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HIG prepares Conet for H2 2021 auction pipeline
Sponsor appoints GCA Altium to advise on the sale of the €25m-EBITDA business
Synova invests in NorthEdge-backed Orbis Protect
NorthEdge bought the building security company in 2018 and will retain a minority stake in the firm
Clessidra holds €270m first close for fourth fund
Clessidra Capital Partners 4 was launched in November 2020 and has a €500m target
Keensight to buy Adista from Equistone
Company is aiming to double its revenues from €153m in 2020 to €300m by 2025
Exponent sells BBI Group to Novo Holdings in £400m deal
Exponent acquired the diagnostics products and services business in 2015 for £75m
CVC fully exits Wireless Logic
Montagu Private Equity and management buy out CVC's minority stake
BC Partners forms €1bn single asset fund for Springer Nature stake
BC acquired a majority stake in the academic publisher in 2015 via its 2011-vintage BCEC IX fund
DBAG sells Telio to Charterhouse
DBAG will reinvest in the prison communications system provider to hold a 13% stake
Verdane, Sprints invest in racket sports platform Matchi
Company reportedly raised €20m from the GPs, which will support the company in its international expansion
Heubach, SK Capital Partners carve out Clariant Pigments
Carve-out values the company at up to CHF 855m with a CHF 50m earn-out component
Freshstream nets 4x on sale of Away Resorts to CVC
GP's exit comes two years after it acquired a majority stake in it from LDC, while LDC retained a significant minority stake
Synova invests in Doran + Minehane
GP aims to support the Ireland-headquartered asset management accountancy firm's acquisitive growth
Silverfleet exits Coventya in €420m sale, nets 2.5x money
Trade sale comes five years after Silverfleet acquired the metal finishing business from Equistone
HPE forms €160m continuation fund for fintech platform PPro
Firms including Coller Capital and Adams Street backed the oversubscribed GP-led deal
Investindustrial sells Sergio Rossi to Chinese fashion group Fosun
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which acquired the company from Kering via Investindustrial V
Borromin invests in Little John Bikes
Borromin Capital has acquired a stake in Germany-based bike and e-bike retailer Little John Bikes.
VC-backed Biosergen raises €5m via unit offering ahead of IPO
Company will use the proceeds from the offering to launch clinical trials of its antifungal drug candidate
Verdane sells Hyma to trade in €159m deal
Deal represents an IRR of more than 50% for Verdane, and will be the GP's first realisation from Verdane Edda I
Point72 Ventures leads €20m round for Curb
Food startup was founded in 2020 and will use the funding to invest in technology and its expansion in Stockholm
Miura backs agricultural insurance broker Banasegur
With this acquisition, the GP intends to pursue a consolidation project in the insurance brokerage sector
Pinova Capital buys AdzLocal
GP generally invests in DACH SMEs with revenues of €10-75m, deploying equity tickets of €10-25m
AP Funds, Omers et al. in $2.75bn round for Northvolt
Battery maker has now raised more than $6.5bn in equity and debt, and will use the funding to expand its production capacity
Investindustrial backs Targa Telematics
GP invests in the company via Investindustrial VII, which held a final close on €3.75bn in November 2019
VC-backed Wallbox goes public through $1.5bn SPAC merger
Transaction will result in proceeds of around $330m and will be completed in the third quarter of 2021