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Berlin keeps Germany afloat
The German capital has emerged as the lone bright spot in the country, buoying the German private equity industry
Innogest leads €3m round for Supermercato24
Backers include existing venture capital investor 360 Capital Partners
BGF injects £10m into Ocee Design
Fresh capital will finance the acquisition of Danish furniture designer Four Design
Paine’s Suba Seeds buys Brotherton
Deal marks the second bolt-on acquisition in the US market for PE-backed Suba Seeds
MCI leads £7.2m round for MarketInvoice
Deal marks the latest in a string of investments in the P2P lending space
MML’s CH&Co merges with Brookwood, Absolutely Catering
Newly enlarged entity will generate turnover of £200m and employ 6,000 people
Project A backs Store2be
Project A invested alongside Global Founders Capital and business angels
Afinum’s Empolis invests in Smart Reporting
Empolis financed the minority-stake acquisition of Smart Reporting with its own cash flow
Investindustrial sells jewellery manufacturer Stroili
Sellers include minority stakeholders 21 Investimenti, Wise, Ergon and NB Renaissance
Vitruvian exits Inspired Gaming to US buyer in £200m deal
Listed US holding company Hydra will use the business as a buy-and-build platform
LBO France to start receiving offers for Consolis in October
Concrete elements manufacturer has been in the portfolio of LBO France for close to 10 years
Gilde buys Losberger from HIG
HIG’s exit comes five years after the GP acquired the German tent and hall maker in an MBO
Exporo raises €8.2m from EVentures et al.
Fresh capital will go toward the expansion of staff and marketing efforts
Calculus invests £2.5m in listed portfolio company Epistem
Diagnostics company will invest in new low-cost medical tests
Motu et al. back Parlamind with €1.5m seed funding
Startup aims to take its product's current beta version to market
Maven and YFM invest £12m in Indigo MBO
Transaction marks the first deal for YFM's maiden institutional fund
Carlyle’s Comdata buys Turkish peer Win Bilgi Iletisim
Deal follows the recent bolt-on acquisition of Spanish competitor Digitex in February 2016
Nord Capital, IRD acquire Gaz Service from Neothermie
GPs acquire group from Milestone Capital, the majority shareholder since 2010
BWB Partners exits Qubiqa Logistics
BWB, previously Odin Equity Partners, exits legacy portfolio asset in trade sale
VC-backed GenSight Biologics raises €40m in IPO
Flotation on Euronext Paris gives the biotech a market cap of €149m
MCH and Explorer sell Nutricafés for €74.5m
Iberian GPs have sold their portfolio company after a 10-year holding period
Activa acquires Atlas for Men from De Agostini
Transaction marks fourth primary acquisition made with Activa's third buyout fund
First funding round for CheckMyBus
Startup hopes to benefit from rising online sales for inter-city bus tickets
Amadeus leads $2.7m round for FiveAI
Self-driving software developer will invest in new recruits and road testing