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Siparex et al. exit Kiwatch to trade
Management team led by co-founders Williamson and Blanchard will stay on with the business
August-backed Amtivo acquires Certification Europe for €6m
Based in Dublin and founded in 1999, Certification Europe has offices in the UK, Japan and Italy
Consortium backs £100m round for Cazoo
Online car buying marketplace was backed by investors including DMG Ventures and Eight Roads
VC-backed Mercell acquires Aksess Innkjøp in Norway
Viking Venture acquired a minority stake in the business in 2018
Ardian-backed Celli buys T&J Installations
Celli plans to consolidate its market position in the UK and further expand internationally
Dunedin exits Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge was a Dunedin Buyout Fund III portfolio company, which closed on ТЃ300m in June 2013
Lilium raises $240m in series- C funding round
Aviation startup has so far raised more than $340m
Lead Equities to exit MCL to One Equity Partners
One Equity will wholly acquire the Germany-based IT service, ending an eight-year holding period
Milestone's Dehaen bolts on Max Plus; Sodero exits
Senior debt to finance the deal is provided by CIC Ouest, Banque Populaire Grand Ouest and Caisse d'Epargne
Waterland to buy Direkt Gruppe
GP will acquire the IT and business consultancy group subject to competition authority approval
DBAG's Ding Group bolts on Iska Schön
GP is pursuing a buy-and-build strategy in the telecoms infrastructure sector
KKR buys Viridor from Pennon in £4.2bn deal
Enterprise value of the company equates to 18.5x its adjusted 2018/19 EBITDA of ТЃ225.4m
Active Capital buys Delta Coastal Services
GP deploys capital from Active Capital Company Fund IV, which closed on €85m in September 2019
Francisco Partners-backed EG acquires Holte
Deal comes nearly a year after Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in EG from Axcel Management
HBL acquires ZWT Wasser- und Abwassertechnik
GP will seek add-ons in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, as well as promoting organic growth
BayBG backs round for EverReal
Seed round extension follows the first round in November 2019, backed by HTGF and Seed X
Omers-backed ERM acquires MJ Bradley & Associates
GP in 2015 paid an enterprise value of $1.7bn to acquire ERM from Charterhouse Capital Partners
Capricorn Partners, Novax back Prolupin
Existing investors Munich Venture Partners and eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners also participate
Baird Capital backs Aura Futures
Baird is currently investing from its maiden globally focused private equity fund, which closed on $310m
BGF leads £9m investment in Localised Group, Retail Services
As part of the deal, John Davison joins both companies as non-executive director
Axia buys insurance business Direct Gap
Gordons provides legal advice and Naylor Wintersgill provides financial due diligence services
Immatics acquired by sponsor-backed Arya
Immatics will receive proceeds of approximately $252m upon closing of the deal
RTP Global et al. back €18.5m round for Penta
Existing investor HV Holtzbrinck co-led the round for the Germany-based banking platform
Triton-backed Unica acquires PCT Koudetechniek
Deal is Unica's sixth acquisition under the ownership of Triton