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Deal in Focus: Ambienta reaps €330m on IPC trade sale
Trade sale of cleaning machine manufacturer marks the GP's largest exit since its foundation in 2007
Nord Kapital makes first exit from Nord II with Hepro sale
Swedish trade buyer AddLife acquires the Norwegian GP's portfolio company around two years after Nord's buyout
EQT scores fastest fundraise to date with €4bn infra vehicle
EQT Infrastructure III reached its hard-cap in less than six months
EQT merges vetcare assets IVC and Evidensia
Combined Swedish and UK-based veterinary group will be jointly owned by the GPтs EQT VI and EQT VII funds
Ixo and A Plus back Groupe CMT's MBO
French private equity firms reportedly made a combined €6m investment in the France-based air conditioning and heating group
Ambienta reaps €330m on IPC trade sale
Deal marks the largest exit and the third trade sale for the Italian private equity house
PE-backed Rad-x bolts on Acura
Deal marks the second bolt-on for the business, following the acquisition of Swiss diagnostic imaging provider IRD
Livingbridge invests in Stowe Family Law
Deal marks the second investment made from the GP's 2016-vintage sixth vehicle, which closed on ТЃ660m
ActoMezz-backed MS Vacances bolts on Les Tamaris
Acquisition is the company's first out of two planned for this year with ActoMezz's backing
Black Toro holds €235m final close for second fund
Total commitments for the fund fell some way short of the vehicle's €350m target and €400m hard-cap
Maven to manage £58m for Northern Power House fund
Fund will buy ТЃ50,000-2m equity tickets in small-and medium-sized businesses
Cinven's CeramTec acquires UK Electro-Ceramics from Morgan
ТЃ47m deal for the technical ceramics business marks the second bolt-on for CeramTec under the GP's tenure
Mosaic and Ribbit lead €5.5m series-A for Bonify
Two VCs join existing backers Index Ventures, DN Capital and HW Capital
BioMedPartners hits CHF 75m first close for third fund
Healthcare-focused GP expects to reach a final close by early 2018
Bruno leaves Clessidra after eight years
Departure follows the recent depearture of the GP's former chairperson, Francesco Trapani
Riverside holds close on €175m for Riverside Europe V
Europe-focused generalist vehicle has been on the road for just over a year, having launched in late 2015
Nordic Capital sells 8.75% stake in Resurs for SEK 980m
Partial divestment comes nine months after the consumer finance company listed with an SEK 11bn valuation
Altor's Norican bolts on Auctus-backed LMCS
Deal sees Auctus fully exit its portfolio company after a two-year ownership period
Project A closes second fund on €140m
Figure raised by the VC for its second vehicle is 75% higher than the total raised for its maiden fund
Mid Europa sells Zabka to CVC in largest ever Polish PE exit
Sale of Polish supermarket chain follows in the wake of the GP’s acquisition of Romanian supermarket business Profi
MBO Partenaires appoints Xavier de Prévoisin to partner
De Prévoisin becomes the French buyout firm's sixth partner
Lovell Minnick buys stake in Trea Asset Management
Deal for the Spanish asset management firm marks the sixth transaction for Lovell's Fund IV
KKR acquires 40% stake in Telefonica's Telxius
Infrastructure deal comes after the mobile operator decided against pursuing an IPO for its infrastructure arm
Carvest aquires Sertip-Sami group, completes bolt-on
Previous investor MFGI and other private investors are exiting the group through the transaction