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Isai invests €7m in Vade Secure
Loans help push the overall amount secured by the cybersecurity firm in the round to €10m
Serena et al. inject €12m into Vekia
BPI France, Pleiade Venture, CapHorn and ZTP also take part in the round
Ardian to back Alvest's SBO
French private equity house Sagard will retain an undisclosed stake in the business
Elaghmore acquires Kesslers from Endless
Deal is the second investment made by the UK-based GP's maiden institutionally backed fund
Argos Soditic buys Zodiac Milpro in SBO
Equity for the transaction comes from Argos Soditic's seventh fund, closed on £248m in 2016
HTGF sells Fidlock to Ralf Putsch
Fidlock joins hardware manufacturer Knipex in private investor Ralf Putsch's portfolio
Life Sciences Partners leads €31.7m series-A for Immunic
LSP led the round, which initially closed on €17.5m in 2016, with Omega and Fund+ joining
Brockhaus buys Auvesy
Founder Werner Schnaebele will retain a minority stake alongside CEO Thomas Hoerauf
Nordic Capital acquires MFEX
Nordic Capital invests from its eighth fund, which held a final close on €3.5bn in 2013
Deal in Focus: Forbion et al. sell Rigontec to MSD for up to €464m
MSD may make additional payments of up to €349m, equating to a maximum transaction value of €464m
Alta Life Sciences leads €4.2m series-A for Peptomyc
Deal is the first investment for the Spanish GP, which manages the Alta Life Science Spain I fund
RCapital backs SciChem MBO
Special situations GP acquired the laboratory equipment and supplies business from its family owners
Talde exits engineering business Retineo
GP has fully exited its 49% stake in the business after an eight-year holding period
HTGF in €8m series-B for Amal Therapeutics
Round was co-led by corporate venture players Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, BioMedPartners and Helsinn
Magnum sells Orliman to strategic investor
Following a two-year investment period, the GP has fully exited the asset via trade sale
Pragma Capital sells CNN MCO to Endel Engie
Transaction marks the first exit for the Paris-based GP's Pragma III fund, which closed in 2015
Activa's Mecadaq bolts on Armoa
Deal represents the second bolt-on for the aerospace manufacturing business since Activa came on board
Lakestar leads £14m series-A for FiveAI
UK government has also provided £12.8m in funding for London road testing in 2019
Kapa Ventures backs €2.1m seed round for Mything
Kapa takes a majority stake in the business and CEO Florian Mott takes a minority
LDC invests in engineering consultancy Patrick Parsons
Funding will enable the company to bolt on Birmingham-based consultancy THDA
Aurelius sells Regain Polymers to Imerys
Sale of plastics compounder and recycler follows just a two-year holding period
Afinum buys Garz & Fricke
Founders Manfred Garz and Matthias Fricke will retain a significant stake and remain co-CEOs
Sodero joins Ixo in Loubat capital structure reshuffle
Inked in late July, the deal will allow Ixo to partially realise its investment
Carlyle buys Prima Solutions
Carlyle draws equity from Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, a €656m fund that closed in 2015