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Apacig leads €10m funding round for Helpling
Helpling will use the extra capital to expand its service offering into additional household tasks
Apax France closes ninth fund on €1bn hard-cap
French investor's latest vehicle comfortably exceeds the €700m raised for Apax France VIII in 2011
Genesis acquires 47% of POS Media Group
Transaction is the second investment made from the Czech GP's third fund, which raised more than €80m last year
Inflexion acquires Cawood Scientific from NVM
Agriculture-focused laboratory testing business acquired Sci-Tech under the vendor's tenure
Pemberton hires Lack as COO
Prior to joining Pemberton, Lack was COO at the UK-based wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin
UK private equity's northern awakening
North of England is well positioned for substantial PE-backed growth in the coming years, accelerated by infrastructure investment
Sofinnova's Avantium launches IPO with €277m market cap
IPO brought the renewable energy specialist a capital increase of €103m
Alcedo backs Duplomatic's €27m SBO from Progressio
Company's private-equity-ownership history started in 2008, when Ardian acquired an 85% stake
Riverside's Brookson acquires 1st Option
1st Option provides accountancy, financial and other services to professional freelancers and contractors
MMC Ventures promotes two new partners
Simon Menashy and Ameerul Miah join the London-based venture capital firm's group of partners
Inflexion sells off On the Beach block
Inflexion has been gradually selling off its stake in the firm since its 2015 IPO on the London Stock Exchange
Optima leads €9.3m series-C round for Crealytics
Company will use the funding to combine its advertising technology with its enterprise resource planning software
Main Capital's Denit acquires Dutch Cloud
Transaction marks first bolt-on for Denit since Main's investment in the group in 2016
Inflexion acquires minority stake in K2
Deal for the tech consultancy firm is the fourth made by Partnership Capital Fund I in four months
Index invests $4.5m in Silverfin
Joining existing investors, London-based Index Ventures leads Belgian accounting platform's latest round
HTGF, Bayern Kapital in €3m series-B for Fazua
Company will use the funding to set up production operations in Munich and deliver first orders
Investcorp acquires majority stake in Ageras
Private equity firm's cash injection is the first institutional capital raised by Ageras since it was founded
Eight Roads hires Kimber
In his new role, Kimber will provide advice to Eight Roads' portfolio companies on market strategy
Aksìa buys Alpha Test from Alcedo
Following the deal, Treviso-based buyout house Alcedo has fully divested its third vehicle
OGF looks for €1bn refinancing as part of OTPP takeover
Teachers' Private Capital had already secured a minority stake in the French funeral services group in 2015
Aquiline sells Simply Business to Travelers in $490m deal
Sale of online insurance brokerage comes less than a year after the GP acquired it for ТЃ120m
HTGF, NBR et al. sell Gestigon to Valeo
Gestigon will continue to operate out of Lübeck in the same capacity as it has since 2011 while taking advantage of a larger team
Vaaka backed Tietokeskus bolts on SystemaStore
Finnish provider of ICT services expands in the northern Finland region
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested