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Distribusion raises €6m from Northzone et al.
Creandum, HR Ventures and Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg also particpated in the round
Epidarex leads €14m series-A for Topas Therapeutics
Backers include life-sciences-focused investors Gimv, EMBL Ventures and Evotec
Gimv exits Onedirect to Naxicap
French private equity investor Naxicap acquires a majority stake in the company
Notion leads £1.7m round for Apperio
Apperio was set up by former CMS lawyer and private equity practitioner Nicholas dтAdhemar
Avedon acquires Dutch HR agency Olympia from NIBC
Entrepreneur-focused merchant bank NIBC exits six years after acquiring the Hague-based company
VR Equitypartner buys Norafin from Pinova
Norafin produces engineered fabrics for protective applications in industry and security
Synova scores 3x on TLG exit
Synova acquired TLG in an off-market deal in July 2008
Atlantic Healthcare raises $24m from LDC et al.
Funding will allow the company to complete phase-3 trials of its inflammatory bowel disease treatment
Paladin leads $5m series-A for Elliptic
Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler and others have joined the funding round
YFM and Octopus exit Callstream
Investment duo first backed the company in 2010, when it was known as Bluebell Telecoms
Vespa, Cathay back ATI buyout
Primary LBO marks the first investment of Vespa's second fund, which closed in late 2015
ECI backs pet food producer MPM
The Macclesfield-based companyтs management team will remain at the helm following ECIтs investment
Ardian sells Novacap to Eurazeo et al.
Eurazeo and Mérieux Développement enter the business, while Ardian will retain a minority stake
KKR buys Defence Electronics from Airbus for €1.1bn
KKR buys the defence electronics division of French aircraft producer Airbus, which may yet hold onto a minority stake
Idinvest, Kima in €10m Zenly round
Geolocalisation startup had already raised €2m from Kima Ventures for its seed round
Aconex buys Conject for €65m, Seventure exits
Australian company Aconex acquires German collaboration software Conject for €65m
Sponsor Capital exits Espotel to trade buyer
Exit for Finnish private equity firm comes three years after it acquired Espotel
Portobello invests in Ramón Sabater
Portobello Capital Fund III has completed its sixth transaction since final closing in 2014
Partech leads $36m series-B for Finland's M-Files
Round pushes the total funding raised by the Finnish enterprise software company past the $40m mark
Riverside invests in Guestline
Following the deal, Riverside will support Guestline's organic and acquisitive growth
Insight sells Jagex to Shandong
Shandong has paid $300m for the business despite suffering losses of $55m in 2015
Sofinnova leads €22.5m Gecko Biomedical round
Extension to series-A round also includes BPI France, Omnes, CM-CIC Innovation and CapDecisif
Heliad backs ePetWorld's €5m round
German pet food online shop ePetWorld raised €5m from Heliad, Mountain Partners et al.
Nauta Capital leads €1m round for Geoblink
Nauta held a first closing on $70m for its latest vehicle in September 2015