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Baring Vostok, Vostok New Ventures sell Doc+
Baring Vostok Private Equity and Yandex provided $5m of financing to Doc+ in 2017
Apax, Fortress, Three Hills to bid for Serie A - report
Bidders join other PE firms that have shown interest in Serie A, including CVC, Bain and Advent
Sponsor Capital holds final close on €202m for fifth fund
Finnish GP's new fund will start investing in the first quarter of 2021
BDC exits BigHand to Levine Leichtman
Los Angeles-based Levine Leichtman is currently investing from its sixth-generation fund
GP Profile: Egeria
Hannes Rumer, a partner in Egeria's new Munich office, discusses the GP’s strategy and deal pipeline for the DACH region
Talis makes three promotions
Beatrice Aliprandi and Kirill Tasilov have both taken the role of principal
Ex-Investec James Stirling joins Westbrooke's debt fund
Stirling spent 14 years at Investec, most notably as head of growth and acquisition finance
Mentha Capital acquires Rapid Circle
Deal is the GP's second of 2020, following its sale of Ardena to GHO Capital Partners in January
Patrimonium and co-investors sell Fixatti to trade
MBO of Schaetti Group took place in 2013; the company was rebranded as Fixatti in 2018
Alibaba's eWTP fund leads $12m round for Challengermode
Tech company has so reportedly raised $18m since being founded in 2015.
Former-Carlyle team holds €115m close for debut Melior fund
Unquote understands the fund has been garnering interest from investors from both Europe and North America
Panakes to launch €120m second fund within months
VC expects to start raising capital by the end of the year and hold a first close in H1 2021
Aksìa backs machinery manufacturer Vomm
Third acquisition made by Aksìa Capital V, following its investments in Primo and Valpizza
GP-backed SSI Diagnostica acquires CTK Biotech
Deal comes four years after the GP carved out SSI Diagnostica from the Danish government for DKK 250m
Ardian's Unither buys Chinese pharma company NRB
With this acquisition, Unither plans to accelerate the development of its business in China
Industrifonden leads €3m seed round for Open Payments
Fintech company will use the proceeds to hire more staff and expand its platform
Consortium backs €4.6m round for Neon
New investors in the Swiss banking startup were Helvetia Venture Fund and e-commerce company QoQa
Euregio Plus to launch €50m VC fund
Fund intends to support the growth and expansion of startups and SMEs
Triton launches take private bid for HiQ International
Shareholders of the company have until 1 October to accept the offer
Maguar Capital and co-investors acquire HRWorks
Aberdeen Standard Investments, EMZ Partners, Golding and LFPE are also backing Maguar's debut deal
Providence Strategic Growth acquires Sympa
GP is deploying equity from its new Europe-focused fund, which has so far raised around ТЃ650m
CE Capital acquires Walter Hundhausen
Iron castings manufacturer filed for insolvency in May 2020, as did its parent company GMH Guss
VC-backed WorldRemit acquires Sendwave
Acquisition is a cash and stock transaction that is expected to close in Q4 2020
CR-CP leads $44m series-C for ReViral
Investors participating include Andera Partners, Brace Pharma Capital and Green Sands Equity