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Lynx buys Label Express
Deal for printing business is the second UK investment made by the Canadian GP since the Brexit vote
August hires Mike Biddulph as partner
Biddulph had already been part of August's predecessor, Kleinwort Capital, between 1998-2005
Macquarie acquires Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn
Transaction will see the firm take control of ТЃ4bn of funds and launch three new vehicles
AnaCap buys Ellisphere
Ellisphere was hitherto a subsidiary of Natixis, which had managed the group since 2014
KPN Ventures backs Locumi Labs in €1.5m funding round
HBT Holdings and KfW Banking Group have also backed the smart-lock app developer
Vækst-Invest Nordjylland backs Miralix MBO
GP and three of the companyтs managers buy a 70% stake from CEO Preben Kirkeby
ATV leads €4.2m funding round for Enervalis
Besides ABB Technology Ventures (ATV), LRM and Nuhma also backed the funding round
Perspective et Participations et al. back Société Besnard bolt-on
Previous funders Unexo and Sodero Unigestion have backed Microsteel since 2006
Bridgepoint's EMT to acquire Exova for £620m
Deal values the company at 12.5x its adjusted EBITDA for the 12 months ending in December 2016
Advent France Biotechnology holds €64.75m first close
Firm was launched in 2016 and targets early-stage companies in the life sciences sector
Ardian strikes $2.5bn secondary/primary transaction with Mubadala
Ardian takes majority stake in an existing PE portfolio and becomes lead investor in a new $1.5bn fund
Rutland invests in Omar Group
Deal for holiday lodge and park home manufacturer is the fourth investment from the GP's third fund
Nauta Capital holds final close on $170m
Fund held a first close on $70m in September 2015 with an intial target of $115-175m
Lonsdale's P2 bolts on FS 101
Lonsdale bought management consultancy P2 Consulting in January 2017
TGFS and Hessen Kapital back Mapcase
New capital will be used to improve the technology, as well as expand operations in the DACH region
Atlantic Labs leads funding round for Peat
VC leads a seven-digit funding round for the German plant disease diagnostic app developer
Strong start in CEE for second year running
Region registered 10 deals in Q1 for the second year running, though 2016 saw deal volume halve in H2
Blackstone to hand Jack Wolfskin to lenders in debt-for-equity swap
Coordinating committee has agreed to write off €80m of debt, reducing outstanding liabilities to €210m
LDC backs SBO of Addo from Vision Capital
Private investment fund Fullbrook Thorpe Investments has also invested in the UK pastry business
Phoenix hires Neale as partner
Chris Neale leaves his position as investment director at LDC to join Phoenix Equity Partners
Active Capital Company acquires Codi Group
Active Capital had been the majority owner of Codi since 2013, when it invested €9.2m
Epiris sells Cala and Retirement Bridge to Patron
Acquirer had originally invested alongside Epiris in the acquisitions of both companies
HQ Capital appoints Dimmerling as COO
HQ Capital has appointed Triton's Heiko Dimmerling as its chief operating officer
Azulis Capital closes MMF V on €215m
Azulis also reshuffles its team in parallel with the fundraise, with certain partners retiring