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EQT to sell Charleston
EQT acquired Charleston in 2014 and made nine bolt-on acquisitions throughout its holding period
Waterland sells HistoGeneX to PE-backed Caprion Biosciences
Waterland exits Belgium-based biotechnology business HistoGeneX to Canadian peer Caprion
AP Ventures et al. invest €17m in Hydrogenious
AP Ventures and several corporates have invested €17m in the hydrogen carrier company
GPs hungry for Benelux's food and beverages sector
From 2014 to date, Benelux has surpassed all other European regions in terms of large-cap buyouts in the food sector
LSP et al. in €67m series-A for Alizé Pharma 3
LSP leads the round for the biotech business, investing alongside previous and new backers
Gilde exits Powerlines to trade
Gilde Buyout Partners acquired a majority stake in Powerlines from Invest Equity in 2008
BlueGem, Value Italy reduce stake in DigitalGo
Partial exit for the two GPs, which acquired the company in 2009 via MPS Venture II and BlueGem I
Gimv exits Legallais in management buy-back
Members of the founding family, management and employees will wholly own Legallais
CVC to acquire Ontic for $1.365bn
BBA Aviation acquired Ontic in 2006 for $67m and has pursued an acquisitive growth strategy
Quadrivio buys moulding specialist Rototech
Second deal made by the GP via its Industry 4.0 fund, launched in 2018 with a €300m target
Equistone buys Bulgin in £105m deal
Firm scores its fourth carve-out in a month with the purchase from Elektron Technology
BGF injects £6.25m into Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward's watches are designed in the UK and manufactured in Biel, Switzerland
Waterland inks first deal in Ireland
Dutch GP previously backed senior residential care operators based across Europe
Blackstone et al. in talks to sell Refinitiv in $27bn deal
Trade buyer LSEG and target Refinitiv's combined 2018 revenues amount to around ТЃ6bn
GPF Capital buys Quimi Romar from Realza Capital
GP also buys soap producer Envasado Xiomara to build a platform in the personal care products sector
Winona exits sports fashion retailer KJUS
Winona Capital invested in the Switzerland-based ski and golf apparel company in 2013
BlueGem buys Italian hair care specialist Pool Service
GP plans to boost the company's growth organically and by pursuing a buy-and-build strategy
Gimv's AgroSavfe receives €35m from investor consortium
Corporate Ackermans & van Haaren is backing AgroSavfe for the first time, injecting €10m
Clairvest backs FSB Technology with £23m
Tenth investment from Clairvest Equity Partners V, a $600m fund that closed in 2015
Gimv to sell Thinkstep to trade
Gimv first invested in the company's €8m financing round in 2010 alongside Next47
VC-backed Predictimmune raises £10m series-B
BGF joins existing investors in the UK biotech firm with a ТЃ4m equity contribution
Tikehau Capital invests €29m in DoveVivo
Company raises a total of around €72m, including €22.5m of debt financing provided by Illimity Bank
BtoV, Wellington and Seroba co-lead $48m series-C for Quanta
Existing investors BtoV, Wellington and Seroba all invested in the company's series-A in 2009
EMZ acquires stake in Arturia
EMZ draws equity from EMZ 9 fund, which launched in January 2019 with a target of €900m