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FII, Vam create Florence fashion group
Clothing companies Giuntini, Ciemmeci Fashion and Mely's Maglieria will be merged to create a fashion group named Florence
Indigo Capital II holds €300m final close
Fund provides private bonds and preferred equity to European mid-market businesses
Novartis, Novo lead €9m series-A for Rappta Therapeutics
Round also saw participation from family office Advent Life Sciences, and Business Finland
Nordwind Capital buys majority stake in Trbo
GP said in a statement that it has also made additional growth capital available to the business
Triton closes second debt fund on €744m
Fund surpassed its €550m target and will focus on lending in the DACH, Benelux and Nordic mid-market
UK Fundraising Pipeline - Q4 2020
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the French market across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces
Silverlake buys Groupe Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs
UK-based GP reportedly paid €700m for its stake in the financial services company
Capdesia Structured Equity targets £100m; aims to close in Q1 2021
European food-service-focused fund was registered and launched in May 2018 with a target of €200m
Mutares buys Valmet's engineering services
Acquisition of the automotive engineering company is Mutares' sixth platform investment of 2020
CVC, Advent, FSI win exclusivity for Serie A
Consortium plans to acquire a 10% stake in a new media company, which will manage Serie A's broadcasting rights
Inflexion acquires Sparta Global; KCP to reap 7x return
Inflexion has previously invested in other businesses in the sector, including FDM
Alantra buys stake in Indigo Capital
Following this partnership, Alantra expects to further consolidate its position in the French market and the rest of Europe
Blue Equity buys Danish tool manufacturer Junget
GP is deploying equity from its second fund, which is now almost fully invested
FPE invests in MaxContact
Lars Pedersen – CEO of another FPE investment, Questionmark – has joined the board as NEC
Felix hires Chou and Pizzolato as investors
Felix is currently investing from Felix Capital Fund III, which closed on $300m in January 2020
Nord Holding buys majority stake in Dr Födisch Umwelttechnik
Germany-based emissions measurement company is the GP's third in the environmental technology sector
BVCA summit: fund financing boom necessitates tailoring
Market participants discuss IRR-enhancing tactics, emergency liquidity and negotiations with LPs
Auctus buys majority stake in Pro Engineering
Switzerland-based building electrical engineering company is the GP's fifth buyout of 2020
Riverside expands acceleration capital team
Christian Stein and Michael Aring join from Coparion as partner and associate respectively
Elaghmore I closes £30m extension
Investors in the extension are all US-based institutions, according to a statement
Röko acquires majority stake in Dan-Form Denmark
Swedish GP focuses on SMEs with enterprise values of €15-100m and EBITA of €2-10m
Pictet launches technology-focused fund-of-funds
Vehicle is the GP's first sector-focused fund-of-funds and will also make direct and co-investments
Bridgepoint et al. sell Béaba to BlueGem
Bridgepoint inherited its Béaba shareholding in 2014 following its acquisition of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners
Lafayette Mittelstand Capital buys Geba Cables
Carve-out of the elevator cables producer is the special situations investor's fourth of 2020