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Hat Holding acquires Italian chair producer Luxy for €5m
Italian GPs Opera and Quadrivio exit the business after five-year investment
MBO Partenaires exits 21% Edouard Denis stake
Real estate group was one of the last assets remaining in the GP’s fully invested €150m second fund
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Holtzbrinck leads $6.9m round for Bux
Financing comes after the fintech business raised $1.9m from Initial Capital in September 2015
Bridgepoint-backed Wiggle bolts on Chain Reaction Cycles
Cycling accessories retailer Wiggle acquires competitor Chain Reaction Cycles
Eurazeo PME in €100m Orolia take-private
Deal sees minority owner Isatis reap 2-3x return upon exit, according to unquote” sources
Deal in Focus: Electra repaints Daler-Rowney’s fortunes
A look back at how Electra turned Daler-Rowney around from being its worst performing asset
TowerBrook in talks to recoup InfoPro
Takeover comes 14 years afte GP helped launch the B2B publishing house
Intera Partners buys scaffolding business Telinekymppi
Finnish firm drew capital from its 2010-vintage buyout vehicle Intera Fund II
Accent acquires Brand Factory for Ineko merger
Both companies’ management will retain minority shareholdings in the company post-merger
Orange leads €5.3m round for KissKissBankBank
Investment comes three years after the crowdfunding platform raised €2m in seed capital
Three Hills Capital invests €60m in Aquafil
Three Hills provides €35m from its Three Hills Capital fund
Endless acquires Brabant Alucast
Takeover comes as business secures a refinancing following failure to meet its debt obligations
Ratos acquires Airteam in DKK 575m MBO
Management, founders and key employees will retain a 30% stake in the ventilation company post-buyout
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Deal in Focus: Syntegra reaps 5.1x on contested AML trade sale
An in-depth look at the turbulent sale of AMS Systems by Syntegra and Picardie
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven
Oaktree’s Countryside valued at £1.01bn in IPO
GP and members of Countryside's management team received £174m from the flotation
MMC in $5.7m round for Sky-Futures
Round follows first £2.5m injection by VC into drone inspection specialist
Ixo and BPI France in Neotec OBO
Both investors will control a minority stake in the business alongside the CEO and majority owner
Smartfrog raises $10m round from Target et al.
German home security business Smartfrog raises $10m from Target Global and e.ventures
Bridgepoint’s ITG picks up Creator
Deal marks second bolt-on for ITG since being backed by BDC in April 2014 for £28m
Creadev et al. in €14m second round for digiSchool
Deal marks an exit for minority shareholders Turenne and Alto after backing the business in 2013
Rockaway leads $2m investment in Albanian website Gjirafa
Czech and US-based firm claims round is first ever tech investment in Albania region