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Chinese GP leads €214m round for Meridian-backed Food Union
Latvian dairy will deploy the freshly raised capital in support of expansion across the Chinese market
Mid Europa sells Alpha Medical to Apax's Unilabs
Vendor has owned Slovakia-based Alpha Medical since a 2012 SBO, while Apax acquired Unilabs in December 2016
Arx carves out Nutricia Deva from Danone
Former managing director of Candy Plus, Keith Dilworth, took part in the deal
Mezzanine Management takes PLN 40m minority stake in Flucar
GP tapped its third mezzanine fund to support capex programme at Polish industrial
Abris Capital promotes Anđelić to partner
Milorad Anđelić joined the CEE-focused private equity firm from Copernicus Capital in 2008
Bank Saint Petersburg launches Russian growth fund
Fund is the Russian-headquartered bank's first private equity vehicle
Hope hangs on VC deals as Ukrainian buyouts disappear
Positive trends in growth deals driven by interest in the software and IT sectors
Resource Partners acquires majority stake in makeup maker Torf
Torf's CEO and director general will remain as managers of the business post-buyout
Elbrus's SPSR to merge with DPD
Russian courier business will merge with its competitor, with the GP retaining a minority stake in the enlarged group
Resource Partners holds €100m first close for second fund
New vehicle follows predecessor's strategy of investing in CEE consumer companies
MCI launches debt fund with $500m target
Debt vehicle structured as evergreen fund supplying diverse financing products to CEE companies
Mid Europa in €202m sale of Hungary-based Invitel to China-CEE Fund
Exit values the telecommunications business at 4.5x its 2015 EBITDA
Wise's Biolchim purchases 70% stake in Matécsa
Deal marks the third bolt-on acquisition during Wise's ownership
Abris acquires Kopernikus in Serbia
Founders Srđan and Zvezdan Milovanović will join Abris to grow the Serbian telecoms company
Rockaway acquires e-commerce trio from Naspers
Deal sees venture capital firm acquire CEE-focused online comparison shopping engines
Metric backs Win Systems' purchase of Gold Club
GP has secured a shareholder position in the business through a structured credit instrument
Value4Capital makes 2x gross return on MedLife IPO
Exit comes as part of the Romanian private healthcare provider’s RON 522m IPO in Bucharest
Advent exits Bulgarian group Devin in trade sale
Transaction sees company valued at €120m and is expected to close in Q1 2017
Quaestus sells Metronet to Telekom Austria
Fund manager Quaestus exits its stake in the Croatian business after an eight-year holding period
Mega-deals cap good year in CEE
Region registers two €500m-plus deals in the final quarter of a strong year for private equity
Enterprise sells €12.5m Skarbiec share block
Partial sale comes two years after the asset management business was listed in Warsaw
Innova ups IRR to 60% on final Wirtualna Polska exit
GP completes full exit three years after initial investment in WP Group
Abris to de-list Graal from Warsaw bourse
Following a bidding process begun in August, CEE-focused Abris will take the Polish fish processor private
Enterprise Investors makes 7x on €533m Profi exit to Mid Europa
CEE-focused private equity firm invested €76m over the course of its investment