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360 Capital holds EUR 45m first close on early stage tech fund
Square II will invest in pre-seed and seed rounds with a focus on French B2B software, consumer disruption, deeptech
Inflexion to exit Global Reach in trade sale
UK foreign exchange company to be acquired by US-listed business payments specialist Fleetcor
Unigestion launches third Direct fund with EUR 1bn target
Strategy invests in mid-market companies alongside the GP's investment partner network
Forbion exceeds Growth Opportunities II target with EUR 470m first close
Biopharma GP sees growing demand for private capital amid IPO lull; gears up for EUR 600m hard-cap by summer end
Alto Capital sells CEI Group to White Bridge
Vendor will reinvest with a minority stake in the automotive spare parts manufacturer via the same fund
Oakley Capital reaps 10x on Contabo exit to KKR
Vendor will reinvest GBP 37m in the Germany-based cloud infrastructure and hosting provider
Axcel exits European Sperm Bank to Perwyn
Deal is the fourth exit for Axcel's fifth fund; buyer Perwyn deploys evergreen capital
Foresight Capital exits Codeplay Software in trade sale
GP is to reap 15.7x MOIC and 100% IRR on the sale of the AI integration software
3i to buy majority stake in xSuite from Pinova
Vendor and management team will reinvest in the German accounts payable process automation specialist
Genesis holds EUR 150m final close for GPEF IV
Czech Republic-headquartered GP reached its hard-cap with a EUR 15m commitment from the EBRD
EQT, Mubadala to acquire Envirotainer for EUR 2.8bn
Vendors Cinven and Novo Holdings could opt to reinvest in the Swedish medical freight company as minority shareholders
SGT Capital at halfway point of USD 2bn fundraising ambition
USD 800m first closing coincides with regulatory approval for Utimaco acquisition
Graphite Capital exits Random42 in trade sale
GP sold medical animation studio acquired in 2017 to US-based medical communications agency, Lockwood Group
Carlyle sells Euro Techno Com to Cinven
Buyer competed alongside BC Partners, PAI, CVC and Brookfield in Goldman Sachs-led auction
Inflexion reaps 4x on Goals Soccer Centre exit
Sale of the football pitch operator back to founders marks second exit from Enterprise Fund IV
Baird Capital exits Crisp Thinking to Kroll
GP invested GBP 19m for a minority stake in the social media monitoring firm in 2018
Ardian invests in TA Associates-backed Odealim
Sponsors will have co-control of the France-based insurance broker, with TA reinvesting
Advent and Lanxess form EUR 3.7bn polymers JV with Royal DSM carve-out
Buyers pay EUR 3.7bn for DEM; the new unit has sales of over EUR 3bn and EBITDA of EUR 500m
IK exits Bahr Modultechnik in EUR 98m trade sale
IK acquired the modular electric linear motion systems producer in 2018 via its Small Cap strategy
Astorg buys Open Health in SBO from Amulet
The medical communications company was Amulet's only asset outside of North America
Sun European acquires Tenax
The sponsor invested through its latest fund, Sun Capital Partners VIII, acquiring an 80% stake.
Aurica raises EUR 170m for fourth growth fund
Aurica Growth Fund IV will take minority stakes in companies with an EBITDA of around EUR 4m
Bain acquires majority stake in Naxicap-backed House of HR
Naxicap will continue its 10-year ownership period, retaining a minority stake in the HR services group
FSN Capital acquires Epista Life Sciences
The GP said it will pursue a buy-and-build strategy in the life science IT services sector