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UK/EUROPE - Wellington leads $16m Livebookings funding
Pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has led a $16m funding round for online restaurant marketing and reservations service Livebookings, along existing investors.
FRANCE - NextStage makes EUR 1m Expertissim investment
NextStage has invested EUR 1m in Expertissim, an online art retail platform.
BULGARIA - Advent to take majority interest in Devin
According to reports, Advent International has agreed to purchase close to a 75% stake in water bottler Devin from Austria's Soravia Group, in a deal valued at EUR 21-22m.
UK - Proskauer Rose boosts London office with new hire
International law firm Proskauer Rose has hired Robert Barry as a London-based partner in the firm's private funds practice.
UK - Proskauer Rose boosts London office with new hire
International law firm Proskauer Rose has hired Robert Barry as a London-based partner in the firm's private funds practice.
NETHERLANDS - Fortis PE wholly acquires Kuiken
Fortis Private Equity has increased its 22% stake in Dutch construction equipment company Kuiken to 100% in a restructuring deal.
RUSSIA - Capman backs Papa John's
CapMan Russia Fund has acquired a 49% stake in US Pizza chain Papa John's Russian franchise.
UK - Permira to acquire Just Retirement for £225m
Permira has reached agreement with the board of listed UK life assurance group Just Retirement regarding a ТЃ225m takeover deal.
GERMANY - Warburg Pincus sells EUR 290m Easycash
Warburg Pincus has sold payment services provider Easycash to strategic investor Ingenico, in a deal that values the business at EUR 290m.
UK - August acquires Funeral Services Partnership
August Equity has completed the acquistion of Funeral Services Partnership (FSP) and committed ТЃ23m to finance a buy-and-build strategy to expand the company throughout the UK.
UK - SVB Financial appoints head of operations in UK/Israel
Venture capital financing specialist SVB Financial Group has hired Phil Cox to run its operations across the UK and Israel.
AUSTRIA - Buy Out Central Europe acquires majority of listed UIAG
Buy Out Central Europe has acquired 62.5% of listed investor Unternehmens Invest AG from Cross Industries for an undisclosed sum.
NETHERLANDS - Gilde Healthcare supports EUR 16.6m Agendia funding
Gilde Healthcare Partners has participated in a series-E funding round worth a little under EUR 17m for biotechnology firm Agendia.
AUSTRIA - Capexit sells phion stake to Barracuda for EUR 1m
Capexit has sold the remainder of its interest in listed IT service provider phion to Barracuda Networks, in deal worth just over EUR 1m.
UK - Curzon Park Capital leads £1.3m Lysanda funding
Curzon Park Capital, via its Sustainable Technology Fund, has led a second round of funding worth more than ТЃ1m for automotive systems specialist Lysanda, alongside LogiSpring and private investors.
FRANCE - Odysee and AVM acquire AutoReflex in EUR 15m deal
It is understood that Odysée Venture and AVM Associati have acquired an 85% stake in online publishing firm AutoReflex, in a deal that values the company at EUR 15m.
BELGIUM - Montagu to acquire ABD Airfield from Siemens
Montagu Private Equity is finalising the purchase of ADB Airfield Solutions (ADB), the airfield lighting business of Siemens, for an undisclosed sum.
GREECE - Argo-backed On Telecoms acquires Vivodi
On Telecoms, a telecommunications business backed by UK-based investor Argo Capital Management, has acquired broadband services provider Vivodi Telecom.
FRANCE - Olivier Dousset leaves LBO France
LBO France partner Olivier Dousset has stepped down after just nine months with the firm.
FRANCE - LBO France set to acquire Geoxia
LBO France is set to purchase Geoxia, a construction company, in a secondary buyout from Natixis subsidiaries NI Partners and Initiative & Finance.
UK - LDC backs £11m carve-out of Homeserve Emergency Services
LDC has backed the management buyout of the emergency services division of listed home assistance membership business Homeserve plc, in a deal worth ТЃ11m.
UK/EUROPE - Impax appoints head of sales
Environmentally focused Aim-listed investor Impax Asset Management has appointed John McDonald as head of sales and marketing.
NETHERLANDS - Point One leads $3m Recore funding
Point One Innovation Fund has led a $3m round of financing for semiconductor business Recore System, along side government-backed investor PPM Oost.
GERMANY - Cinven and Candover could sell majority Springer stake
According to reports, buyout houses Cinven and Candover have signalled a willingness to part with a majority stake in academic publisher Springer Science and Business Media.