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CIC and Amadeus lead £3.25m round for Riverlane
Scientific research software firm will develop its products for quantum computing hardware platforms
Corpfin-backed Grupo 5 sells six nursing homes to Korian
Partial exit for Corpfin, which bought a 98% stake in Grupo 5 in 2017 via its fourth fund
VCs invest $12m in Scoutbee
VCs HV Holtzbrinck Venture, 42Cap and Toba Capital invested $4m in the company in 2018
Capitem exits Novencia in management buy-back
GP sells stake in consulting firm Novencia back to the founding director, who becomes sole owner
NB Aurora buys Dierre from Gradiente
NB Aurora bought a 46.1% stake from Gradiente and the remaining 3.8% from Rubbiani for €30.2m
Palamon sells Il Bisonte to trade buyer
Deal values Il Bisonte at €100m and marks the first exit from Palamon European Equity III
Eurazeo leads $227m funding round for Adjust
Firm contributes €60m towards the funding round for the German data analysis software developer
Triton backs Royal Reesink SBO
Equipment distributor Reesink was marketed based on €55-60m EBITDA, according to reports
KKR launches offer for Axel Springer at €63 per share
Friede Springer and CEO Mathias Döpfner, who hold 45.4% of shares, will form a consortium with KKR
KKR sells credit specialist Sistemia to BC-backed MCS-DSO
Group plans to strengthen its position in the Italian credit collection market and boost its growth
Former Advent execs launch BD-Capital
GP was co-founded by ex-Advent partner Andy Dawson and ex-FTSE CEO Richard Baker
CIC backs Mega Gossau
CIC Capital has acquired a minority stake with the management team retaining a majority
Livingbridge backs management buyout of ECS Security
IT security consultancy will spin out from parent business ECS Group and rebrand as Adarma
Atomico leads €88m round for Infarm
Existing investors Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures and TriplePoint Capital participate
KKR targets $1.5bn for second growth tech fund
Fund was registered in Luxembourg in November last year and expects to hold a final close in Q3
Arkéa backs Groupe Vert, bolts on Netvime
Arkéa finances the merger of the France-based eco-friendly cleaning services providers
Altor buys Ideal of Sweden
Founders Joachim LindstrУЖm and Filip Ummer, and EEquity reinvest in the transaction
Genoa football club to be sold to York Capital
Genoa was put on the market by president and majority shareholder Enrico Preziosi earlier this year
Andera exits Erget in management buy-back
Erget is the 11th divestment from Andera's Cabestan vehicle, which closed on €113m in 2011
HTGF et al. invests in Simreka
Sap.IO, Sap's early-stage investment arm, also invested in Simreka with High-Tech Gründerfonds
Chiltern backs Perfect Image MBO
Founder of the Newcastle-based IT consultancy will continue in a non-executive capacity
EQT transfers IP-Only to infra fund
EQT makes the divestment from its EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe funds
PEP's IDB buys interior design specialist Modar
Modar is the sixth bolt-on inked by IDB, which expects to reach a turnover of €130m in 2019
INVL invests €30m in Grigeo carve-out
Subsidiary of the fund will acquire 49.99% of the division's shares in a two-part transaction