Netherlands
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017
NPM Capital invests in Ultimaker
NPM will become a majority shareholder as the three founders remain as shareholders
Fund in Focus: Avedon holds final close on €300m
Vehicle hits hard-cap after holding a first close on its €250m target in February 2017
Egeria launches fifth buyout fund
Vehicle has a target of €800m and is expected to hold a final close early in 2018
Standard Investment sells Dutch Bakery to Egeria
Standard Investment created the bakery chain through a series of mergers in 2015
3i hires three in private equity team
Bruchmann joins as director, Supple as senior associate and van der Voorden as associate
H2 Equity Partners acquires Poultry Machinery Joosten
Firm buys a majority stake in the developer and manufacturer of poultry processing systems
Alteri acquires Intertoys from Blokker
Dutch toy retailer will invest in marketing activity, its online platform and store refurbishment
EQT buys Curaeos from Bencis
Bencis made the first acquisition in its dental buy-and-build strategy in July 2011
DH Private Equity's TMF seeks €340m London IPO
Dutch group intends to raise gross primary proceeds of €340m to pay down debt and reduce leverage
Holland Venture Partners sells QSight IT
GP first invested in the cybersecurity company when it was known as QI ICT in 2015
PAI Partners makes fresh bid for Refresco
Non-binding €1.4bn takeover proposal was rejected by the Dutch bottles business in April
Benelux open for business as trade sales recover
Nine months into 2017, the number of exits to trade buyers exceeds 2016's levels, reflecting healthy European corporate M&A activity
EQT sells TransIP back to founder
GP makes the divestment from both EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe funds
Avedon Capital buys and merges VisionsConnected, Viju
Following the merger, the new group expects to generate €100m in annual revenues
Perusa acquires Xindao
GP draws equity from Perusa Partners II, a €207m buyout fund that closed in November 2011
Main Capital sells Connexys to Bullhorn
Main Capital reports that the transaction is one of its "biggest exit successes"
Torqx buys Hoco Parts
Company's directors will take a minority stake in the business alongside management
Infracapital sells Alticom to Cellnex Telecom
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Infracapital after a buyout valued at $100m in June 2011
Dentons hires three new partners
New hires will strengthen the firm's corporate M&A practice in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
TIIN leads €5m series-A for shipping app SendCloud
Backers include Dutch seed investor henQ and existing shareholder Brabant Development Agency
Gilde sells Viroclinics to Parcom Capital
Gilde sells the Dutch contract research organisation after a four-year holding period
Gilde, PGGM buy Mercachem-Syncom
GP initiated the merger of Mercachem and Syncom simultaneously with the buyout