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Accel raises $500m for latest European and Israeli vehicle
Early- and growth-stage fund will target e-commerce, SaaS and IT companies
XAnge, Entrepreneur Venture back €4m HomeRez round
Funding round also features several business angels and will mainly support technological development
LDC backs £17m MBO of Panther Logistics
Investment in UK courier business comes just two months after its SBO of CitySprint
Octopus raises £100m for VCTs
Increased consumer appetite for VCTs follows the introduction of new UK pension laws
Innogest leads €3m round for Sardex.net
Backers include Invitalia Ventures, Banca Sella, Fondazione Sargegna and others
Maven backs £12m MBO of Westfield Medical
Sterilisation packaging company will look to increase production and international sales
Gilde leads €25m series-C for Stat-Diagnostica
Backers include Kurma Partners, Ysios Capital, Idinvest Partners, Caixa Capital Risc and others
Scottish Enterprise et al. in £27.5m Touch Bionics trade sale
Deal comes five years after a ТЃ2.5m investment in the Scottish prosthetics company
Dunedin promotes Hoare and Rowan to partner
Davidson and Chung are also promoted following an active first quarter for the UK firm
AnaCap reaps 4.5x on Simply Business exit to Aquiline
Secondary buyout reportedly values the online insurance broker at around ТЃ120m
Revo Capital and MV Holding take 24% stake in Cardtek
The investment will strengthen Turkey-based Cardtek's presence in North America
CapHorn holds €100m first close for second tech fund
Fundraising for the second fund started in September 2015, with a target set at €125m
Advent sells down 14% stake in DFS for £90m
GP acquired the sofa retailer from its founder in a ТЃ500m deal six years ago
PAI names four new partners
The promotions are part of PAI's investment of its €3.3bn sixth fund
EdRip leads €34m series-B for MedDay
French biotech is to begin the third US testing phase for its multiple sclerosis drug
Occident backs Cunesoft's seven-digit series-A
HTGF, Bayern Kapital and Occident Group invest in software startup Cunesoft
Bain and Advent sell down £740m stake in WorldPay
The GPs will retain a 28% stake in the company following the divestment
Finanzcheck raises €33m series-C from HarbourVest et al.
The round was backed by HarbourVest, Acton Capital and existing investor Highland Europe
Advent sells Tinsa to Cinven for €350m
Buyout of Spanish real esate adviser is the 16th investment for Cinven’s fifth fund
Scalable Capital raises €7m from Holtzbrinck et al.
The funding round brings the total capital raised to €11m
Practica Capital leads €1m investment in Softneta
Lithuania-based GP will take minority stake for growth funding injection
Deal in Focus: Track record paramount in Altor's Infotheek deal
An in-depth look at Altor's acquisition of IT reseller Infotheek, marking its second Dutch deal
Catalyst invests €1m in Romania's Marketizator
Romanian startup is 3TS-managed fund’s ninth investment in the country
AntVoice raises €1.3m from two new backers
New investors CapHorn and Adeo join previous backers Alven Capital and Nestadio