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Elaia, Nauta lead €5m series-A for Geoblink
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's growth and boost its global expansion
Alantra acquires Hiperbaric
GP deployed capital from its Alantra Private Equity Fund III to support the acquisition
FPE Capital acquires IWSR
Allied Irish Bank provided acquisition finance for the management buyout
Quilvest acquires Phaidon International
Specialist STEM sector recruitment business increased its underlying EBITDA to ТЃ10.4m last year
Highland Europe leads $30m series-B for Bitmovin
Atomico and Dawn Capital also took part alongside corporate venturing arm Constantia New Business
Hg invests in TA-backed Access in £1bn EV deal
TA will retain a joint controlling stake in the business software company following the deal
Alliance Entreprendre et al. sell Safir to trade
GPs sell the French manufacturer of automatic garage doors to corporate Accedia Group
PE-backed Alpitour buys Eden Viaggi
Following the acquisition of Eden Viaggi, Alpitour expects to reach a turnover of €2bn in 2019
YFM backs Eikon Group
Firm draws equity for the transaction from YFM Equity Partners 2015 Co-investment LP and two VCTs
EQT V, EQT VI sell Broadnet to EQT Infrastructure III
Fibre communication company plans to gain further ground in the Norwegian market
Ixo PE et al. back Groupe RYB
GPs inject €16.5m into the French polyethylene piping producer to finance a bolt-on
Idinvest Digital Fund III holds €180m first close
Idinvest's third digital fund, with a target of €300m, surpasses its €154m predecessor
CapMan exits Walki Group to One Equity Partners
Company intends to form a platform for buy-and-build opportunities following the buyout
Bolster backs buyout of Esschert Design
First investment made by Bolster directly from its new fund after spinning out of VLP in late 2017
Endless exits Stirling Dynamics
GP's Enact Fund I has sold Stirling Dynamics to Ardian-backed Assystem Technologies
PE-backed Sok readies for Istanbul IPO
Trading on the Instanbul stock exchange is expected to commence in May 2018
Octopus backs £18.6m series-B for Origami Energy
Round was led by listed energy company Aggreko, with CIC and Fred Olsen also taking part
Investindustrial acquires Lifebrain
Lifebrain was initially funded with capital raised from several Austrian private investors
Mediterra sells ACP to Howden
Deal ends a four-year holding period under Mediterra, after the GP acquired the firm in April 2014
ArchiMed buys Soest Medical
GP draws equity from its €315m Med II vehicle, which held a final close on its hard-cap in September
Oxatis announces intention to float
Oxatis, a French PE-backed e-commerce SaaS developer, will float on 24 April
Bridgepoint's BigHand bolts on DWR
Following the deal, BigHand plans to further develop its software product and bolster its growth
Tikehau backs insurance broker Filiassur
GP buys a minority stake in French insurance specialist Filiassur in a €30m MBO deal
Creandum leads €6m series-B for Careship
Munich-based Ananda Ventures, Spark Capital and Christoph Maire of Atlantic Labs also take part