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LSP closes sixth fund on $600m
Fund invests in European companies developing new medications and medical technologies
Dunedin's FRA secures £100m refinancing
FRA recently opened offices in the Nordic region, as well as in New York, Dallas and Philadelphia
PE-backed Tinubu acquires eSurety
Long Arc Capital and BPI France inject an additional €15m to finance the transaction
General Atlantic exits ControlExpert to Allianz X
Exit comes after a three-year investment period in the vehicle insurance claim auditing platform
Nordian Capital Partners sells Open Line to Capital A
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Nordian, which owned a majority stake in the company
MML sells Altius to Avanade
Avanade recently acquired Germany-based Alnamic, a provider of business transformation services
Sparkmind holds first close for debut ed-tech fund
KRR III and Finnish Industry Investment back the fund as cornerstone investors
Marlin Equity Partners acquires Heimdal Security
Cybersecurity firm has a strong presence in Scandinavia, the UK and the US
Bowmark Capital invests in Focus Group
Additional funding of around £150m will be made available for the company's acquisition plan
Providence sells Galileo to CPP-led consortium
Consortium also comprises Montagu, alongside existing shareholders Téthys Invest and BPI France
Battery acquires WinWorker
GP is investing from its Battery Ventures XIII fund, which held a final close on $1.2bn in February 2020
Korona Invest acquires Epic Driving School
Company's net sales in 2019 stood at €8.8m, with EBITDA of €700,000
Mobeus leads £3.5m round for Bella & Duke
Mobeus investment executive Joshua Henshaw will join the board of Bella & Duke
Litorina acquires Swedish restaurant chain Sushi Yama
PE house sees potential for 100-150 new restaurants in Sweden alone and is searching for new locations
Ardian and Tikehau to exit DRT to trade
Ardian invested in the plant-based chemicals company in 2017 in a deal valued at €1bn
Ufenau buys stake in Integr8
GP is seeking add-ons in the digital marketing space for the Berlin-based agency
Advent-backed Rubix acquires Barlotti, Walter Gondrom
Unquote understands the acquisitions were not backed by fresh equity from the firm
Summit-backed Viroclinics acquires DDL
Bob van Gemen, CEO of Viroclinics Biosciences, will serve as CEO of the combined organisation
TA- and Hg-backed Access acquires JMI-backed CoreHR
Alongside JMI Services, US-based private equity firm JMI Equity invested in CoreHR in January 2016
Limerstone buys Patricia Whites and Country Cousins for £14m
Grant Thornton was engaged to explore an auction process for the assets in December 2019
BGF and Coutts announce UK Enterprise Fund
Specific initiatives and programmes will be put in place to support female-led businesses
CapMan exits INR to Dansani
Merged company aims to expand beyond Scandinavia and into markets in central Europe
LDC acquires stake in healthcare company Ashtons
Founder Laurence Sprey will exit the company, with LDC backing the management team
Frontline closes FrontlineX fund on $80m
Frontlinex has already made investment in TripActions’ series-B and People.AI’s $100m series-C