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Pollen Street increases offer for Prime Car Management
Firm initially offered PLN 20 per share on 20 February, but has increased this to PLN 23.25
KKR acquires Universum Film
Fred Kogel, CEO of the independent audiovisual content platform, has hired Markus Frerker as COO
Aksìa-backed Covisian bolts on Grupo GSS
Following this deal, Covisian expects to reach revenues of €300m and employ a staff of 14,000 people
Waterland to sell Verbraeken to Andera – report
Sale values the business at more than €100m, according to Belgian publication De Tijd
Blossom Capital closes debut fund on $85m
Firm will look to make four or five deals per year and will focus on European technology startups
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay bolts on Alpha-Cash
Alpha-Cash is Heidelpay's second acquisition in 2019 and its fifth since Anacap's first investment
Eurazeo's Europcar buys Scandinavian franchises
Transaction marks fourth and fifth national franchises acquired by Europcar Mobility Group
First Reserve to buy Flow Control from Weir for £275m
Deal values the carve-out from the listed Scottish mechanical engineering firm at ТЃ275m
Apax France-backed AEB buys Danmil
AEB plans to strengthen its offering and expand in the Nordic market
Ambienta-backed Safim bolts on Omni
GP intends to strengthen Safim’s position within the DACH market with the bolt-on
Adelis buys Ropo Capital from Sentica
Ropoтs management team remain in their positions in the business and will retain a stake
Triton and ADIA carve out IFCO in $2.51bn deal
Triton and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund buy IFCO plastic containers business from Brambles
Project A Ventures leads $7.9m series-A for Casavo
Previous backers Picus Capital and 360 Capital Partners also take part in the funding round
Souter takes part in £60m round for DivideBuy
Equity and debt round will support marketing and increase the lender's available pool of capital
Oxx leads $8m round for Funnel
Existing investors Balderton Capital, Industrifonden and Zobito also take part in the financing
Cairngorm buys Sentry Doors
Deal marks Cairngorm's 18th transaction since July 2016 and its entry into the fire protection sector
IK's Colisée bolts on Armonea Group
Combined group could generate revenues of €1bn and host 26,800 residents
KKR buys TMG
GP is bringing in media entrepreneur Fred Kogel as CEO while Herbert Kloiber joins the advisory board
Nauta Capital leads $6m round for German startup Zenloop
Piton Capital also takes part in the funding, alongside entrepreneurs including Christian Henschel
LDC sells ATG Access to trade in £22.5m deal
ATG has been sold to Hills & Smith, a FTSE 250 group operating in infrastructure and galvanising
Capvis sells Rena to Equistone
Management team led by CEO Peter Schneidewind will become shareholders alongside Equistone
QED Investors lead £3.5m round for Capitalise
SMEs can use Capitalise to seek financial advice from competing providers
Alven leads $10m round for vegan cosmetics brand Typology
Firstminute Capital and investors Marc Simoncini and Xavier Niel also take part in the funding round
Downing Ventures leads £6.5m investment in Imagen
Guinness Asset Management and Cambridge Innovation Capital also take part in the round