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Affiris raises €10m from MIG et al.
Affiris has raised €130m of funding to date, of which half comes from licences and grants
Smartangels in €3.5m round from Idinvest et al.
Round comes two years after a first €1m funding round for the crowdfunding platform
Erhvervsinvest acquires Gaming
Small-cap investor takes majority stake in online gambling and gambling machine company
Holger Weiss joins Target as venture partner
Startup founder and business angel was hired to help improve Target's startup network
Adelis buys three Danish business process outsourcers
GP looks to consolidate the fragmented sector, starting with a triple acquisition
Cinven's sixth buyout fund holds final close on €7bn
Vehicle will make тЌ150-600m investments across Europe, the US and Asia
Ardian closes Expansion Fund IV on €1bn
Fund is double the size of Ardian's previous effort, closed on €500m in 2014
Cherry Ventures in Smacc's €3.5m series-A
Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. also participated in the round
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
Frog Capital backs McMakler's €8.5m round
Piton Capital, Mutschler Ventures and Cavalry Ventures also backed the round
BaltCap's EKT bolts on Jaakson Linnahooldus
Add-on acquisition comes six months after the GP took a 75% stake in EKT
NorthEdge backs East Coast Concepts
Northern casual dining brands are to evolve into nationwide chains
Partech closes Partech Growth on €400m hard-cap
Fund was launched in early 2015 and had already hit its €375m target by October last year
Carlyle acquires packaging producer Logoplaste
Deal marks the seventh transaction for the firm’s €3.75bn 2013-vintage vehicle, Carlyle Europe Partners IV
PNC Riverarch backs MBO of Steelite
UK tableware company will look to expand its US operations
3i's Atesteo in €70m refinancing
BayernLB, Commerzbank, HSBC and UniCredit act as lead arrangers on the deal
Gimv-backed Brakel acquires Argina Technics
Gimv acquired a majority stake in Dutch group Brakel in September 2015
Abris sells Novago to Chinese industrial investor for PLN 550m
China Everbright International will acquire Poland-based waste-to-energy group Novago
ECM acquires Wieners+Wieners
ECM hopes to take advantage of the consolidation of the language services market
Alto Partners buys La Suissa
Deal marks the sixth investment for Italian SMEs-focused vehicle Alto Capital III
Imperial, Cambridge Innovation in £12m Storm series-A
Cambridge-based biotech will explore potential new cancer therapies
Verdane Capital raising $200m ninth fund
Nordic-based direct secondaries, growth and buyout private equity firm begins fundraising
Corpfin sells Logiters for €85m
Deal sees Corpfin exit the Spanish logistics operator after two-year holding period
Greycroft backs Splash's $2.5m round
In March, Splash won the founder prize at tech-festival South by Southwest