Southern Europe
3i raises €414m CLO for European buyouts
Fifth CLO closed by 3i in 2015
Houlihan acquires Leonardo's German, Dutch and Spanish operations
Move comes nine months after carve-out of Leonardo’s French business
Ex-Doughty execs to lead Charme Capital London office
Huxtable, Churtichaga and Fielding lead Italian GP in London
Black Toro launches fund, aims for €200m first close
Fund to write €20-50m tickets for Spanish companies
THCap II targets €10m-plus first close for January 2016
Pan-atlantic fund THCap II to back 20-35 technology companies
Transplant raises €1.5m from Kereon et al.
Funds to back commercial launch of organ transportation system
Keensight backs MBO for Vision-Box
Second MBO to involve the GP in last month
BC Partners buys 85% Cigierre stake in €300m SBO
Paladin Capital Partners and LVMH investment arm L Capital exit
N+1 sells 70% of Dinamia's portfolio to Access for €57.2m
Secondaries deal follows merger between N+1 and Dinamia in July
Suma buys VenturCap's 30% stake in Tradeinn
Second deal for firm’s growth-focused fund
Cabot Square invests in MoneyFarm
MoneyFarm has moved headquarters from Italy to London
Active Venture secures minority stake in Incubout
VC is currently investing from Amerigo Innvierte Spain Ventures fund
Inveready backs Galgo in €1m round
VC used €15m second biotech fund
Uniplaces raises $24m from Atomico et al.
Previous backer Octopus takes part in series-A
Gigas to raise €4.1m in €13.8m IPO
No exit plans for company’s three VC backers, according to unquote” sources
Paine buys Quadrivio's Suba Seeds in €80m SBO
Second deal to be financed via GP's $893m fourth fund
Alcedo and Wise score 6x on JK Group trade sale
Trade sale values business at €346.5m
Espiga closes €140m lower-mid-market fund
Vehicle to back MBOs with €8-20m tickets
Marfeel raises $3.5m from Nauta et al.
Funds earmarked to boost presence in US market
Ysios et al. inject €19.4m into Minoryx
Other backers include Kurma, Idinvest and Chiesi
Ardian opens new Madrid office
GP now operates 11 offices worldwide
Bain's Wittur merges with Sematic
Bolt-on comes eight months after Bain acquired Wittur from Triton
Windeln bolts on Bebitus
Acquisition is part of Windeln's European expansion
European PE funds: top 5 closes of 2015 so far
Looking back on the five largest European fund closes of 2015 so far