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EMBL and Life Sciences Partners sell Luxendo to Bruker
Bruker will expand its portfolio with the addition of Luxendo's microscopes and intellectual property
Highland and Grafton in $40m round for Starleaf
Cloud-based video conferencing company to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region
Swedish PE industry reeling from carry tax verdict
Latest twist in the long-running carried interest taxation saga in Sweden could leave the local industry facing months of uncertainty
YFM appoints Savage as portfolio director
New recruit joins the portfolio team of YFM's London office, leaving Barclays after 10 years
Livingbridge backs online fashion company In The Style
UK-based womenswear retailer will expand into the Australian and American markets
HIG sells Brand Addition to Elysian
Acquirer takes a majority stake in the merchandising company, with HSBC and Beechbrook providing debt
Catacap buys translation service LanguageWire
Deal is the second acquisition of 2017 for the Danish small- and mid-cap buyout house
BGF et al. inject £7m into Pharmacy2u
Expansion deal marks Business Growth Fund's eighth investment for 2017 so far
Highlander backs Rotometal
Rotometal will use the new investment to expand its product range and enter new export markets
NextStage acquires NaturaBuy
Online marketplace had been backed by publishing house Mondadori France since 2012
Investindustrial hires former Clessidra CEO Bottnielli
Italian GP also promotes Roberto Ardagna as senior principal in its London office
Q1 Barometer: Fall in buyouts sees aggregate value drop 30%
Early-stage and expansion deals up, while buyout volumes and values drop
Idea CCR I purchases Sinterama
Deal is the fourth transaction in 2017 for the Italian debtor-in-possession fund
EMK closes maiden fund on £575m hard-cap
Fund was launched eight months ago by Bregal co-founder Edmund Lazarus and ex-Oakley Capital partner Mark Joseph
Extens et al. take majority stake in Snal
Extens, Capital Croissance and BPI France together hold around 75% of the group's equity
Accel leads $30m series-A for UiPath
New funding will be used predominantly to hire new staff to keep up with increasing product demand
Innogy Ventures leads €13m series-C for Move24
Move24 plans to hold further closes for the round, potentially raising up to €20m over the next eight weeks
PE-backed Lindorff bolts on credit recovery firm Gextra
Nordic Capital-backed credit recovery firm acquires Italian competitor from DoBank
SGG appoints Partington as head of fund solutions
Justin Partington joins the Luxembourg office of the corporate and fund administration services business
Ringier, BtoV, et al. in €6m round for Foodspring
Company will use the fresh capital to expand into other European countries and develop its food products
Adelis Equity Partners takes majority stake in Knightec
Launched in 2012 in Stockholm, Adelis is currently investing from its тЌ410m maiden fund
Project A sells Minodes to Telefonica Next
Fifth exit from Project A's first fund, which held a final close on €80m in 2012
Avenue Capital et al. buy Selcom Elettronica
Deal follows the insolvency proceedings filed for the business in March 2017
Hivest Capital Partners closes maiden fund on €120m
Hivest Capital Partners was launched at the end of 2016 by two former HIG Capital executives