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BPI et al. exit Withings to Nokia in €170m deal
Previous VCs had backed the digital health company with €30m of investments
NB, Apax buy further 8.3% stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Purchase will trigger launch of a mandatory offer for the remaining 55.7% shares
Livingbridge injects £8m into The Up Group
Digital executive search and networking business targets further domestic and international growth
Pamplona-backed OGF acquires funeral service Serenium
Buyout will support OGF's expansion in France's Grand-Ouest region
Lone Star initiates Forterra exit with £360m London IPO
Flotation gave the UK-based brick-maker a total market value of £360m
CVC acquires majority stake in Tipico
International betting group is aiming to benefit from CVC's experience in the industry
Synova invests £25m in Fairstone
Deal marks first investment for Synova's third fund, which closed on ТЃ250m at the start of the year
CVC, Charterhouse, Permira fully exit Saga
The private equity consortium sold their remaining 32% stake in the company
Priveq takes stake in digital signage maker Visual Art
Stockholm-based digital signage business is the GPтs third acquisition in April
Apax, BPI France acquire LIUF
The five institutions complete Apax's investment in Groupe INSEEC in 2013
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Oquendo buys stake in Comess Group
GP has provided a mix of equity and mezzanine debt facilities through its Mezzanine II fund
HTGF backs Se M Labs' €780,000 seed round
MBG Baden-Württemberg and an unnamed business angel invested alongside HTGF
Via Venture and ATP in DKK 1.6bn exit of Neas to Centrica
Exit comes a year after the Danish pension fund and its in-house PE firm invested DKK 500m
Collins Capital buys 40% of Energy House
Deal marks the maiden transaction of recently founded Spanish GP Collins Capital
Alma Mundi leads €1m round for Fairtime
Deal marks the third transaction for Alma Mundi Innvierte Fund
Principia invests €7m in Silk Biomaterials
Deal marks the third transaction of the biomedical- and healthcare-focused Principia III fund
Priveq acquires audiobooks publisher ILT Inläsningstjänst
Investment was made through the Swedish small- and mid-cap GP's 2015-vintage Priveq V vehicle
Nauta et al. inject €1.4m into Lodgify
Backers include existing shareholders Howzat, Venrex and high-net-worth individuals
Hélicéo raises €1.5m in first round of funding
The drone-maker will aim to commercialise its products internationally
Armada Interactive raises $3m from Initial Capital et al.
Other backers include Index Ventures, ProFounders Capital, Backed and Reaktor Ventures
RCapital's Morses Club to float on AIM
UK-based small loans provider is yet to reveal whether IPO will provide GP with exit route
HTGF and MBG recommit to Eyefactive
Funding comes after business launched app platform for interactive signage software
Carlyle sells 10% of Applus for €111m
Carlyle-backed Azul has reduced its stake in the business to 13.97%