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Carlyle's Irca bolts on Dobla
Irca and Dobla will create a group with around 800 employees and a combined turnover of €330m
Ardian buys Inula in SBO
Ardian buys majority stake in Belgium-based Inula from Vendis Capital and management
EQT Ventures backs Siilo in €4.5m round
Funding will be used to scale up Siilo's user base, with a focus on the UK and Germany
Miura backs EfectoLED
First investment from Miura Fund III, which held a final close on €330m in January
Apax Partners' Unilabs to buy Biopath, Polibio, SFMTBio
Switzerland-based Unilabs is set to make bolt-ons, according to French competition authority
Unigrains' Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano backs Sinfo One
Fondo Agroalimentare buys its stake from the Pomi family, who retain the majority holding
BaltCap-backed Dencap buys Kaarli Hambapolikliinik
GP injects fresh equity for the transaction from BaltCap Private Equity Fund II
HV Holtzbrinck leads $6m series-A for Lingokids
Previous backers JME Venture Capital, Sabadell Ventures and Big Sur Ventures take part in the round
BaltCap sells Caffeine to Reitan Convenience
Ends a six-year holding period for BaltCap, which backed the business through its Lithuania fund
Push for breakthrough in French renewables
PE players are increasing their focus on the country's renewable energy sector, despite the high profile challenges faced in the space
Abénex, Etoile ID buy Groupe ADF in SBO
Transaction sees CEO Marc Eliayan retain a stake in the business as Andera exits
Earlybird leads $4.4m series-A for online legal marketplace Lexoo
Lexoo said the traditional law firm model incentivises overcharging and short-termism
J Hirsch sells Clouditalia to F2i and Marguerite's Irideos
Sale ends a six-year holding period for J Hirsch, which drew capital from its €270m ILP III fund
Fuel Ventures raises £20m
Early-stage investment company was launched by Myvouchercodes founder Mark Pearson
LDC sells Seabrook to Calbee
Sale of Yorkshire-based crisps brand comes less than a year after LDC refinanced the company
Endless reaps 7.7x on Ink Publishing sale to Stagwell
Sale of in-flight media publisher brings to an end a three-year holding period for the vendor
Ring Capital, Tikehau back Linkfluence's series-D
GPs back the social media intelligence software publisher, allowing it to buy Scoop.it
Q Group holds €100m first close for Industry 4.0 fund
GP plans to hold a final close by the end of 2019 and make its first investment in the coming months
Balderton raises $145m for direct VC secondaries fund
Fund will target European growth-stage companies where early backers want some pre-exit liquidity
Indaco, Airbridge lead €3m series-A for Travel Appeal
Indaco Ventures is investing from its first fund, launched in April 2018 with a €250m hard-cap
Bain and Cinven offer improved price to de-list Stada
PE firms say they have obtained irrevocable support for the new offer from a 12% shareholder
Investindustrial-backed Aston Martin prices £4.3bn IPO
Flotation of the luxury carmaker values shares towards the lower end of the initial price range
Vertis leads €6.4m funding round for Milkman
Previous backers P101 and 360 Partners also took part in the investment
Tenzing acquires Ticketer
Deal for the bus ticketing software company is the GP's fourth from its maiden fund