Netherlands
Egeria sells Dutch Bakery to 3i
SBO of the Netherlands-based home-bake and snack products producer ends a four-year holding period
Bolster Investment Partners holds first close for second fund
Dutch minority investment specialist has surpassed its EUR 200m target at its first close
Forbion hires Novo Ventures' Lüneborg
Nanna Lüneborg will be responsible for Forbion's EUR 360m Growth Opportunities Fund I
Aurelius sells Office Depot Europe to trade
GP acquired the company in 2016 and has since focused on developing its e-commerce operations
Three Hills sells ACT stake to Bridgepoint in USD 1bn deal
GP invested EUR 60m for a minority stake in the environmental commodities trading platform in 2018
Kempen Capital launches second private equity fund
Fund has a EUR 200m target and will make both small-cap direct co-investments and PE fund investments
Karmijn Kapitaal holds first close for third fund
Netherlands-headquartered GP held a final close for Fund II in June 2016 on €90m
ABN Amro launches €425m Sustainable Impact Fund
Fund will make PE and VC investments in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries
IK to sell Veritas Petroleum Services to Fremman Capital
Fuel testing company was reportedly marketed off EBITDA between €18-20m
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
ABN Amro backs ESG-linked facility for AlpInvest
Facility is for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII, with interest payments linked to ESG performance
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 €125m 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
AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII closes on $3.5bn
ACF VIII invests alongside GPs in private equity buyouts and growth capital transactions across a variety of sectors
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
