Netherlands
Apollo sells Endemol Shine stake to trade
GP and The Walt Disney Company sell the entertainment programming company in a €2bn deal
VCs and Airbnb back $60m series-C round for Tiqets
HPE Growth Capital led a $23m round for the mobile ticketing platform around a year ago
LP Profile: Pensioenfonds PGB
Dick Tol discusses the pension fund’s investment plans, approach to responsible investing, and how its private equity strategy has taken off
H2 Equity Partners acquires Contiweb from AIP
Acquisition was backed via H2 Equity Partners' most recent fund, launched in June
Benelux biotech and pharma startups attracting larger rounds
Average tickets for early-stage investments have jumped from €13m in 2017, to €20m the year after and €36m this year
PE-backed GTX Medical merges with US peer
Dutch medtech business GTX has merged with US counterpart NeuroRecovery Technologies
MKB Fonds buys majority stake in Heditex
GP uses its MKB Participatiefonds IV fund to back the Dutch furniture business Heditex
Capital A acquires Smart Internet Media
Capital A, previously known as ABN Amro Participaties, buys a majority in the marketing agency
Avedon hires Volpi's van der Veer
Van der Veer will join Avedon's Amsterdam office and will focus on the business services sector
Main Capital-backed Assessio buys HFM Talent Index
Sweden-based Assessio Group adds on HFM Talent Index to improve its product offering
Kempen European PE fund holds €158m third close
Dutch GP Kempen is aiming for 12-15% net IRR on the invested capital for investors
Egeria backs Tuindeco Group MBO
Company's management team acquires a minority interest and will lead the business
IceLake Capital buys NetRom
Netherlands-based IceLake backs NetRom to support its expansion and build new facilities
Main Capital's Enovation Group bolts on Point
Since it was backed by Main Capital in 2018, Enovation acquired three businesses
Mentha-backed Aethon buys Samen Professionals
Dutch-based Aethon bolts on Samen Professionals to strengthen its service offering
Silverfleet carves out two divisions from Boa group
Boa is the 10th investment from Silverfleet Capital Partners II, which closed in 2015
Mentha Capital backs Kader MBO
Owners van Dijk and KleinJan will remain minority shareholders of Dutch consultancy Kader
Smile Invest buys Magnum Heating
GP deploys capital from its Smile Invest Fund, which held a final close in 2017 on its €350m hard-cap
H1 Review: Large-cap value drives Benelux buyout activity
H1's aggregate value of €11.1bn resulted in a 60% increase on H2 2018, and reveals large-cap activity remains strong in the region
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Volpi backs Mansystems with €20m
Volpi closed its debut fund on €185m, with the expectation of doing six platform investments
HPE Growth leads €35m series-B for WeTransfer
Existing investor Highland Europe has also taken part in the latest funding round
Triton opens office in Amsterdam, makes new hire
Triton has opened an office in the Netherlands and hired van de Linde from Bain Capital