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Equistone acquires majority stake in Motoblouz
Investment marks Equistone's third investment in the motorcycle clothing and accessories sector
Vaaka picks up LTP Logistics
Private equity firm Vaaka acquires a majority stake in the Finnish food logistics business
Syntegra and Index exit Moleskine
Delisting after three years values the equity of Moleskine at €506m
123Venture sells AM Froid to Engie Axima
VC acquired a majority stake in the group in 2012 alongside Calliode partners
Alcedo buys 55% of Italy’s Nahrin Swiss Care
Deal marks the second acquisition from the GP’s 2015-vintage Alcedo IV fund
Nets IPO is largest Nordic PE-backed listing for six years
Advent and Bain's company is largest Nordic PE-backed IPO since DKK 41.5bn TDC flotation in 2010
Sabadell VC leads €1m round for Captio
Backers include Venturcap, Bankinter, Telegraph Hill Capital and Kibo Ventures
Horizon et al. invest $28m in FinanceFox
Funding will be used for further expansion and to boost its marketing efforts
SHS invests in spine implants producer EIT
Business hopes to use SHS's investment for an expansion to the US market
Inveready leads €3.5m round for Leukos Biotech
GP has drawn down capital from its Inveready Innvierte Biotech II vehicle
IK makes final Fund VII investment with I@D buyout
Naxicap Partners invested in the group in 2012 and realises a partial exit through the deal
British Business Bank supports Active's ECF with £24m
GP is targeting £40m to invest in UK founder-led early-stage companies
Calculus nets 1.8x on Metropolitan Safe Deposits exit
GP exits London-based business four years after investing at 6.32 pence per share
Deal in Focus: Kartesia supports ProFagus expansion
Alternative lender bets on its existing network in locating German deals, as it supplies a debt replacement package for Steeadfast-backed ProFagus
Parquest invests in Eres
Transaction marks sixth investment made with Parquest's first fund, which nears full commitment
ArchiMed buys three French biotech businesses
As part of the deal, the GP has bought three French biotech businesses, Fyxteia, HIS and Polyplus
Bregal buys Kunststoff Schwanden
Management buyout sees Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquire a majority stake
Imperial Innovations et al. in £25m series-A for Artios
Investment funds the spinout of the biotech business from Cancer Research UK
Caixa, Kibo sell Trip4real to Airbnb
Venture capital firms sell their stake in the business after two-year holding period
Herkules-backed Linas Matkasse bolts on RetNemt.dk
Acquisition is first add-on by Swedish pre-packaged dinner kit company since Herkules buyout
CM-CIC Investissement invests €6m in Sigma
Investor takes a minority stake in the group through the capital injection
BDC divests Beck & Pollitzer to Graphite
Deal marks the fifth consecutive period under PE ownership for the machinery installation company
Maven invests £3.1m in Hotel Indigo
Funding for the project includes £1.6m of equity from a syndicate of investors
Point Nine, Enern lead $10m round for StarOfService
The $10m round adds to $2m seed funding raised by the startup in two rounds