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Bridgepoint buys AHT Cooling in €585m SBO
Bridgepoint has acquired AHT Cooling Systems, an Austrian manufacturer of refrigerators, from Quadriga Capital and Partners Group for €585m.
KeyLemon raises $1.5m
Switzerland-based face recognition technology company KeyLemon has raised $1.5m in a series-A funding round from Debiopharm Investments and Swisscom Ventures.
MML backs Tournus Equipement SBO
MML Capital Partners has acquired a stake in Tournus Equipement, a French manufacturer and distributor of stainless steel equipment for professional kitchens, from Qualium Investissement as part of a secondary management buyout.
Private equity firms eye Spain's Evo Banco
Private equity houses are circling a division of one of Spain’s nationalised banks, Evo Banco, according to the Financial Times.
Mandarin Capital sells IMA
Sino-Italian investor Mandarin Capital Partners has sold its stake in Bologna-based pharmaceutical machinery business IMA Group.
SEP increases stake in Anesco
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and Hermes have acquired Zouk Capitalтs stake in Anesco, a UK energy efficiency solutions company.
Idinvest et al. in $20m round for Vestiaire Collective
Idinvest has joined existing investors Balderton Capital and Ventech in a $20m series-C round for French start-up Vestiaire Collective, led by publishing group Condé Nast.
Intel et al. invest $12m in Eruditor Group
Intel Capital, Runa Capital and Frontier Ventures have injected $12m into Eruditor Group, a Russian provider of online marketplaces for freelancers.
PPM Oost invests in Informaat
PPM Oost and The Informal Investors Network (or TIIN Capital) have invested in Informaat, a Dutch business providing a customer experience platform (CXP) product for insurers.
Target Ventures backs Babadu
Russian venture capital firm Target Ventures has invested “several million dollars” in Babadu, a Russian e-commerce platform for children’s products.
Providence seeks M7 dividend recap
Providence Equity Partners and Airbridge Investments, the owners of satellite television company M7 Group, are seeking to reap a dividend of approximately €300m from a recapitalisation, according to reports.
PPM Oost invests in SolabCool
Dutch VC PPM Oost has backed SolabCool, a Dutch manufacturer of air conditioners.
UnternehmerTUM closes first fund on €25m
German VC UnternehmerTUM has closed its maiden fund on €25m after 24 months on the road.
Maven Capital backs Fletcher Shipping
Maven Capital Partners has invested a further ТЃ5.5m in its portfolio company Fletcher Shipping, an Aberdeen-based shipping company.
Numericable and Completel owners seek merger
Cinven and Carlyle Group are seeking to merge their jointly owned portfolio companies Numericable and Completel in preparation for a potential flotation, according to reports.
Rocket Internet founders back 3 businesses with new fund
Rocket Internet's founders Oliver and Marc Samwer are understood to have invested a total of $5m in online start-ups Lingoda, GirlMeetsDress and Videdressing.com via their new €150m Global Founders Capital (GFC) fund.
German VC BMP reaps 268% IRR on MBR exit
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and BMP Media Investors have sold a joint 79.1% stake in portfolio company MBR Targeting to Ströer Digital, with BMP reaping a 268% IRR in slightly more than a year.
BGF invests £2.8m in Arran Aromatics
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ2.8m and taken a minority stake in Arran Aromatics, a Scottish luxury toiletries company.
PE backers looking to divest Burton's Biscuits
Burtonтs Biscuit Company, owned by Apollo Global Management and Duke Street, is up for sale with a price tag of ТЃ350m, according to reports.
SAEV backs InflowControl
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) has backed InflowControl, a Norway-based provider of inflow control device (ICD) technology designed to increase the recovery and production from oil and gas fields.
ThingLink raises $2m in Inventure-led second funding round
Helsinki-based image interaction company ThingLink has raised $2m in a funding round led by existing backer Inventure.
Sofinnova leads CHF 32m round for ObsEva
Sofinnova Partners has led a CHF 32m series-A round for Swiss biopharma company ObsEva.
HTGF invests in CCI
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed Custom Cells Itzehoe (CCI), a manufacturer of individual energy storage systems.
PE-backed Amen sold to Tape.tv
Index Ventures, Slow Ventures and Sunstone Capital have sold Amen Internet, the company behind online chat app Amen, to Tape.tv in a trade sale.