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Eurazeo exits Desigual
Eurazeo invested €285m in Desigual in return for a 10% stake in the business in March 2014
LitCapital acquires Audimas
Newly raised capital will enable the company to implement growth plans investing in manufacturing
Sponsor Capital acquires Duell Bike Center
Duell's strategic goal is to strengthen relationships with both customers and suppliers
Applegreen, Equitix, Arjun to buy NIBC's infra portfolio
Applegreen will acquire a 55% stake in motorway service provider Welcome Break in the transaction
Cinven agrees to acquire ALE from Axa for €925m
Deal comes weeks after the GP transferred another life insurance business into its sixth fund
Rhône acquires 45% stake in Maxam from Advent
Deal closes seven-year holding period for Advent, during which the company expanded internationally
FSI acquires stake in Lumson
Company intends to use the fresh capital to bolster its growth and consolidate its market position
Albion leads $1.8m seed round for Hazy
Amadeus Capital Partners, Nationwide Building Society and AI Seed also take part in the investment
HIG's Valtris bolts-on Ineos divisions
Valtris buys France-based Ineos Baleycourt and Benelux-based Ineos ChloroToluenes
Equistone sells Apogee to HP for £380m
Sale of the office printing equipment supplier brings to an end a holding period of just two years
Finatem buys GfS
Fourth investment Finatem has made in 2018 and the sixth from its latest buyout fund
Triton-backed AVS Verkehrssicherung buys KMK
AVS Verkehrssicherung plans on strengthening its footprint across Europe
BGF invests £6.4m in Miss Group
Fresh capital will be used to further scale the business and drive international expansion
VC fundraising lifts off in DACH region
Six venture funds based in the DACH region have held final closes in 2018 for a combined €1.3bn
YFM backs DSP in £10m MBO
YFM deploys capital from its YFM Buyout Fund I, which closed in April 2017 on £45m
LocalGlobe and Pentech lead £1.9m round for FloodFlash
Insurtech company will launch its product in October and double its headcount within six months
Elementis puts sale of Mondo Minerals to Advent on hold
Advent announced the sale of Mondo to listed Elementis in June, with EV amounting to $600m
Miura's Citri&Co bolts on Perales & Ferrer
As a result of the transaction, the combined group will generate revenues of €400m
Ardian exits Encevo to CSGI HK
Following the deal, Encevo is seeking industrial partnerships such as with CSG, based in Guangzhou
Cobe acquires Façades & Glazing Solutions from Saint-Gobain
GP carves out the facade installation and glass replacing divisions of Saint-Gobain's Glassolutions
Main Mezzanine Capital holds first close for maiden fund
Mezzanine division of Main Capital first started investing via a €50m capital pool
JC Flowers sells OneLife to trade
New group will have a combined AUM of €16.5bn, €5.2bn of which is currently managed by OneLife
Brookstreet backs NanoPhos
Company intends to use the fresh capital to bolster its growth and international expansion
Paragon buys Innere Medizin from UCB
Paragon draws equity from its €412m buyout fund, which held a final close in 2017