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Bain sells Brakes for $3.1bn
Bain Capital has exited UK-based food service distributor after eight-year holding
Nordic Capital sells SEK 2bn stake in Thule Group
GP retains 10.5% holding after third sell-down of shares since floating Thule in November 2014
Astorg kickstarts sixth fund with HRA Pharma SBO
Vehicle "likely" to close on €2bn hard-cap before year-end, according to unquote" source
Forbion Capital leads $15m series-B for Akarna
VC backers plan to invest further to reinforce the company’s growth
Immfly raises €2.4m from Caixa Capital
Spanish start-up will expand in European in-flight sale and communication market
Halder’s Klingel Medical Metal acquires Josef Ganter
Halder provided no additional capital for Klingel's acquisition
VC-backed biotechs sustain faint pulse of Benelux healthcare
Uncertain policies have caused a slow down for healthcare buyouts in Benelux
Alcedo backs €11m MBO for Exa Group
Deal marks first transaction for Alcedo IV, which is targeting a final close in March 2016
Notion Capital leads $7m series-A for Triptease
Both investors in the series-A had participated in a seed round for London-based startup
BPI France buys minority stake in New Nomads
State backer invested via its €100m tourism fund, which typically deploys €500,000-5m per deal
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Ouest Croissance et al. in €18m round for Beauty Success
Deal comes seven years after the GP bought a 27.25% stake from Qualium, according to unquote” data
Orange Growth backs Legalbase’s seed round
Orange Growth Capital and Norselab back a seed round for legal platform Legalbase
LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years
Sertec raises £20m from BGF and Lloyds Bank
Round follows previous £20m working capital injection from Lloyds Bank in August 2015
Alpha in €400m deal for Qualium’s Cofidim
GP drew equity from its €700m sixth fund in a deal reported to value asset at €400m
Target Partners backs Datapath.io’s €965,000 round
Munich-based Target Partner and Swiss VC Speedinvest provide €965,000 for Datapath.io
HTGF backs Baimos's seven-digit round
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Capital and HCS take part in Baimos's third funding round
Seventure in €1m seed round for MilliDrop
Deal saw VC draw on commitments from €60m seed-focused fund Quadrivium I
AQ Metrics raises $3.25m
Dublin-based AQ Metrics' first funding round attracted international investors
Comment: Pricing heats up for energy information
Plural's Easton explains why PE is flocking to energy information businesses despite falling oil prices
Nordian Capital takes majority stake in BouWatch
Dutch private equity firm splits off security equipment provider from local parent
Gradiente acquires 40% of Dierre Macap Group
Company plans to acquire competitors in the European market following capital injection
I&FP’s SVP bolts on Sedarvi
Post-acquisition group to represent combined €25m in turnover