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Aurelius sells Office Depot's Spanish business to trade
Deal is part of the ongoing restructuring of the company started under Aurelius's ownership
V4C-backed Kom-Eko buys Lubelska Agencja Ochrony Srodowiska
Value4Capital acquired Kom-Eko from Royalton Partners in November 2018 via its V4C Poland Plus Fund
Digital+ Partners leads $28m series-B for Quantilope
Dawn Capital, Senovo and Surplus also invest, while Silicon Valley bank provides a debt component
Capiton buys CNP Group
Acquisition of the pharmaceutical company marks the first deal from Capiton's sixth fund
PE exits hit decade low in Q2
Volume of exits by PE players across Europe fell by 43% year-on-year in Q2 2020 as the coronavirus crisis took hold, according to Unquote Data
Primomiglio, CDP Venture, Innogest in €5.8m round for Sardex
Fondazione Sardegna and Nice Group also take part in the investment to support the company's growth
Gilde's Gundlach Automotive sells Goodwheel to trade
Deal sees the B2B-focused tyre and auto parts company sell its B2C online retail division
Evolution leads $64.7m round for Quantexa
New backers British Patient Capital and ABN Amro Ventures join existing investor Accenture Ventures
Auctus Capital Partners invests €30m in BlinkLane
Deal is a combination of a buyout plus growth capital and aims to support add-on acquisitions
GPF Capital invests in Peris Costumes
GP will own a stake of around 50%, while the company's management team will hold the remainder
EV Private Equity acquires 80% stake in Trainor – report
GP has reportedly acquired the company in a deal that values it at NOK 100m
Talde backs Engineered Fire Piping
GP intends to consolidate the company's market position in Spain and boost its international expansion
Waterland's Netgo makes two bolt-ons
Berlin-based Commehr and Workbees mark the third and fourth bolt-ons for the IT service
Nazca buys engneering specialist IDP
GP invests via Nazca V, a lower-mid-market fund that closed on its €150m hard-cap in 2019
Global Founders, Picus invest in £12m round in Selina
Global Founders Capital closed its most recent fund on тЌ150m in March 2013, according to Unquote Data
Silver Lake in exclusivity to acquire Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs
Deal follows Silver Lake's acquisition of France-based HR software Silae in July 2020
Eurazeo to acquire EasyVista in €131m deal
Following the deal, Eurazeo will file a public offer targeting all remaining securities of the company
McTrek acquired by GA Europe and CM Solutions
Outdoor clothing brand filed for insolvency in April and was formerly owned by PAI's AS Adventure
Verdane acquires Caia Cosmetics
GP reportedly paid SEK 200m for a 50% stake, giving the company a valuation of SEK 400m
Capza exits as Towerbook invests in Talan
With the fresh capital, the company will explore organic growth and strategic acquisitions
BlackRock et al. back €50m round for Scalable Capital
HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann also back the digital asset manager's largest funding round yet
Taxim acquires Doganay Gida
Under Taxim Capital's ownership, Doganay Gida plans to accelerate its growth
AB Tasty raises $40m from Crédit Mutuel Innovation et al.
AB Tasty has raised $64m to date, with Omnes, Partech and Korelya backing a $17m series-B in 2017
PE secondaries volume cut by more than half in H1 - survey
Private debt fund secondaries were hit even harder with an 81.8% plunge, Setter says