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Zeus makes six promotions
Zeus has promoted Nick Cowles to deputy head of corporate finance and Jordan Warburton to director
Seventure, BioGeneration lead €18.5m round for Citryll
Pharma company has so far raised €33.5m from private backers
Acton sells stake in Momox to Verdane
Verdane will own an 85% stake in the Germany-based e-commerce company via its 10th fund
M&A wave incoming in 2021, says Edmond de Rothschild CIO
Investment bank's H2 2020 outlook also emphasises continuing macroeconomic uncertainty, and singles out healthcare and data assets as winners
Carlyle backs translation specialist Memsource
GP deploys capital from Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV, which closed on €1.35bn in January 2019
VCs exit Inventorum to Shore
HTGF and Vogel Ventures have previously backed cash management software Inventorum
Beyond Leather Materials raises $1.1m in seed round
Early-stage round led by angel investor Steen Ulf Jensen
DBAG's Vitronet bolts on CR Clemens Reuschenbach
Deal marks the fifth add-on for the broadband network construction company since 2017
Alcedo to launch €230m fifth fund
Alcedo V will target Italian companies with high-growth potential and an export-orientated approach
Axcel acquires AddPro from Adelis
Deal is Axcel's second from its sixth fund, which held a first close on €507m in February 2020
Palamon-backed Simplify acquires Cook Taylor
Simplify, a conveyancing law firm, was acquired by Palamon Capital Partners in 2014
Most German PE firms say 75% of portfolio unimpaired by Covid-19 – survey
Survey was conducted in June 2020 by Finance Magazine on behalf of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
NB Renaissance’s Rino Mastrotto buys Nuova Osba
With this add-on, the company expects to enlarge its offering and further consolidate its market position
Jet Investments fully acquires Tedom
GP deployed capital from its Jet II Fund, a vehicle that held a final close on CZK 4bn in November 2018
LDC-backed Babble acquires Lake Technologies
Founded in 1995, Lake Technologies provides business telephony and network services
Creas leads €3.6m round for Qida
Equity4Good, a vehicle managed by Ship2B, and Fondo Bolsa Social also take part in the round
Priveq holds first and final close for sixth fund
Vehicle will be used to develop growth companies with a turnover of SEK 100m-1bn
VGC promotes Lister to partner
Lister joined the firm last year from Marlin Equity Partners as an investment director
Kennet V closes on €223m
Registered in February 2018, the fund's original target was €200m, with a hard-cap of €250m
Global Founders, Partech in €5.6m seed round for Symmetrical
Partech is currently investing from its Partech Entrepreneur III global seed fund
Brockhaus Capital Management plans flotation
Proceeds of the envisaged offering should support the technology-focused GP's acquisition pipeline
HV Holtzbrinck leads €60m round for SolarisBank
Existing investors including Lakestar, Yabeo and ABN Amro Ventures also back the banking platform
PE-backed Mercell prepares for IPO
Viking Venture-backed company hopes to raise NOK 450m in gross proceeds
FII-backed Seco to list on the Italian stock exchange
Seco hires Value Track as financial adviser, and Mediobanca and Goldman Sachs as global coordinators