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TA Associates, Meridia exit Kipenzi
Sale ends a three-year holding period for TA Associates, which bought an 89.4% stake in Kipenzi from Corpfin
Ardian buys Cérélia in c€810m deal
IK sells its majority stake in the France-based bakery business acquired in 2015
Bridgepoint invests in Oris Dental
Based in Trondheim and founded in 2016, Oris operates 25 dental clinics and four dental laboratories
Resource Partners acquires Maced
Tomasz Macionga will continue as CEO, while Edmund Macionga will join the supervisory board
Renzenbrink & Partner strengthens finance and PE teams
Firm hires Isabell Hitzer to its finance team and promotes Niels Maier to partner in private equity
LDC invests in Global Autocare
NatWest will continue to support the fleet management business as its incumbent senior lender
Elysian to launch new £250m fund in Q1 2020
Current fund also closed on ТЃ250m, in 2015, and is nearly three-quarters deployed
Swiss and German venture peaks in Q3 2019
Aggregate value of venture deals in Germany soared to more than €2.73bn across 85 deals
Cathay-backed Smart AdServer buys LiquidM
Acquisition was financed using cash from the company's balance sheet
Integra holds third close on €110m for maiden fund
Fund hit its €100m target and the subscription period was extended to mid-2020
Alantra buys three genomics businesses
Combined group operates four centres across Spain, employs 160 staff and generates revenues of €25m
Elysian acquires Mergon
Elysian draws equity from its second fund, which closed on ТЃ250m in 2015
Italian PE: Strength in numbers
First three quarters shaped up well in terms of volume, with total deal numbers marginally higher than those for the same period in 2018
Mubadala leads €150m series-E for delivery platform Glovo
Previous investors Drake Enterprises, Idinvest and Lakestar also take part in the round
Maven exits Prime Document for 2.6x return
Acquisition of Prime will allow UnifiedPost Group to enter the UK market
Magnum back on the road for third fund
GP is looking to raise €400-450m from institutional investors for Magnum Capital III
LDC acquires Commsworld
Mark Kerr, head of LDC in Scotland, and investment director Colin Bennett will join the board
Slingshot Ventures aims to raise up to €100m in 2020
VC will consider breaking with tradition with a separate institutional fund of up to €40m
Mentha buys and merges Paradigma and BlijWerkt
Gilde Healthcare was invested in HR specialist BlijWerkt since 2011
Hellman & Friedman buys AutoScout24 in €2.9bn deal
Deal follows H&F and Blackstone's unsuccessful Scout24 takeover attempt in May 2019
Tesi et al. back $15m series-C for BC Platforms
Company will use the fresh capital to expand its global network of clinical and genomics data
Endless-backed The Book People goes into administration
Book retailer The Book People will continue to trade and no redundancies are planned
Mayfair-backed GCI to acquire Nasstar for £79.4m
Mayfair draws equity from its second fund, which closed on ТЃ650m, to support the acquisition
Accursia, Navigator buy Body Panel Göppingen
GPs plan to pursue a buy-and-build strategy in the automotive manufacturing tools sector