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Investors exit Trainline in £285m placing
KKR, Index Ventures, Ares and Alven Capital have each sold 50% of their shares in the company
Raise Investissement invests €200m in Epsa
Transaction sees the management team retain a majority stake in consultancy Epsa
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Blumberg et al. in $60m series-B for Wunder Mobility
Blumberg first invested in the transport services software company in 2018
Lovell Minnick to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal
US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor
Cipio Partners, Hi Inov et al. invest €16.5m in Agorapulse
Social media management platform Agorapulse achieved a year-on-year growth of around 65%
Mentha-backed Aethon buys Samen Professionals
Dutch-based Aethon bolts on Samen Professionals to strengthen its service offering
Idia, Carvest et al. back Groupe Mauffrey in SBO
Previous backer Siparex divests the business while the Mauffrey family retains a majority
DeA's Taste of Italy exits beverage producer Lurisia
Coca‑Cola HBC buys the entire share capital of Lurisia for an enterprise value of €88m
Sherpa backs Omega Spice
GP is currently investing via its third fund, which closed on €150m in 2018, against a €125m target
K1 invests $25m in AppLearn
Fresh capital will be used for product development, and to invest in sales and marketing
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
EMH backs Liganova
Transaction value was not disclosed but EMH makes investments between €50-150m per company
Younan Company buys Chateau La Garelle
Chateau La Garelle is the second vineyard acquisition in the Bordeaux region for the US-based GP
VCs in €40m series-D for Themis
US-based Farallon Capital, with Oslo- and Stockholm-based Hadean Ventures, led the round for Themis
Advent raises $2bn for tech fund
Fundraise comes shortly after the $17.5bn final close of the GP's flagship product, GPE IX
Investors back $240m series-C for CMR Surgical
Existing investors in the round included LGT Capital Partners and Escala Capital Investments
InnovaHealth backs Koelis
GP provides growth equity to French developer of medical imaging products Koelis
Five Seasons, Indaco lead €8.5m round for Cortilia
Primomiglio also took part in the round by deploying capital from its Barcamper Ventures fund
NVM invests in Mobius
NVM Private Equity makes its second acquisition in Leicestershire in September 2019
Geneo backs Pinette Emidecau Industries SBO
GP will help industrials business Pinette to grow externally in Europe and the US
Prime leads €40m series-C for Holidu
Many of the existing investors in the vacation rental search engine also participated in this round
83North, Marathon Capital back Lenses.io
Series-A will help data and analytics specialist Lenses.io to expand internationally
Advent et al. bid for ThyssenKrupp elevators division
Carlyle, CVC, KKR, and Blackstone Group are also reported to be interested in the unit
