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Highlander-backed Akomex bolts on Plano Pack
Investment comes eight years after the US and CEE-focused GP acquired its portfolio company Akomex
Pontifax and Five Seasons lead $10m round for Tropic Biosciences
UK biotechnology company will undertake trials of its new varieties of coffee and banana plants
Avedon sells Seebach to trade for €60m
Avedon acquired the business in 2012, drawing equity from the €190m NIBC Growth Capital Fund II
CapVest sells Scandza to management
Buyers will acquire 60% of Scandza from CapVest, according to a local media report
Argos acquires Factum from Naxicap et al.
Deal for the equipment leasing company brings to an end an 11-year holding period for Naxicap
Advent buys Deutsche Fachpflege from Chequers
Current management team will retain a stake in the new company and remain in their positions
Omnes et al. back Mistral MBI
Transaction is the first investment from Omnes Capital's small-cap Omnes Expansion III fund
Invision launches sixth buyout fund
Fund was registered in Jersey on 5 December 2017 as Invision VI Limited Partnership
Adelis sells IT Relation to Hg
Deal ends a two-year holding period for Adelis, which established the business in 2016
Isatis Capital, Entrepreneur Venture back Everwin MBO
Management team acquires a majority stake in France-based software publisher Everwin
VC consortium in €11m series-B for GreenFlux
GreenFlux service platform is cloud-based and connects with charge stations of all types
Nazca Capital backs Phibo
Company will use the fresh capital to increase its production capacity and boost its market position
Cobalt Capital sells Eurodommages in SBO
Qualium Investissement to buy Eurodommages, a France-based automotive insurer
BC Partners buys Forno d'Asolo in SBO
Company will use the fresh capital to bolster its growth organically and through new acquisitions
Vitruvian buys Doctari
GP draws equity for the transaction from its €2.4bn buyout fund, Vitruvian Partnership III
MCI launches tender offer to wholly own MCI Capital fund
Offer is for 19,003,988 MCI Capital shares in a bid to wholly acquire the fund's shares and votes
HQ Equita buys Steindl Group
Steindl comprises packaging machinery manufacturers Fawema and HDG Verpackungsmachinen
Index Ventures leads $66m series-B for Kry
Funding round also sees existing investors Accel, Creandum and Project A participate
Eurazeo et al. invest in Back Market
Investors inject €41m into Back Market, a retailer of refurbished electronic devices
Mubadala launches European tech fund
Vehicle will invest in European startups looking to establish themselves on a global scale
Inflexion's CloserStill bolts on Learning 2018
Deal is the second international bolt-on in 15 months for the healthcare- and tech-focused events firm
SHS-backed Novo Klinik buys Innocath
Novo Klinik is expanding its product portfolio in the field of airway management
CM-CIC, Sodero back Cine Digital Service MBO
MBO sees newly appointed managers Cédric Aubert and Etienne Roux acquiring stakes
Iris leads €15m series-A for Exotec
Existing investors 360 Capital Partners and Breega Capital also take part in the financing