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FPE backs Intragen
UK-based FPE Capital makes its sixth investment from its £101m FPE II vehicle
Bowmark reinvests in Aston Lark
Bowmark Capital Partners sold insurance broker Aston Lark to Goldman Sachs in May 2019
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Argos Wityu sells Salvia Group to trade
GP sells the France-based real estate services provider to Total Specific Solutions
Eurazeo, ADM in €60m round for M2I
Idinvest first invested in the pheromones and complex molecules producer in 2017
Go Capital et al. in €5m round for Robocath
NCI, Normandie Participations, M Capital and Supernova Invest also re-invest in the business
FPE Capital buys artwork management specialist Kallik
GP deploys capital from its FPE Fund II, which held a final close on £100m in October 2017
Endless exits James Briggs to trade
Endless acquired the chemicals company in 2013 and provided a capital injection in 2016
Beringea leads $5.5m series-A for Arctic Shores
Fresh capital will help accelerate international expansion and launch a SaaS platform
VCs sell Bitbar to trade
PE-backed SmartBear bolts on Finland-based Bitbar, a mobile app test automation company
Comhar backs Fabriweld in debut investment
Comhar supports incoming managing director Joe Martoccia in a management buy-in of Fabriweld
Atomico leads £10m series-A for Koru Kids
Existing investors AlbionVC, Forward Partners and JamJar also take part
Oakley Capital backs Italian homeware designer Alessi
GP acquires a stake of around 40% from the founding family, who will retain the majority
Aurelius carves out YouBuild and MPRO
Carve-out of YouBuild and MPRO marks the maiden deal for Aurelius's Benelux team
Felix et al. in £7m seed round for Residently
Felix Capital, LocalGlobe and A/O Proptech have invested in rentals platform Residently
Three Hills invests £40m in telematics specialist Trak
Company plans to use the capital to boost its international expansion, primarily in North America
Battery Ventures leads $33m round for Mews
Battery leads the series-B round, with principal Sanjiv Kalevar joining the board
IDG Capital et al. back $67m series-C for Hifibio
Latest round follows $38m series-B led by Sequoia China and Lyfe Capital in Q2 2018
Novax sells 28% stake in EMG to Verdane
Norway-based PE firm Verdane acquires a minority stake in the education marketing business
SEPI-backed Ebro buys rice producer Tilda for $342m
Ebro acquires the business from US-based and Nasdaq-listed food company The Hain Celestial Group
VCs in $16.5m series-B for Bestmile
Existing investors Partech and Groupe ADP also re-up in the transportation software company
Aquiline's ClearCourse makes 14th acquisition
ClearCourse buys BrightOffice, a provider of customer relationship management software
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Kleiner Perkins leads $16m series-A for Inkitt
Redalpine, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Earlybird have also invested in the publishing platform