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BWK buys H&R Industrierohrbau
Co-founders Alexander Hock and Andreas Rohleder will both retain a stake in the new company
GP Profile: Mangrove Capital
An early backer in Skype and Wix, Mangrove held a final close on €200m for its fifth fund earlier this year
FSN forms new IT group with triple buyout deal
Nordic GP deployed capital from its FSN Capital V fund to finance the deals
Carlyle's PIB bolts on i2 Healthcare
Acquisition of the healtchare insurance specialist is the 16th since Carlyle's initial investment
QuattroR, Italmobilare to buy Ferrarini
QuattroR will deploy capital from its €711m fund, which held a first close in July 2017
FNB Private Equity buys Sud-Ouest Lartigue et Fils
French GP completes its second investment while approaching a final close for its maiden fund
Insight, Bessemer lead $50m series-C for Pipedrive
Latest funding round brings Pipedrive's total venture capital funding to date to $80m
PE-backed Wemas acquires Gerding
Previous owner Thomas Gerding acquires shares in Wemas in the transaction
Ceder acquires Persson from Connecting Capital
Ceder acquired a majority stake of around 90% in the business, together with management
Advent gears up for launch of third life sciences fund
VC makes investments in life sciences companies based in the UK, continental Europe and the US
Bain's Fintyre bolts on Reifen Krieg
Deal is the second acquisition made by Fintyre in Germany, following the bolt-on of Reiff Tyre
RCapital sells Innervate to trade buyer
Deal brings to an end the GP's 12-month holding period for the London-based IT consultancy
ICG sells Nora Systems to trade for $420m
Sale ends a holding period of five years for ICG, which first entered as a minority shareholder
Cabiedes & Partners, Highgrowth et al. exit Smadex
Smadex will be fully integrated into Headway, an Argentina-based provider of mobile data
RCapital sells The Coaching Academy in MBB
Divestment ends the GP's 11-year tenure of the UK-based training company
CVC's Delachaux foregoes IPO, acquired by CDPQ
Although an IPO price range was announced last week, CDPQ ultimately acquires the business
VC-backed Home24 prices €600m IPO
Flotation prices at the higher end of the €19.5-24.5 range set at the start of June
Sentica's VMP closes IPO public offering
Company lists less than a year after the GP acquired it via the Sentica Buyout V fund
Vaaka sells Sataservice in trade deal
Deal ends a four-year holding period for Vaaka, which acquired the business in May 2014
Invision sells Swiss Education Group to Summer Capital
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Invision, which acquired the business in 2008
Firstminute holds final close on $100m for seed fund
Follows a $60m first close in June 2017, and a second close on $85m in September
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