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YFM sells FourNet stake to Palatine for 6x return
YFM invested £9m for a minority stake in the cloud contact centre business in 2017
10T Holdings leads $380m round for Ledger
Another 27 investors take part in the funding round, which gives the company unicorn status
Triton to acquire FairWind
Triton has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Fairwind, a Danish provider of wind turbine installation and related services.
KPS buys industrial machinery forge Siderforgerossi
GP invests in the company via KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund, which closed on $1bn in October 2019
EQT Ventures backs Lenus with €50m series-A funding
Round is the largest series-A round ever secured by a startup in Denmark, according to EQT Ventures
Alantra holds €80m first close for energy transition fund
Klima buys minority stakes in fast-growing companies that aim at accelerating energy transition
Tencent leads $180m round for Scalable Capital
Existing investors BlackRock, HV Capital and Tengelmann also back the asset management firm
TowerBrook buys crane rental firm Uperio from LFPI
Deal will help the company aim for expansion internationally, as well as into other sectors
Russmedia Equity buys secondhand sales platform Shpock
GP aims to develop the Austria-headquartered online marketplace into a leading player in the UK
Great Hill invests $55m in software company Eloomi
GP reportedly acquired a third of the company in a deal that valued Eloomi at more than DKK 1bn
Alto Partners backs Diatech
GP invests in the company via Alto Capital IV, which held a final close on its €210m hard-cap in April 2018
PE-backed SmartCraft to list on Oslo Stock Exchange
Software provider plans to list this month and expects to raise gross proceeds of roughly NOK 500m
Aurica buys minority stake in Babel
GP invests in Babel via its third fund, which is dedicated to growth capital investments in mid-market companies
Argand-backed Cherry announces intention to float
Gaming hardware producer is set to continue a busy H1 2021 for IPOs in the DACH region
Castik acquires warehouse automation firm Element Logic
GP will own the company alongside it's founders, management team and employees
Oakley buys Afterbuy, DreamRobot
GP is investing via its €455m Origin Fund and is merging the software firms to form ECommerce One
Exponent sells BBI Healthcare to trade
BBI Healthcare is the consumer products division of BBI Group, which the GP has owned since 2015
Platinum Equity buys Urbaser for €3.5bn
GP intends to support the company in accelerating its expansion both organically and through targeted M&A
CapVest gears up for launch of CapVest V
GP backs mid-market companies in essential goods and services; it sold Valeo Foods to Bain for €1.7bn in May 2021
Equinox buys Migal
Equinox invests in the business via its Equinox III fund, which closed on €360m in July 2020
Gyrus carves out PwC Italia's consulting business
Gyrus intends to expand the company's team and further broaden its product offering in Italy and internationally
Sentica buys Finnish workwear maker Dimex
Sentica is currently deploying its fifth buyout fund, which held a final close on its €185m hard-cap in 2017
VCs in $240m round for Flink
Series-A round for the grocery delivery startup comes shortly after its foundation in December 2020
Sagard, Isai back MBO of software firm Invoke
MBO is led by Invoke managing director Raphael de Talhouet and several employees of the company