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Arcus, BE Beteiligungen buy majority stake in Lässig
Investment will support baby and parent products retailer in its digitalisation and e-commerce strategy
Umbra leads $20m round for Hastee
In addition to the equity investment, Hastee receives a $250m credit line from the investors
IK Investment Partners acquires Ondal from Capvis
Ondal is the GP's third recent medtech acquisition and the 15th investment from IK VIII
Arlington Capital acquires Firth Rixson
Arlington typically invests $25-75m in companies with enterprise values of $50-500m
Pure Gym among final bidders for FSN's Fitness World – report
Final bids for the Danish fitness chain are expected today, according to Mergermarket
Suma Capital backs education specialist Implika
Suma invests around €10m in the company via the purchase of shares and a capital increase
VCs in £15m round for Cuvva
Cuvva has recently launched its first product, where customers pay monthly for insurance
Elysian to reap at least 3.2x on Pebble IPO
Listing results in a 3.2x return, with the remaining stake currently representing an extra 1.1x
Signa Innovations leads €5m series-A for Realxdata
Paris-headquartered Ventech also backed the round for the Berlin-based data analysis software company
Tenzing-backed Ticketer buys Fara
UK-based bus ticketing company Ticketer was acquired in 2018 and will now expand to the Nordic region
Sovereign to sell Arachas for €250m
Sovereign backed the management buyout of Arachas in 2017 and acquired a controlling stake
Xenon creates leather production group in Italy
GP invests via Xenon Private Equity VII, which held a final close on €300m in November 2019
Ardian's Dedalus carves out Agfa-Gevaert's healthcare IT business
Dedalus buys the business for an EV of €975m, with the aim of creating a healthcare software group
VCs in £10m round for Uncapped
Accelerator Seedcamp also invested in the round, as well as several angel investors
GED Capital buys Grupo OM from Nazca
GP invests via GED VI España fund, which was launched with a €175m target and held a €100m first close
BID Equity Fund II holds final close on €125m
B2B software-focused fund launched in February 2019 and held a first close on €80m in July 2019
NPM Capital et al. in €250m series-C for Picnic
Company will use the fresh capital to develop a robotised distribution centre in Utrecht
YFM, Comhar invest £4.5m in PanIntelligence
YFM is investing ТЃ3.5m for a minority stake, alongside an additional investment of ТЃ1m by Comhar
Mobeus invests £13m in Access Partnership
Mobeus's investment will enable the consultancy to expand its services geographically
Apax France sells Sylpa to ActoMezz-backed management
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Apax France, which owned a stake in Sylpa via Apax Development
Lone Star in talks to acquire BASF's chemicals division
Final stage of the auction process comes after BASF began looking for a buyer at the end of 2018
Lightspeed leads €128m round for Vinted
Funding round values Vinted at €1bn, making it Lithuania's first technology unicorn
Telemos-backed Sanoptis buys AugenAllianz
Deal marks the second bolt-on for the GP's buy-and-build platform in the ophthalmology sector
European biotech flourishes as US and Asian capital pours in
Attracted by a buoyant industry with a rich pipeline, numerous US and Asian players have entered the market