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Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven's Robinson
Robinson joins from his position as principal at Cinven, where he acted as a non-executive director
Verizon Ventures, PME Investimentos in €4m round for PicAdvanced
PME invests via Fundo 200M, a €200m co-investment vehicle that supports the expansion of Portuguese startups
Nordic Alpha Partners et al. in $14m round for DyeMansion
Series-B round follows a seed round in 2018, backed by BtoV, AM Ventures and Unternehmertum
Versant and RA lead €66m round for T-knife
Andera Partners and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund also backed the T-cell therapy developer
Horizon exits Glass Container to Vetropack
Glass Container companies are portfolio companies of Horizon Capital’s Western NIS Enterprise Fund
Marcol invests in Fernarzt, launches new HealthHero platform
Seed investor Heartbeat Labs will retain a 10% stake in Fernarzt
Wise's Innovery bolts on Obiectivo
Innovery is a portfolio company of Wisequity IV, which closed on €215m and is currently 92% deployed
LDC-backed Ensek acquires NrgFin
LDC acquired a significant minority stake in Ensek with HSBC providing leverage in October 2017
NorthEdge-backed Orbis acquires Optosafe
Current Optosafe CTO John Robertson has joined Orbis as managing director of the Optosafe division
Astorg's IQ-EQ buys Conseil Expertise & Synthèse
Add-on is the company's second of 2020, having bought US-based Blue River Partners in March
Armonia-backed Biodue buys Farcoderma
Following the deal, the combined group will employ a staff of 200 and generate revenues of c€60m
PE-backed Visma acquires Dutch firm Yuki
Deal is Visma's third acquisition in the accountancy software market
YFM-backed DSP acquires Explorer
Acquisition of Explorer is expected to see group revenues boosted to more than ТЃ20m
YFM hires new partner
YFM closed its most recent fund, YFM Buyout Fund II, on ТЃ80m in March 2020
Callista buys Ledvance Eichstätt
Company will now operate as Aurora Lichtwerke and was sold as part of a non-core asset divestment
Paradigm Capital increases IES stake to 57.6%
GP previously owned around 20% of the listed education company
Ripplewood in exclusive negotiations to buy Fidor Bank from BPCE
French bank BPCE mandated advisers to sell the Germany-based digital banking platform in 2018
ECI invests in CSL
ECI is currently investing from its ECI 11 fund, which closed on ТЃ700m on July 2018
Peninsular backs NovaSparks MBO
GP will partner with NovaSparks CEO Luc Burgun to consolidate in a range of financial markets
DN Capital, Kreos et al. in €11m round for Bnext
Investment is an extension of the €22.5m series-A round raised by Bnext in October 2019
Pentapart buys Westiform Germany from insolvency
Signage company filed for insolvency in 2019, citing a fall in revenues from automotive clients
GCP invests in GTS
GCP makes hybrid debt and equity investments of ТЃ5-30m across a variety of sectors
Magnum Capital backs Isdi
First investment made by the GP via Magnum Capital III, which was launched in December 2019
Siparex acquires French consultancy firm Fixage
GP acquires a minority while the company's founders retain their majority ownership