Benelux Unquote
Carlyle buys stake in Mak-System
Belgium-based blood chain management software company draws investment from two Carlyle vehicles
Oakley sells stake in AtHome to Mayfair
Listed vehicle Oakley Capital Investments reports proceeds of £15m from the sale
Main Capital Partners exits Onguard to trade
GP stands to make a double-digit money multiple from the sale of the credit software company to Visma
CapitalT holds first close for debut fund
VC firm was founded by Janneke Niessen and Eva de Mol, and will target €40m for its first vehicle
KKR-backed Gamma takes stake in Univercells subsidiary
KKR's $50m investment in Univercells will be drawn from its Health Care Strategic Growth Fund
2020 Outlook: Benelux dealflow breaks records as fundraising recovers
While often out of the European private equity limelight on the deal-making side, the Benelux region quietly posted an excellent 2019
Vesalius, Swisscanto in €19m series-B for OncoDNA
Fresh capital will be used for international growth and software development acceleration
Main Capital sells TPSC to PE-backed Symplr
Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which bought TPSC via its €40m Main Capital III fund
Parcom Capital acquires Euramax Coated Products
US-based parent company Omnimax International sold the business to the Netherlands-based GP
Shoe Investments, Knight Venture in €2.75m series-A for Dealroom
Funding will support Dealroom's continued international expansion in Europe and beyond
Cerberus sells Covis Pharma to Apollo
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for the GP, which built Covis through a series of acquisitions
M80 acquires Spantech
M80 Capital I looks to provide equity tickets of тЌ10-40m to companies in Benelux and France
VCs in €20m series-B for PDCLine
In 2016, Belgian VC Meusinvest, Spinventure and several business angels invested €4m in the company
Ergon Capital Partners to back CompaNanny
Belgian GP plans to back the company, according to a document by the Dutch competition authority
OxGreenfield backs Bavak Beveiligingsgroep
Founded in 2019, OxGreenfield backs Dutch companies generating a turnover of up to €50m
3i creates new bioprocessing platform with Cellon acquisition
GP is currently looking for a CEO to sit across the divisions of the new platfom
Vendis appoints Riisberg as senior adviser in Nordic region
Christian Riisberg was previously founding partner of Alipes and a board member for various companies
IK to acquire Acture Groep
IK will buy a majority stake, investing via its €550m IK Small Cap II fund, which closed in Q1 2018
SET Ventures Raises Fund closes third fund on €100m
Dutch VC closes the fund, launched in Q1 2019 and focusing on energy transition
GHO Capital buys Ardena from Mentha
Mentha created Ardena by merging three portfolio companies in 2017 and conducting bolt-ons
Bencis to back EMC Group SBO
Holland Capital will end its 10-year ownership in the Dutch medical staffing specialist
Consortium in €36m series-B for NorthSea Therapeutics
US-based VCs VenBio and Sofinnova Investments back the business for the first time
SmartFin closes sophomore fund on €240m
Belgian early-stage and growth fund will provide €500,000-12m equity tickets
Slingshot, Shoe back Swishfund
Fresh capital will help Swishfund to develop its software and expand its client base