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Enterprise sells €12.5m Skarbiec share block
Partial sale comes two years after the asset management business was listed in Warsaw
Clessidra holds €607.3m final close for third fund
GP has held a final close short of its initial €800m target, following a challenging fundraise
ECI reaps 3x on sale of Rhubarb to Livingbridge
Deal for luxury catering company marks the first investment by Livingbridge's sixth fund
BGF in £10m round for RSK Group
RSK received ТЃ33m of debt funding from Permira Debt Managers in 2015
BC-backed Keter buys ABM Italia from Clessidra at c€400m EV
Clessidra reaped a 3x money return following a 17-month holding period
Seventure sells MinuteBuzz shares to TF1
French media group TF1 has acquired a shareholding of more than 50% in the group
Livingbridge 5 wraps up with Exclaimer investment
Deal marks the last primary investment from Livingbridge 5, a ТЃ360m fund raised in 2012
Meusinvest, Spinventure in €4m round for PDC Line Pharma
Round included €2.6m equity and €1.4m in bank loans, EU funding and French and Belgian regional funding
Polaris in €91m Avanti Wind trade sale
Exit by Danish GP was made to listed Swedish industrial business Alimak Group
Advent acquires V Group from Omers PE
Divestment of shipping management and support company marks the first European exit for Omers PE
BGF injects £10m into The Coaching Inn
Operator of inns will look to double its number of locations in two years and has exceeded initial target
Atomico signs €10m series-A for Lilium Aviation
Deal saw the GP act as the only investor in the round for the Germany-based business
Amundi targets €250m for new European investment programme
An €136m EV investment marked the first deal made through the programme
Electra rebrands as Epiris as EPE split approaches
GP rebrands six months before its contract as EPE's investment portfolio manager terminates
Xenon's Eco Eridania bolts on Mengozzi
Deal marks the last of several acquisitions for the private-equity-backed business
Union Square and Mosaic join $20m series-B for Clue
Round was led by Finnish corporate venture firm Nokia Growth Partners
French PE sees higher valuations in 2016 as dealflow drops
Increased competition and readily available debt lead to multiples creeping up in the country
Industrifonden partially exits Oatly to Verlinvest
State-backed Swedish VC sells stake to Belgian and Chinese investors 14 years after backing Oatly
Women's presence growing in French PE
Alexandra Dupont, president of AFIC's women's association AFIC avec Elles, says the trend towards diversity is encouraging
EQT reaps 3.2x on Automic sale
GP exits the company after a four-year holding period in a deal valuing the business at €600m
Maven reaps 5x on £23.3m Nenplas sale to Surteco
Exit comes four years after the plastic extrusion company demerged from its tile accessories division
Innova ups IRR to 60% on final Wirtualna Polska exit
GP completes full exit three years after initial investment in WP Group
EQT buys Norwegian automated storage company AutoStore
Local media suggests an entry multiple for EQT of 19x projected 2016 EBITDA
Sunstone Capital et al. lead €9m series-B for Dubsmash
GP co-led the round alongside Balderton Capital as well as existing investor Index Ventures