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VC firms to sell Lendico to ING Diba
ING Diba has registered its intention to acquire Lendico with the competition authority
Core Capital exits Ark Home to three trade buyers
Domiciliary healthcare provider made eight bolt-ons during the GP's seven-year tenure
NVM backs SHE Software in £3m round
NVM investment director Charlie Winward will join the board as a non-executive director
VC firms back $30m round for Relayr
Round is led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a corporate venturing arm with $1bn in AUM
PE-backed footwear retailer Sarenza sold to trade
French retail chain Monoprix buys Sarenza from HLD, BPI France and Akila Finance
Inveready sells Spanish startup Respiro to Seat
Company plans to improve its product offering and expand to other Spanish cities
Augmentum announces intention to float
Listed vehicle will acquire Augmentum's portfolio and the structural elements of the GP
TGFS, GPS invest €2m in software startup Naventik
Fresh capital will be used to strengthen global marketing efforts and HR development
Former Herkules-backed Tilbords facing insolvency
Tilbords shops are said to still be open for business, but the website has been closed down
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Groupe Etienne
Acquisition is Alliance Etiquettes’s sixth add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
Platinum acquires Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $1.3bn
Blackstone, Bain, Centerbridge, CVC and PAI also reportedly bid for the holiday home rental company
Cerberus, JC Flowers to acquire HSH Nordbank
German daily reports that an informal agreement has been in place for several weeks
Egeria’s Clondalkin Group sells Cats-Haensel and Nimax to trade
Austrian packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles buys the confectionery and tea packaging businesses
Hellman & Friedman makes final exit from Scout24
Shareholders sell 9.25 million shares at approximately €36.74 per share
Enterprise Investors targeting Warsaw IPO for Danwood
If approved by the Polish regulator, Danwood would be listed in the second half of this year
Norvestor acquires majority stake in Sperre Compressors
Buyout firm will own a 94% stake and the management team will hold the remaining shares
Pontifax backs €16m series-A funding round for Abac Therapeutics
Backers include Global Health Science Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Artá Capital closes second fund on €400m hard-cap
Vehicle will invest in medium-sized Iberian companies with an enterprise value between €100-500m
Nordic acquires additional shares in Nordax
Deal is outside the public cash offer submitted by Nordic Capital and Sampo earlier in February
Oaktree-backed NL Holding buys ProCrea, Archimed, Imer
GP-backed German reproductive medicine group NL Holding bolts-on three European competitors
Touchstone leads $3.5m round for Re:Infer
New backer Crane Ventures and existing investor Seedcamp also take part in the round
Cairngorm acquires NYTimber to merge with Thornbridge
Bolt-on of the timber merchant comes three month's after the GP's initial investment