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Deal in Focus: Advent buys Faerch Plast from EQT
Financial details are undisclosed but Danish media reports the purchase price was between DKK 6.5-7bn
Experienced Capital takes 43% stake in Sessùn
Experienced Capital was launched in 2016 and invests from a €78m fund focusing on the retail sector
Nordic Capital back on trail with Fund IX
Minnesota State Board of Investment could commit up to $150m to the Nordic GP's new vehicle
Bregal Freshstream acquires minority stake in Euro-Caps
Deal is the firm's sixth investment since inception in 2015, and its third in the Netherlands
Baird acquires aircraft components company CAV
Baird partners James Benfield and Dennis Hall will take a seat on the CAV board as part of the deal
Waterland-backed Median buys two rehab clinics
Waterland injected a seven-figure sum of extra capital into Median to finance the transaction
PE-backed Camping and Co merges with Campsy
Newfund Capital first backed Camping and Co in 2010 via a €500,000 seed round, and was later joined by Otium Capital
Speedinvest leads €1m round for Timeular
Company will use the new money to expand its operations to the US and other international markets
PEP, Equita join forces to launch SPAC
Vehicle aims to provide mixed debt-equity instruments to Italian SMEs on a deal-by-deal basis
Siparex, EdRip back Minafin
Company CEO and founder Frédéric Gauchet stays in control of the business following the deal
VC-backed Bicycle Therapeutics raises £40m series-B
Round is led by new backer Vertex Ventures and includes several existing investors
Adams Street hires vom Hagen to head Munich office
Vom Hagen joins the firm as a partner and will oversee the GP's investments across the DACH region
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
Afinum sells Alfmeier stake to Elber
Turnover increased by 35% to €269.9m and EBIT quadrupled to €16.9m since Afinum's investment in 2012
Auctus backed-Fernao Networks buys VonRoll Itec
Management will acquire a significant stake in the company, which is now part of Fernao Networks
Eurazeo launches Eurazeo Brands arm with up to $800m
New entity will be headed by Jill Granoff and dedicated to the consumer and retail sectors
Draper Esprit raises extra £100m
Share placement adds to the £60m already raised in 2017 across EIS, VCT and secondary co-investment fund platforms
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on €1bn
G Square sells Mikeva for €150m
Paris-based private equity firm fully exits the asset after a five-year holding period
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth £98.8m and £66.2m
K Fund leads €1.4m round for Beonprice
Deal is the sixth transaction for the first-time-fund GP, which launched in July 2016
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on £525m
Merck leads CHF 10.5m series-A for Inthera Bioscience
Aglaia Biomedical Ventures and Novo Seeds also participated in the round alongside an unnamed private investor
Eurazeo holds first close on €586m for Eurazeo PME III
Eurazeo commits €400m, while third-party investors commit €186m at first close in the mid-cap vehicle