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Activa creates Alliance Etiquettes group with three buyouts
Platform’s enterprise value falls within €30-40m range
Idinvest and Ventech in €6.6m series-A for Botify
Deal is Idinvest's second foray in the marketing software segment within the past month
Deal in Focus: Aksia launches Italian call centre platform
A look back on Aksia's dual acquisition of Italian call centre operators Contacta and Visiant
Vasopharm raises €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund et al.
Vasopharm has raised €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund, Heidelberg Capital and other backers
Siparex sells Silfox stake to Isatis
Siparex will re-invest a minor amount of equity and mezzanine, according to an unquote" source
Abingworth closes maiden co-development fund on $105m
VC's 11th vehicle will be used for five to six co-development deals over the next three years
LitCapital sells Putoksnis stake to chairman Stulpinas
Lithuanian GP exits its stake in the struggling manufacturer of PET packaging to its majority shareholder
Afinum invests in Schlote
Schlote marks 11th and last investment by Afinum's growth capital fund, which closed in 2011
Deal in Focus: SIP wins over Mittelstand company
Silver Investment Partners' long-term approach saw it win over German aircraft supplier Schüschke's founder
PE-backed Volotea eyeing IPO in February
GP owners will use flotation to exit part of their stakes
LDC’s Away Resorts acquires Cosways Holiday Park
Deal marks first bolt-on for Away Resorts since being acquired by LDC in April 2015
Deezer raises €100m in wake of pulled IPO
Listing was cancelled due to “market reasons” by the music streaming business in late October
VC-backed Spotify bolts on Soundwave and Cord Project
Music streaming service Spotify has raised more than $1bn in funding since inception in 2006
BGF injects $7.2m into Adestra
Marketing technology software and services provider will continue to pursue global growth
Vendis-backed Inula bolts on Veriditas Botanicals
Belgian aromatherapy group created via merger of Pranarôm and HerbalGem in 2014
Litorina takes majority stake in Fresks
Swedish GP takes a majority stake through its fourth fund, alongside the founding Oscarson family
I&FP launches aeronautics build-up with Serta buyout
Buyout is the fourth deal to be financed via I&FP's €135m third fund, recently used for a fifth deal
Marlin buys Cobham’s surveillance business
TSB offers video, audio and other surveillance products, typically used by intelligence agencies
Linxo raises €2m from Crédit Agricole et al.
Fintech specialist will strengthen its technical team as it expands from France to the rest of Europe
Telensa raises $18m from ETF and SVB
Cambridge-based Telensa has developed energy-efficient street light applications
Montefiore exits 27% Demos stake in trade sale
Third asset to be exited from the GP's €120m, fully invested second fund
BGF invests in Grace Cole
Company has expanded to the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific since inception in 2007
Oxford et al. in $13m round for Import.io
Other backers of the series-A include Imperial Innovations, Wellington Partners and Open Ocean
Siparex invests in TEP Etanchéité to finance bolt-on
GP deploys €3.6m from its FPCI Nord Ouest Entrepreneurs 4 and XPansion2 vehicles to fund the purchase