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Charterhouse buys Nuova Castelli
Deal is believed to be valued at more than €300m
Robotics-focused fund holds €80m first close
Fund attracted mix of institutional and corporate LPs
Deal in focus: Riverside scoops Mec3
Riverside's acquisition of gelato ingredients maker Mec3 proves the unshakable allure of "made in Italy" brands. Amy King reports
Demeter and Emertec inject €1.8m into Ynsect
French biotech operates large-scale insect farm
CPE sells Orège stake to Eren
VC makes final exit from the listed business
BGF invests £5m in Spex Group
Investor's fourth deal in Scotland this year
Ratos-backed Inwido completes add-ons
Ratos-backed Inwido, a European supplier of windows and doors, has acquired Danish businesses JNA Vinduer & Døre and Spar Vinduer.
Nordic Capital exits Kompan
GP understood to have reaped a 4.5x return
HgCapital acquires Ullink
GP's fifth European software investment in a year
Springwater buys 30% of Aernnova
Deal values firm at €500m
Corpfin Capital buys FCC logistics division for €32m
Business to be renamed Logisters
Duedil raises $17m series-B
Company claims it has doubled in size since series-A
Crescent leads £1m round for Analytics Engines
VC invests from its £22.5m fund Crescent III
Deal in focus: GC Aesthetics receives $60m lift
Management targeting 30% growth per annum
Octopus et al. invest £3m in Bowman
Octopus Investments, Fjord Capital and several angel investors have injected £3m into Bowman Power, a UK-based developer of waste heat recovery technology for large diesel engines.
BGF energises 3sun with £10m investment
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £10m in 3sun Group, a provider of products and services to the global energy industry.
GMT’s Karnov Group secures DKK 510m refinancing
GMT Communication Partners portfolio company Karnov Group, a Scandinavian information and business intelligence provider, has received a DKK 510m refinancing package.
PE-backed eDreams nears IPO
eDreams, the Spanish online travel agency backed by Permira and Ardian, is nearing an initial public offering.
Balderton leads $8m series-B for Top10
Balderton Capital has led a $8m series-B investment in Top10.com, a hotel recommendation website based in London.
Idinvest promotes three in private debt team
Idinvest Partners has promoted Eric Gallerne to partner as well as Maxime de Roquette Buisson and Nicolas Nedelec to investment directors within the firm’s private debt division.
Carlyle hires Maguire as MD for energy vehicle
Robert Maguire, Carlyle
Exponent backs Loch Lomond
Exponent Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in The Loch Lomond Distillery Company.
Dinamia trading discount narrows
Dinamia Capital Privado Sociedad de Capital Riesgo, the listed fund managed by N+1 Mercapital, has seen its trading discount narrow from 49.4% to 27.3% over the course of 2013.
TPG reaps $479m in Lenta IPO
Russian hypermarket chain Lenta raised $952m in its IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, with a market cap of $4.3bn and an enterprise value of $5.4bn.