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Lafayette Mittelstand Capital buys Geba Cables
Carve-out of the elevator cables producer is the special situations investor's fourth of 2020
IK to acquire Kersia from Ardian
Deal is GP's first investment from IK IX, which held a final close on its €2.85bn hard-cap in May 2020
Permira-backed Allegro lists with market cap of €9.8bn
Allegro intends to use the proceeds, alongside a new credit facility, to repay its existing debt
Mediterra acquires majority stake in Turkish fintech PayCore
GP typically makes equity investments of around €20m and currently has 30 portfolio companies
Investindustrial-backed Benvic completes €117.5m refinancing
Benvic has completed seven add-on acquisitions during Investindustrial's holding period
BC European Capital XI holds first close on €4bn
LPs already invested in the fund include the New York State Teachers Retirement System
Miura backs Terrats Medical
Producer of dental implants and abutments operates under the DESS Dental Smart Solutions brand
Latour acquires Santiane from BlackFin for €200m EV
Santiane was marketed based on €15m EBITDA, with vendors expecting an EBITDA multiple of more than 10x
Omnes hits fundraising trail for Croissance 5 fund
French firm looks to raise €350m for its fifth mid-cap buyout and growth capital vehicle
Ardian acquires Syclef majority stake from Latour
Since 2015, Syclef has accelerated its buy-and-build strategy with the acquisition of 15 companies
Omnes, Alliance Entreprendre inject €10m into Sekoia
Cybersecurity company had been self-financed for the past 10 years
Bonnier, Frog lead €15m series-B round for Winningtemp
HR technology startup has so far raised тЌ18.5m since being founded in 2014
Kartesia carves out ADL Biopharma from Black Toro's ADL Bionatur
Deal includes a new debt tranche of €5m made available by Kartesia at closing and a capital increase of at least €10m
IMCap Partners invests in ETN
GP has acquired a significant minority stake in the broadband and communications service
Lea-backed Landwehr buys BackOffice
Deal is the second of 2020 for recruitment software Landwehr, following its acquisition of Prosoft
Halder's Anker buys LocaFox
Acquisition aims to expand Anker's offering of point-of-sale and cash register service sector
Sabadell Asabys et al. lead €14m series-E for MedLumics
Previous backers Andera Partners, Caixa Capital Risc and Innogest Capital also take part in the funding round
IK buys You Sure from Synergia
GP deploys capital from IK Small Cap II Fund, which closed on its hard-cap of €550m in February 2018
HV Holtzbrinck, JME Ventures in $10m round for Lingokids
Round is led by German toy company Ravensburger, with participation from several previous private backers
Hometree raises £7m in new round led by Anthemis
Company has reportedly raised ТЃ25m in funding since being founded in 2016
Ÿnsect extends series-C round to $372m
This round is an extension to the $125m series-C led by a consortium of VC firms in February 2019
Abris acquires Apaczka from 21 Concordia
21 Concordia bought a minority stake in the Poland-based e-commerce logistics business in 2017
Kibo Ventures III holds first close
Fund invests in pre-series-A and series-A rounds, deploying initial tickets of €1-3m
Inspirit backs Lloyds Register Group's energy division
Inspirit writes equity cheques of ТЃ2-10m for UK SMEs with revenues greater than ТЃ20m