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Equistone sells Eschenbach to trade
UK-based Inspecs Group is to pay €94.85m for the eyewear business, according to a statement
Livingbridge sells Giacom to trade
Bidders for the company included Hg among a number of other trade and private equity bidders
Knight Capital leads €10m series-B for Smart Protection
Swanlaab Venture Factory and CDTI also take part in the round, alongside previous backers including Nauta Capital
Eurazeo buys Altaïr from Motion Equity for €115m
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Motion Equity, which bought the company from Azulis, Gimv and co-investors
Viking, General Atlantic lead $80m round for Pharvaris
Foresite, Bain Life Sciences, VenBio Partners and Venroc also back the biotechnology company
NorthEdge invests in Lights4fun
In a competitive process run by Sentio, NorthEdge was chosen as the preferred partner due to cultural fit
Hg acquires Septeo Group
Deal sees Hg investing via Genesis 9 and reportedly values the legal tech business at more than €1bn
BGF invests £8m in UK Flooring Direct
Keith Pacey is currently chair at UK Flooring Direct and will continue in this role
Onex, GIC lead investment in $1bn Convex
GIC has made several investments in 2020, including in Klarna and Thyssenkrupp Elevator
VCs in $20m series-C extension for Tourlane
Tourism booking platform is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital
M Ventures, Imec Xpand lead $20m round for Ferroelectric Memory
SK Hynix, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, TEL Venture Capital and eCapital also backed the round
Sale of EQT-owned Fertin Pharma to launch in Q1 2021
GP is aiming to close the deal before the second half of 2021
Bregal leads $53m series-C for Paack
Previous investors Unbound, RPS Ventures, Rider Global and Fuse Ventures also take part in the round
Inven Capital leads $50m round for Forto
Also participating in the round for the freight software platform were VCs including Iris Capital
Omers considers sale of ERM for £2.5bn – report
Omers Private Equity acquired ERM from Charterhouse for an enterprise value of $1.7bn in June 2015
Eurazeo exits Iberchem in €820m deal
Sale generates a cash-on-cash multiple of 2.1x and a 25% IRR for Eurazeo Capital
VC-backed Spacemaker sold to Autodesk for $240m
Deal comes a year and a half after the startup raised a $25m series-A round co-led by Northzone and Atomico in June 2019
Permira hires Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley for Dr Martens' IPO – report
Permira acquired the brand in 2013 for ТЃ300m, with debt provided by Barclays
Mutares exits Nexive in €60m deal
Mutares and Dutch mail company Postnl sell the entire share capital of Nexive to Poste Italiane
Carlyle to explore sale options for Hunkemöller – report
GP had explored IPO options for the Netherlands-headquartered lingerie and loungewear chain in 2018
Bridgepoint-backed Diaverum to launch IPO
Planned IPO could reportedly value at the renal care clinics group at more than тЌ2bn
Quadriga's Scio bolts on MFI
Industrial automation group Scio has made a series of four add-ons in 2020
Palamon-backed FairConnect buys DriveQuant
Palamon bought a majority stake in the connected insurance service provider in a €100m deal in 2018
Aksia buys Nappi
This is the fourth acquisition made by Aksia Capital V, following its investments in Primo, Valpizza and Vomm