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Maven-, Penta-backed Endura acquired by Pentland Brands
Transaction comes three and a half years after the GPs invested in the cycling apparel brand
Novalpina to acquire 64% stake in Olympic Entertainment
Novalpina made an offer of €1.90 per share in a deal valuing the online casino operator at €288m
Eight Roads launches $375m third vehicle
Vehicle is almost 60% larger than its 2015-vintage predecessor
Finnish newcomer Maki.vc launches with €70m target
Backers of the fund to date include Skype's founder, the Supercell co-founders, and Nokia's chair
Alliance Entreprendre et al. back Demarne
Historical backers Unexo, Ouest Croissance and BPI France exit the French seafood specialist
Gradiente buys HPF
GP is deploying capital from its Gradiente II fund, which held a first close in November 2017
Aberdeen to launch €1bn fund in joint venture with 21 Partners
JV will be based in London and led by 21 Partners' founder and managing partner Alessandro Benetton
VC firms sell Prexton to Lundbeck for up to €905m
Vendors include Sunstone Capital, Ysios Capital Partners and Forbion Capital Partners
Mobeus, Beringea lead £5m round for MPB
New investment will be used to scale up operations in Germany and the US
YFM Equity Partners backs MBO of Checkmate Fire
Deal is the fifth investment from YFM Equity Partners 2016, which closed in April 2017
BC-backed Springer Nature eyes May IPO
BC Partners owns a 47% stake in the business alongside German publisher Holtzbrinck
Eight Roads et al. in £40m round for Made.com
Partech previously invested $34m as part of a $60m funding round for Made.com in July 2015
BPM Capital backs DenEesti MBO with mezzanine
With the capital injection, DenEesti will start operations in new ports along the Baltic sea
Newport Capital backs Cow Hills
VC firm Newport invests in Cow Hills, a Dutch omnichannel point-of-sale software provider
Insight leads €5m funding round for Detectify
Existing investors Paua Ventures and Inventure also take part in the round
Equistone's sixth fund makes first investment with Boal buyout
Vehicle held a €2.8bn final close this month and writes equity cheques of €25-150m
EQT hires Evercore for Sportradar exit
EQT has made final realisations on six of the 18 portfolio companies in EQT VI to date
PE-backers exit Quitoque to trade
360 Capital, Isai and NCI sell stakes in the French meal kits provider to Carrefour
FSN Capital acquires majority stake in Mørenot
Deal sees FSN tap its FSN Capital V vehicle, a €1bn buyout fund closed in December 2016
Eurazeo invests further in IM Square ahead of acquisitions
With the fresh capital, IM Square plans to acquire three to six additional asset managers
Odyssée leads €3m series-B for Serious Factory
Historical investors, including the Region Paris Venture fund and Sibessor2/Investessor, also take part
UnternehmerTUM leads €6.5m funding round for Fazua
Early-stage investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital are also taking part
Abénex to back Silvya Terrade
Abénex joins previous investors backing the French hairdressing colleges group
CVC's Wireless Logic bolts on Mdex
Acquisition of the German IT business comes shortly after the acquirer secured a £115m refinancing