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PE-backed Imprima bolts on Set
GP acquired the textile printing business via its €215m fourth fund, Wisequity IV, in March 2016
EQT's Piab bolts on SAS Automation
Piab strengthens its presence in the North American region after initially expanding in Asia
Palatine invests in E-Days
Deal for the employee absence software developer is the second investment from the GP's impact fund
Amundi acquires minority stake in Greenoffice
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's international expansion into the US
Pillarstone to gain control of RBD Armatori
Announcement follows the fund's acquisition of €560m of the company's debt in July 2017
Entrepreneur Venture backs InsideBoard
Entrepreneur Venture, BPI France and Banque Populaire invest $5m in the French SaaS platform
Inflexion merges insurance brokers Bollington and Wilsons
New company Bollington Wilson Group is expected to generate gross written premiums of around ТЃ120m
CCMP sells Pure Gym to Leonard Green in £600m deal
Pure Gym's revenues have increased fivefold over CCMP's four-year ownership
DBAG partially exits Cleanpart Group
DBAG acquired Cleanpart Group in 2015, at which time it reported revenues of €42m
JZ Capital reaps 9.2x cash on Factor sale
Fund manager received €69.7m of gross proceeds from the sale of the Spanish energy supplier
LSP in €42m series-B for Nouscom
Abingworth leads the round with participation from 5am Ventures and Versant Ventures
Oakley buys Career Partner Group
Oakley draws capital from its €800m buyout fund, which held a final close in October
OpCapita carves out footwear retailer Merkal
Deal is the third investment in Spain for OpCapita, which invested via its second buyout fund
UnternehmerTUM leads €10m series-A for 3YourMind
VC firms Coparion and AM Ventures, and machine tool manufacturer Trumpf, also take part
Vivocha sold to Aksía's Covisian
Deal sees Italian venture capital houses Principia and Vertis fully exit the business
Triton floats Befesa in €954m IPO
IPO prices at the bottom of the €28-38 range set by the company on 20 October
Battery Ventures leads $75m series-D for Getyourguide
KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Europe, Sunstone Capital and Nokia Growth Partners also take part
TransferWise in $280m series-E
Deal values the London-based money transfer service at $1.6bn
Fosun acquires PE-backed Tridem Pharma for €63m
Fosun acquires shares in the French drug distributor, which operates in African countries
VC firms in €21m funding round for Thermondo
Dutch energy company Eneco and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft also take part in the financing
Enterprise Investors shelves Novaturas sale
GP is now considering a public offering on the Warsaw or Vilnius stock exchange
Preservation Capital backs Ascent Underwriting
New financial-services-focused firm Preservation Capital Partners inks its first deal
Enterprise Investors buys CBA Slovakia
GP intends to provide €16m in additional equity funding to deleverage the business
Equistone-backed Caseking bolts on Trigono
Acquisition is intended to support Caseking's expansion in the Scandinavian market