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Advent to acquire 90% of Integer.pl
Conditions of offer have been met, and received unconditional consent from the antitrust authorities
Unigrains backs Sfoglia Torino's build-up strategy
GP has acquired a 30% stake in the business to boost its buy-and-build growth strategy
Bowmark promotes three to partner, investment director
Antonia Cheong and Guy Yarrow become investment director, while Stephen Delaney is promoted to partner
HTGF and IFH back KSK Diagnostics
New funding will be used to develop point-of-care tests by utilising isothermal amplification technology
Piper divests Weird Fish to Total Capital
Deal-by-deal investor Total Capital will take a 70% stake in the leisurewear company
New LP Essling Capital spins out from Massena Partners
PE-focused entity manages €1bn across primaries, secondaries, co-investments, real estate and debt
BC Partners sells SGB-Smit to OEP
Transaction involves a €590m all-senior debt package, €340m term loan B and €250m undrawn facilities
Holtzbrinck invests in €1.5m round for Dreamcheaper
Hotel reservation service will use the fresh capital to expand its services and invest in marketing
Deal in Focus: TSG invests in BrewDog
Scottish brewer's owners have been critical of craft breweries selling to trade buyers, raising questions surrounding the GP's exit strategy
SEP leads £26m funding round for LoveCrafts
Online crafts platform will look to expand its presence across Europe and Australasia
Battery Ventures leads $17.5m round for Hibob
Eight Roads Ventures also took part in the funding round, alongside existing backers
Quadrivio appoints new chair and CEO
Alessandro Binello and Walter Ricciotti, former chairperson and CEO respectively, step down from their roles
Northzone leads €6m second round for Lemoncat
Investment brings the total amount raised by the catering booking platform to €9m
Omnes Capital leads €4m series-B for 360Imprimir
Deal marks the first investment in the Portuguese market for the French GP
Maven backs £6m MBO of ProspectSoft
Investment in CRM and e-commerce software provider is Maven's second MBO of 2017
DBAG backs Vitronet MBO
DBAG will use capital from its DBAG ECF fund as well as €8.5m directly from its balance sheet
Terra Firma, CPPIB sell Awas to Dubai Aerospace
Earlier media reports suggested the vendors were seeking $7bn for the aircraft leasing company
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento exits Emarc via trade sale
GP sells its holding in the Italian auto parts producer after a five-year ownership period
AGIC acquires laser manufacturer Fotona
Fotona will use the new funding and local support from AGIC to expand its sales effort in Asia
Lone Star sells 53% of Forterra for £206m
Transaction sees the GP make a final exit from the UK brick manufacturing business
Tikehau appoints Cirenza as London office head
Peter Cirenza leaves his teaching role at the London School of Economics to join Tikehau
Cairngorm hires Thaper as investment director
Amit Thaper leaves the position of vice-president at HIG Capital to join UK-based Cairngorm
EdRip backs group Bacacier
EdRip invests from venture fund Winch Capital 3, closed on €300m in 2014
Macron's proposed tax reforms: what impact on French PE?
With independent candidate Emmanuel Macron currently heavily favoured to win the French presidential election in two weeks, Alice Tchernookova examines how his proposed flat capital gains tax rate could impact private equity