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Adcuram acquires Garbe
Industrial holding company Adcuram has acquired five entities under the Garbe Gruppe
Progressio backs lemon juice producer Polenghi
GP invests from its Progressio Investimenti III fund, which recently closed on its €250m hard-cap
Graphite Capital poised to buy Horizon Care - report
Stage Capital (then NBGI) acquired the Midlands-based specialist childcare provider in 2012
Tikehau, BPI France back Groupe Rougnon SBO
Tikehau invests in the French environmental engineering firm via its T2 Energy Transition Fund
Ergon buys baked goods specialist Dolciaria Acquaviva
GP invests via its Ergon Capital Partners IV fund, which held a final close in March on €580m
Kernel Capital leads £1.6m round for Automated Intelligence
Kernel Capital makes a £750,000 investment in the data management platform company
Montagu's Wireless Logic buys Matooma
Acquisition of France-based Matooma is the third purchase for Wireless Logic in 2019
Skylake Capital launches $150m early-stage fund
New venture firm is launched by Marcos Battisti, formerly of C5 Capital and Intel Capital
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 £6bn
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