys majority stake in Laboratoire XO
Deal reportedly values the company at more than €300m, and unitranche debt was provided by debt fund manager Ares
Livingbridge invests in Visualsoft
Livingbridge invests through its Enterprise 3 fund, which closed on £334m in October 2019
KCP invests £7m in Darts Corner
Key Capital Partners had been tracking the company for two years prior to investment
EQT Growth's bet on maturing European startups
New growth investor plans to announce at least one deal by the end of the year, says partner Carolina Brochado
Innova acquires stake in Bielenda Kosmetyki
Proceeds from the investment will fund the company's acquisition of two cosmetics brands from Norwegian cosmetics group Orkla
Bridgepoint buys minority stake in Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud
GP will help the company's expansion further into the Nordic region
Clipperton hires Westphal as partner
Nikolas Westphal joins the technology-focused corporate finance firm from GP Bullhound
HTGF et al. lead €2m round for All3DP
Company intends to launch an international financing round, which is scheduled for 2021
Lea Partners sells IDL to PE-backed Insightsoftware
Lea acquired a majority stake in the financial performance enterprise software business in 2019
PAI acquires LDC's Addo Food and Equistone's Winterbotham Darby
Both management teams have reinvested and operations will continue to be run separately
Värde Dislocation Fund closes on $1.6bn
Fund has a global mandate to pursue a mispriced, stressed and distressed credit