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Abris-backed Green Group acquires Eltex Recycling
GP acquired a majority stake in the Romanian recycling business in April 2016
Bridgepoint buys 28% stake in French asset manager Cyrus
GP invests via its lower-mid-cap fund Bridgepoint Development Capital III, which raised around £600m
Searchlight appoints Crowston as special adviser
Searchlight is currently raising for its third fund, which held a close on $2.75bn in July 2019
Clearwater makes eight hires in the UK
Dyke and Grassby have been promoted to the position of partner and director, respectively
A/O Proptech leads series-B round for Qarnot Computing
Caisse des Dépôts, Engie and Groupe Casino also participate in the round
August promotes Muckle to investment director
Muckle joined August Equity in 2017 and most recently co-led their investment in AirIT
Tech, business services power through amid Covid-19 rout
Of the 53 deals seen in March, 28 came from technology and business services
Debut managers to face daunting fundraising market in 2020
Debut managers out to market are unlikely to hold closes in 2020, and very few new teams are likely to launch funds
PE-backed Touchpoint acquires Domino Workwear in Finland
Deal comes nearly two years after Finnish GP Taaleri Private Equity Funds acquired the company
Navigator-backed IT Competence Group to merge with Audius
GP sold a 51% stake in the Munich-listed IT service provider to market peer Audius in 2019
Andreessen Horowitz leads €7.6m series-A for Mainframe Industries
Gaming startup has so far raised nearly €10m from two funding rounds
Essling-backed SPVIE bolts on Assurances de l'Adour
GP is investing from Essling Expansion Fund, a vehicle dedicated to the French lower-mid-market
Consortium in $150m round for Ozon.ru
Financing round is in the form of a convertible loan that can be turned into equity
HQIB buys Zetcom Group majority stake
GP may consider add-ons for the Switzerland-based museum and collection management software company
Riello Investimenti backs First Advisory
GP invests via its Italian Strategy Fund, a €150m vehicle that held a €50m first close in June 2019
Waterland buys Beck Et Al majority stake, forms new IT platform
GP will merge the company with Waterland VII portfolio companies Direkt Gruppe and Binary
TPA appoints Williams as investment associate
UK-based TPA Capital is an equity investor that provides equity cheques of £5-50m
TIIN invests in Oddity.AI
TIIN is currently drawing from its Dutch Security Fund, which was launched in December 2018
Hoxton leads $10m series-A for learning platform Preply
Point Nine Capital, All Iron Ventures, EduCapital and Diligent Capital also take part in the round
Deimel joins YielCo from SwanCap
Manuel Deimel will take on the role of head of co-investments, having spent six years at SwanCap
VC Profile: Speedinvest
Seed investor is opening a new office in Paris as part of the expansion of its pan-European platform
Segulah to acquire majority stake in NVBS Rail
Deal is the GP's 10th investment from Segulah V, which is well advanced in terms of deployment
EQT-backed SHL Medical buys Weibel CDS
EQT, via EQT VIII, acquired a minority stake in SHL Medical at the end of 2019
Several funds seeking to close in H1 face delays, says Cebile
LPs' reluctance to commit is likely to lead to a number of delays come Q2
