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LDC-backed Linley & Simpson acquires Link Agency, Dawson Wake
Previous acquisitions were financed by Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
Highland backs €21m round for Alkemics
Existing investors including Cathay and Index also backed the brand and grocery partnership platform
Inveready leads €5m investment in biotech startup Oxolife
State-backed CDTI also takes part in the round, alongside BStartup, HighStick and other private investors
Livingbridge invests in TitanHQ
Investment in the cloud security company is made through Livingbridge's Enterprise 3 fund
Bridgepoint-backed Fat Face in debt-to-equity swap – report
Deal would reduce Fat Face's present £120m borrowing levels via a debt-for-equity swap
Elaia, BPI France in €21m series-C for iBanFirst
Fresh capital will be used to expand the company's financial services platform
BBB appoints Lewis La Torre as interim CEO
In October 2019, Keith Morgan announced that he would be standing down from the role of CEO
Elaia leads €10m series-B for The Hotels Network
Previous backer Seaya Ventures and Seedrocket 4Founders also take part in the investment
EQT signs "largest ever" ESG-linked credit facility
Facility is linked to portfolio companies' commitment to gender equality and renewable energy
Video: CPPIB's Delaney Brown on improved LP/GP relations
In the fourth of Unquote's Lockdown series, Delaney Brown, managing director of CPPIB, discusses improved GP/LP relations since lockdown began
Vaaka Partners sells Kotikatu to Norvestor-backed PHM
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Vaaka, which owned a majority stake in the company
EQT opens office in Paris
EQT partner Nicolas Brugère will take up the role of head of EQT France
Keyhaven Capital hires two
Anne Niederstaetter and Alma Lawrie will bolster the firm's investment and investor relations teams
Hg leads $30m series-B for Silverfin
Existing shareholders Pieterjan Bouten and Louis Jonckheere will leave the company
BlackRock et al. acquire minority stake in Nordic Capital's Trustly
Nordic Capital will remain a majority owner in the company
BB Capital buys majority stake in Infradax
Deal is the GP's second acquisition of 2020, following skin care clinic chain Cosmetique Totale
Maven invests in Redwigwam
Steve Harris joins as MD for technology and operations while Dawn Paine becomes marketing director
Wenvest Capital leads CHF 8m round for Teylor
Sternbeis, business angels and institutional investors also back the SME digital lending software developer
Ysios Capital raises €155m for third biotech fund
Ysios BioFund III provides financing to early- and mid-stage, highly innovative life sciences companies
Nordic GPs find solace in demand for tech deals
Buyout activity in the Nordic region has nose-dived in 2020, while venture capital activity surged in some countries
BGF invests €10.5m in Edgescan
BGF's investment is the first external capital or financing received by the company to date
CD&R-backed Huntsworth acquires Cormis
Cormis partners will continue to lead Cormis and join the Huntsworth division's leadership team
S-UBG invests in Lunovu
GP invests in SMEs in Aachen, Krefeld and Mönchengladbach from the €40m TechVision Fonds I vehicle
Waterland makes two bolt-ons for Athera
Physiotherapy provider was formerly known as Rehacon, but has announced the launch of new branding