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Livingbridge acquires Love Holidays
GP invests in the online travel agent with equity drawn from its £660m sixth flagship fund
NorthEdge buys Cutwel
Management team, led by Adam Gillard, retains a minority stake while the founders exit
Axcel invests in Gubi
Previous owner and founder's son, Jacob Olsen, will continue as CEO and minority shareholder
Apax France buys Expereo in SBO
Carlyle sells its majority stake, acquired in 2014 via Europe Technology Partners III fund
Bridgepoint sells Pret to JAB Holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered coffee and sandwich shop chain at more than £1.5bn
VC-backed Azimo raises further $20m
Corporate venture player Rakuten Capital leads the investment again, alongside a host of backers
Mid Europa acquires majority stake in JS Hamilton
Transaction is CEE-focused Mid Europa's ninth platform investment in Poland to date
Hilco acquires Homebase from Wesfarmers
Endless and Alteri Investors were also reportedly in the bidding process for the UK DIY retailer
Avenue Capital sells Hawthorn Leisure to NewRiver for £107m
Acquisition of Hawthorn's 298 pubs expands NewRiver's pub portfolio to 629 locations
Black Toro buys Forecast
Forecast's management team will stay on with the business following the deal
Nordic to acquire Prospitalia from Five Arrows
Nordic was competing with PE firms Ardian, Cinven, Goldman Sachs PE, Hg and TA Associates
BDC in exclusivity with LDC over PEI buyout
Alternative assets information provider is reportedly being sold on the basis of a £10m EBITDA figure
Montagu acquires Maincare
Company will use the fresh capital to consolidate its market position and expand internationally
East Ventures backs BRD's $32m ICO
East Ventures invests $12m in the pre-sale stage of BRD's initial coin offering
Genesis to launch €40m growth fund
Fund will focus on smaller companies with growth potential present in the Czech and Slovak markets
Partners-led consortium buys Techem for €4.6bn
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Macquarie, which took the firm private in 2008
BaltCap exits Trev-2 Group
Deal is GP's third exit in 2018 following the sales of Magnetic in January and Runway in May
Blackfin sells Owliance to Tessi
Financial-services-focused GP backed the insurance business process outsourcing service in 2010
True Ventures leads €29m series-B for Iceye
Finland-based SAR data firm has raised a total of $53m to date, including government financing
Andera, BPI France sell A2IA to trade
French artificial intelligence and image analysis firm is sold to US-based Mitek Systems
Foresight exits Thermotech with 2.3x return
Deal ends a five-year stint under Foresight ownership, which first invested in 2013
Bain Capital in talks to rescue CDP Equity-backed Trevi
Trevi appointed a chief restructuring officer in 2017 to negotiate a debt restructuring plan
Draper Esprit leads $16.2m funding round for Realeyes
AI business will look to expand beyond marketing and into robotics, healthcare and education
Capiton buys Magix Software
Company's founders and CEO Klaus Schmidt have retained a significant minority stake