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Magnum-backed Aire Networks bolts on LCRCom
Company plans to further consolidate its market position, expand its business and enlarge its offering
FSN Capital to acquire majority stake in Handverksgruppen
GP reportedly paid тЌ55-65m for the deal and deployed capital from its fifth fund
CGS Management buys Kalt Maschinenbau
GP aims to follow a buy-and-build strategy for the Switzerland-based cheese-making machinery company
EGS invests CHF 50m in Spineart
Ernst Göhner Foundation joins Gimv as a minority investor in the spinal surgery company
Panoramic delays fundraising to H1 2021
Panoramic Growth Fund 2, which closed on ТЃ65m in May 2016, is around 60% deployed currently
Temasek leads $28.5m series-B for Tropic Biosciences
New investors include Sumitomo Europe, Genoa Ventures, Agronomics and Skyviews Life Science
OrbiMed leads $70m round for Mereo
Mereo announces plans to advance Etigilimab (Anti-TIGIT) into a phase-Ib study in Q4 2020
SEB Alliance leads €13.5m round for Castalie
Round also saw participation from Amundi F&S, Raise Impact and Ring Capital
Spectrum appoints Patey
Patey was a director at BDO before taking this position as lead advisory director
GP Profile: Suma Capital
Spanish GP is currently raising its second fund, and is cautiously looking at investment opportunities in the current climate
Firstminute leads €3.5m seed round for Good Monday
Danish tech startup has so far raised тЌ6m over three seed rounds
Dawn Capital, Accel lead Bryter $16m series-A
No-coding enterprise software company has seen engagement double during the coronavirus pandemic
Francisco Partners raises $9.7bn across three funds
Funds target the technology industry, with a focus on software, financial technology and healthcare IT
Capza acquires Time for Growth
Acquisition aims to boost Capza's growth capital offering ahead of the launch of its growth fund
Novo Ventures leads $55m series-B round for NodThera
Biotech company has so far raised $95m over two funding rounds
BCP heads for Fund II close, plans two more deals in 2020
Following the acquisition of optician chain Ounda, BCP is screening IT and business services deals
Two thirds of PE professionals expect reduction in carry – survey
More than half of the private equity partners and directors surveyed also expect bonuses to reduce
Beyond Capital Partners acquires Ounda
Germany-based optician chain is the first investment from BCP II, which is set to close in H2 2020
Existing investors take part in $27m round for Verne
Investors Wellcome Trust, Novator Partners, Stefnir and General Catalyst participate in the round
Monterro buys RegTech company Trapets
GP reportedly buys a 70% stake in the business, valued at тЌ30.5m
Omers leads £6m series-A for Vara
Omers Ventures associate director Bryony Marshall will join the board of the company
HTGF backs funding round for NovaPump
Allßequitz backing for the heart pump developer also comes from Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen
Voima Ventures leads €1.5m seed round for Iiwari
Deal is VC's sixth investment from its Deep-tech Fund
Partech leads €3m seed round for Energysquare
GP is currently investing via its Partech Entrepreneur Fund III and Paris Saclay Seed Fund