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Waterland secures €500m ESG facility for eighth fund
ABM Amro, Rabobank and Natixis arrange the facility for the GP's €2.5bn latest fund
Silver Lake invests in KKR-backed Exact
KKR acquired the Netherlands-based accounting and ERP software company in 2019 from Apax Partners
Keensight Capital to buy Symeres from Gilde Healthcare
Gilde's exit comes four years after it invested in the drug discovery and medicinal chemistry company
RBS appoints new fund finance director in Luxembourg
Bank appoints Philip Prideaux to drive its Luxembourg funds banking offering
ABN Amro backs ESG-linked facility for AlpInvest
Facility is for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII, with interest payments linked to ESG performance
Airbridge Investments contemplates new fundraise
Fund could tap family offices and wealthy individuals, while the VC's founders have so far invested their own capital
Gimv buys minority stake in Projective Group
Digitalisation consultancy and recruitment business intends to pursue a buy-and-build strategy
MessageBird raises $800m series-C extension
The $1bn funding is reportedly Europe's largest ever series-C round
Endeit Capital holds final close for third fund on €250m
Fund II closed on тЌ125m in 2016; Fund III will continue to invest scale-up capital in European startups
Egeria acquires NIBC-backed Fletcher Hotels
NIBC backed Fletcher's 2016 MBO; Fletcher plans to grow from 103 to 150 hotels in the coming years
Prosus, Tencent lead $80m round for Bux
ABN Amro, Citius, Optiver and Endeit take part in the round, alongside previous backers HV Capital and Velocity
BDT invests in AGP Group
BDT is investing alongside the Mannheim family, who will continue as the controlling shareholder
Forbion Growth Opportunities I holds €360m final close
Strategy will target later-stage life sciences businesses, as well as undervalued listed companies
Van den Ende sells stake in Endeit Capital
Partners Hubert Deitmers and Martijn Hamann will now be the sole owners of the firm
Gilde sells Vivera to JBS in €341m deal
Sale includes three manufacturing plants and a research and development centre located in the Netherlands
Keensight Capital acquires Ram-IT
GP intends to boost the company's growth, further develop its technology and bolster its expansion
Brightlands Venture Partners IV holds €45m first close
Fund invests in renewable chemistry, regenerative medicine and agri-food across the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Germany
Altor sells Centralpoint to trade for €425m
GP intends to acquire a stake in acquirer Dustin, which Altor listed in 2015
Main Capital buys majority stake in Paragin
Software-focused GP plans to pursue a buy-and-build strategy, targeting education software companies
NPM Capital to sell Deli Home to Ardian
NPM reportedly based the sale on an EBITDA figure for the retailer of roughly €40m
Astorg in exclusive negotiations for CVC's Corialis
SBO will be the fifth PE buyout for the aluminum door and window systems producer since 2004
H2 Equity readies Brink exit with Houlihan Lokey
Brink will be marketed based on EBITDA of more than €25m, according to one source
TA Associates, Partners Group buy Unit4 in $2bn deal
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for Advent International, which took Unit4 private in a €1.2bn deal
EQT sells Desotec to Blackstone
Deal reportedly values the company at an EV of around €800m, corresponding to a multiple of 27x EBITDA