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Mid Europa increases holding in Waberer
GP ups its stake in the business after a five-year holding period
Endless's Liberata sells Trustmarque for £57m
Private equity house Endless exits the business after a two-year holding period
Horizons Ventures leads $40m series-B for Number26
Battery Ventures joined the round, which also saw participation from existing backers
Fintech startup OptioPay secures €7m seed funding
Transaction marks the payment software company's third seed round
Sunstone and E.Ventures in SEK 50m series-A for Natural Cycles
Funding round for the Swedish startup was led by publisher Bonnierтs Media Growth divison
Seed Capital leads DKK 18.5m seed round for OrderYoyo
Investment is the third round of funding raised by the food ordering software developer from the Danish VC
Epidarex leads £4.3m series-A for Mironid
Backers include existing investors Scottish Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde
Holding periods lengthening again following 2015 drop
Holding periods for assets exited in so far 2016 have climbed following a drop in 2015, but still sit lower than the 2012-2014 average
Randstad launches tender offer for Siparex-backed Ausy
BPI France and Siparex provided a €20m capital increase in the first funding round for Ausy
Caterwings raises €6m round from Holtzbrinck at al.
Backers include German venture capital house Tengelmann Ventures and Rocket Internet
DBAG appoints new industrial partner
DBAG has named Harald Becker-Ehmck as its newest industrial partner
Sovereign exits Lifetime Training to Silverfleet
Sovereign had backed the professional training group's management buyout in 2011
Investcorp buys Corneliani for $100m
Deal marks the fourth investment in the luxury clothing segment for Investcorp
Barker, Barnes step down from Electra board
Kate Barker served as interim chair following Roger Yates's resignation, until the appointment of Neil Johnson
Nordic mid-market mezzanine's malaise
Mid-market mezzanine has been all but entirely squeezed out of the Nordic private equity space
Pragma Capital exits Nasse-Demeco to Siparex
Pragma Capital had supported the buyout of the removal company back in 2007
Adelis-backed Nordomatic buys Dominus
Following the bolt-on, the Nordomatic group will have a turnover of SEK 500m
Advent, Sunstone et al. in $60m round for F2G
Growth investment is F2G's seventh and largest-ever round of funding
Quilvest sells Acrotec to Castik
Secondary buyout gives the Swiss business Acrotec an enterprise value of CHF 280m
EQT Ventures invests €4.6m in Unomaly
Investment in Stockholm-based machine learning startup was led by VC partner Andreas Thorstensson
Carlyle sells remaining 13.9% Applus stake for €150m
GP has fully exited the business after a nine-year holding period
Highland leads $30m series-A for Condeco
Europe-focused GP Highland Europe invests as a separate entity following its spinout from HCP in 2012
Enterprise Investors in €12.3m Nortal exit
Polish GP sells minority stake back to founders and management for milestoned purchase price
CapMan recruits Ratos's Pålsson as partner
PУЅlssonтs departure for the Finnish buyout house comes a week after Ratos announces CEO change