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EQT to sell Fertin Pharma to Philip Morris
EQT exits the company four years after it acquired a 70% stake in it from the founding Bagger-SУИrensen family
Carlyle injects €60m into Inova
GP invests via Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV, a €1.4bn fund closed in 2019
Karmijn Kapitaal holds first close for third fund
Netherlands-headquartered GP held a final close for Fund II in June 2016 on €90m
Livingbridge buys majority stake in VC-backed Semafone
Octopus Ventures and BGF exit the data security and compliance software developer
Five Arrows invests £120m in Causeway Technologies
Deal follows the GP's ТЃ300m SBO of Sygnature Discovery from Phoenix Equity Partners
Healthcare buyout value hits new high in first half
Trio of mega-buyouts push the aggregate value of deals to тЌ19.5bn in H1, versus тЌ11bn in H2 last year
Altor buys Palette Software from Monterro
Monterro's exit comes six years after it acquired a minority stake in the company
Phoenix nets 4.3x return on sale of Rayner Surgical to CVC
CVC will deploy equity from its Fund VIII, which held a final close on ТЃ21.3bn
Phoenix confirms Sygnature sale to Five Arrows
Deal is the third strong exit from Phoenix's 2016 fund, following Travel Chapter for 3.6x and Rayner for 4.3x
Oakley to sell majority stake in Ace Education to trade
Exit will generate a gross return on investment of nearly 2.1x money and around 27% IRR for Oakley Capital Private Equity III
Hg, Vista Equity Partners to sell Allocate to trade
Sources told Mergermarket in May that the company could fetch a valuation of around ТЃ1bn
Cinven buys Arcaplanet from Permira in €1bn-plus deal
Pet care retailer reportedly fetched more than €1bn
SoftBank leads $600m series-D for CMR Surgical
Series-D values the business at around $3bn, according to an FT report
Pandemic sinks dealflow in restaurants & bars to 10-year low
Activity in the sector has not yet returned to previous levels, with four buyouts totalling тЌ285m recorded to date in 2021
Ares takes 33% stake in Atlético Madrid
Club shareholders unanimously agree to a €181m capital increase
Riverside buys Danish cybersecurity firm Cryptomathic
GP was supported by its institutional co-investors on the deal and plans to carry out add-ons in the cryptography space
Cross Equity, Pinova sell Rademacher to trade
GPs acquired the Germany-based smart home systems business in 2014 from Nord Holding
Klar to acquire Finnish installation company QMG
GP will merge QMG with its recently acquired Swedish portfolio company Sandbackens to create a new group
Perwyn buys majority stake in JT's IoT division
Jersey Telecom will retain a minority stake in the company, which is valued at ТЃ200m
ArchiMed buys Stragen Pharma
GP is investing via its €1bn Med Platform I, which backs healthcare firms with EVs of at least €100m
Altor, Goldman Sachs sell Navico to trade in €880m deal
Altor exits the company 15 years after creating the company by merging Simrad Yachting and Lowrance Electronics
Argand, Genui-backed Cherry to float in €778m IPO
Computer hardware firm was valued at around €200m when Argand took a majority stake in 2020
Graphite Capital sells Performance Timber to trade
Acquisition by Bergs Timber values the company at SEK 140m and ends a 12-year holding period
Leta launches $100m fund to back Russian-speaking founders
GP will focus on eastern European and Russian-speaking founders who it believes are undervalued and overlooked for funding