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Afinum-backed Garz & Fricke acquires E-Gits
Garz & Fricke acquired E-Gits to expand the company's product and service portfolio
Nexi raises €2.3bn in IPO
Initial listing gives Nexi a market capitalisation of €5.7bn and an enterprise value of €7.3bn
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Gilde Healthcare sells Stepping Stones to trade
GP ends nine-year ownership of Netherlands-based senior residential care service Stepping Stones
Vitruvian-backed Technogroup bolts on CPU Service
Vitruvian acquired Technogroup from Caldec Holding and the company's founding shareholders in 2017
Vista acquires Perform to merge with Stats
Transaction will create a sport data and media group in the European and North American markets
Bet the farm: reaping the rewards in agri-food investing
Investments in the agri-food tech space have bloomed in the past few years, while an increasing number of new players have entered the sector
Norvestor-backed Xllnc buys Lin Education
Bolt-on comes two months after the GP acquired Xllnc with capital from Norvestor VII
VCs in €3m funding round for Skoove
Skoove was initially a participant in Microsoft Accelerator Berlin in 2014 and 2015
Andera exits VMI Jokon to management
Marc Laisne and management buy back VMI Jokon, an automotive equipment manufacturer
HTGF-backed Immunic lists on Nasdaq
Consortium including LSP, Bayern Kapital, HTGF and IBG reinvested €26.7m in Immunic
Idinvest leads $24m round in LumApps
Company intends to use the financing to scale up its team and further expand internationally
Findos acquires stake in Fuxtec
Shareholders of Fuxtec will retain 35% and Findos will acquire a 65% stake in the company
MIP leads €2m series-A for flower delivery startup Colvin
New injection of capital brings the total funding raised by the Spanish company to €11m
ING Ventures leads €19m series-C for banking app Fintonic
Round also sees participation from 10 other investors, including Spanish insurance group PSN
YFM exits Leengate Valves in management buy-back
Divestment of the industrial valve wholesaler brings to an end a five-year holding period
PE-backed Addev Materials bolts on Graytone
Addev will focus on synergies from the Graytone project in Europe and the Middle East
Triton's Chevron acquires Traffic Management Services
Acquisition of the traffic management business comes one year after the GP invested in Chevron
VC firms invest $7m in Medbelle
Signals, Talis, Mutschler Ventures, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Cavalry Ventures take part
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
IK acquires BST
Since 2016, BST's annual revenues have grown from SEK 220m to almost SEK 340m in 2018
Sofina, Idia et al. back La Maison Chapoutier OBO
Sofina, backing the wine producer since 2007, becomes the second largest owner in the business
Green Arrow buys Labware
GP invests via its Green Arrow Private Equity Fund III, which closed on €230.6m in September 2018
Carlyle exits VWD for €130m
VWD was a Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II portfolio company