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Accel leads $8m series-A for Dashdash
Cherry Ventures, Atlantic Labs and angel investors also take part in the financing
Livingbridge to acquire Love Holidays
Proposed deal will reportedly value the UK-based online travel agent at around ТЃ180m
BPI France et al. in €7m round for Welcome to the Jungle
Latest funding round follows on from a first held in January 2017, when the firm raised €2m
Genesis exits POS Media Group
Deal comes just a year after Genesis acquired the firm via its Genesis Private Equity Fund III
Investec launches $100m venture fund
Vehicle will target UK fintech and enterprise software businesses between the seed and series-A stages
BNP Paribas Développement, BPI France sell Algonquin
Schroders wholly acquires Algonquin, a French equity investor and hotel operator with €1.8bn AUM
Downing exits Goonhilly
Exit marks the end of a four-year ownership after Downing acquired the firm in March 2014
DeA Capital's Idea CCR I sells stake in Cartiere Pigna
CCR I, which in July 2016 held a final close on €260m, targets financially stressed Italian companies
Investcorp launches dental buy-and-build
New group will employ approximately 250 people at its two locations in Albstadt and Olsberg
Core invests in Alpine Fire Engineers
GP is currently investing from its second fund, which typically invests ТЃ5-15m per transaction
DeA Capital's Idea CCR II in takeover offer for Snaidero
Following approval of the deal, Idea CCR II will invest €13m in the company and appoint a new CEO
EQT Ventures leads €6.5m series-A for AnyDesk
EQT Ventures sources the investment using its in-house deal-sourcing software Motherbrain
Spice PE in $300m deal for The Craftory
GP is funding the launch of a new UK-based, consumer-goods-focused investment group
Edge backs Airbeem
Fresh capital will be used to roll out the platform through more sales and marketing activity
Livingbridge acquires insurance group CISG
GP will support further growth by expanding the franchise operations and through acquisitions
Hg to invest in Financial Express
GP invested in the financial services software and data company with capital drawn from Mercury 2
Carvest backs MBO of consultancy Algoé
GP Carvest, the PE arm of Crédit Agricole's regional branches, takes over from CIC
Cinven exits Ufinet Spain, retains Ufinet International
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired the company from Gas Natural Fenosa in 2014
21 Concordia acquires stake in VGL
Polish GP backed the firm via its special purpose holding entity Polinvest 8
Sun European buys ESIM from Ardian
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Ardian, which acquired the company in a complex carve-out
PE-backed Şok completes Istanbul IPO
Turkish grocery retailer prices at the top end of its revised range, with gross proceeds of TRY 2.3bn
Hg reaps 4.9x on sale of JLA to Cinven
Deal brings to an end an eight-year tenure and generates a gross IRR of 26% for the vendor
Creathor in €10m series-B for Acousia
LBBW Ventures, Bregua Corporation and existing backers BIVF and KfW also take part in the round
Strategic Value acquires remainder of Vita Group
Debt package to support the transaction was provided by Barclays and NatWest Markets