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Beringea backs TVPlayer's spinout from Simplestream
VC's investment director Hodgkinson leaves his role to become COO at the TV streaming company
Nazca holds first close on €250m for fourth fund
GP has held a first close on the fund’s target and expects a final close on the €275m hard-cap
Beechbrook invests £7.5m in Hotcha
Unitranche facility will enable the food takeaway business to double its number of outlets
Kibo Ventures holds first close on €71m for second fund
Fund II has a €100m target and will lead series-A and -B rounds for Spanish digital startups
Charterhouse buys Sagemcom from Carlyle
Tertiary buyout sees the Carlyle Group selling the business after five years at the helm
Stage Capital spins out from NBGI Private Equity
Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs back the creation of a new independent firm with €300m in AUM
Omnes divests Pommier, fully realises CACI 2 fund
CACI 2 was raised in 2005 and has generated a final IRR of 15%, according to the GP
Online food-ordering services feeding Benelux's IPO surge
GPs and VCs are capitalising on the improved climate for the public market exit route
Pragma takes majority stake in TVH Consulting SBO
XAnge Private Equity bought a minority stake in the group in 2007 for €3.5m
VC-backed Takeaway.com floats with €993m market cap
IPO sees Prime Ventures and Macquarie among vendors of existing shares worth a total of €153m
Earlybird in €3m series-A for BigchainDB
Business, founded in 2014, is currently at proof-of-concept stage for its product
Lyceum sells Compact Media to Ole
Deal marks the GP's second divestment to an international trade buyer since the Brexit vote
BayBG backs IDnow
Fresh capital will be used to drive the company's European expansion
LDC backs management buyout of PAW Structures
Manufacturer of structural steel and framing will invest in its production facilities
BPI et al. in $23m series-D round for Kyriba
HSBC took part in a $21m funding round alongside existing investors last year
Ardian’s RGI buys French competitor Kapia
Ardian's portfolio company financed the transaction with capital from its balance sheet
Idinvest, Entrepreneur Venture in €2m series-A for Sync2Ad
Sync2Ad's predecessor Visiware had been backed by 3i and Entrepreneur Venture before going under in 2015
BGF injects £10m into RiverRidge
Deal for the waste management company marks BGF's second investment in Northern Ireland
Passion Capital in £1.5m round for Prowler.io
Funding will be used to build a prototype version of Prowler.io's platform
Alcedo buys 47% of Stranich from Assietta for €10m
Italian GP has acquired a 49% stake in the target company from Assietta Private Equity
Amundi launches platform for real and alternative assets
Firm is looking to double its €34bn alternative assets under management by 2020
Axcel, PFA, PKA in DKK 4.7bn deal for Danmarks Skibskredit
Transaction follows lengthy process with reported interest from Nordic Capital and Goldman Sachs
Squire hires Siddiqui as partner
Siddiqui joins the firm from Trowers & Hamlins, where he was corporate partner for one year
Mayfair closes maiden fund on £400m
GP was founded by the former head of LDC's London office, Daniel Sasaki, in 2014