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VC-backed SumUp and Payleven to merge
Newly merged mobile payments company will have a presence in 15 countries
Investindustrial buys Valtur for €100m
Deal includes the acquisition of additional resort facilities across Italy
Accent Equity acquires Inteno
Deal is the second carve-out in 12 months for the Swedish mid-market buyout house
KKR, Permira reap €431m in Telepizza IPO
Selling shareholders Permira and KKR have received proceeds of €431m
Nordic Capital fully realises investment in Thule
GP exits its final 10.5% stake in the listed sports equipment maker after a nine-year investment
Seventure injects €1.2m into tactile tech maker Actronika
Seventure has used its Quadrivium 1 seed fund to invest in the French tech startup's seed round
Comment: Change creates the future
Grant Thornton's Charles Toosey discusses how to attract graduates and investment into a reawakening industrials sector
Tado raises €20m from Inven Capital
The startup raised €15.2m from Siemens, Statkraft and other backers in October 2015
LaunchPad raises £2m series-A from Sussex Place et al.
London-based LaunchPad will use the funding to improve its HR analytics offering
PAI's R&R merges with Nestlé's ice cream activities
New company, to be called Froneri, will be headquartered in the UK
AnaCap to acquire Barclays' French retail banking operations
Financial specialist buyout house continues investments in European banking groups
MMC leads £1.8m series-A for StoryStream
Fresh funding will be used for product development and sales efforts
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
Gemmes reaps €12m in Asten partial exit
Gemmes Venture will remain the majority shareholder in the business
LDC in £12m Vital Ingredient deal
Fresh funding will be used to double the company's retail outlets within the next three years
Enterprise-backed XTB valued at €308.9m in Warsaw IPO
Polish Enterprise Fund VI, which holds Enterprise’s stake, did not sell any shares in the IPO
Abenex in partial Prosol exit, reaps 3x multiple
Sagard, Siparex, Five Arrows and Carvest secure a minority stake in the fresh products retailer
Partech in €12m series-B for Lendix
Deal marks Partech's third investment in the French crowdlending platform
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