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Unigestion launches second direct investment vehicle
Predecessor fund held a €255m final close in 2017 after 21 months on the road
LDC backs Duncan & Todd's bolt-on of Black & Lizars sites
Transaction sees the opticians group acquiring nine stores from the optometrists chain
Oxford leads £6.5m round for Weengs
Courier service will use the capital to invest in its automated warehouse and product development
Sparring, Socadif buy Cesa-cap in SBO
Management team retains a minority stake in electrical engineering company Cesa-cap
NPM Capital backs fintech company Ohpen
Company plans to consolidate its market position, and further expand internationally
Apicap backs T&T Consulting MBO
Founder and CEO Christophe Janin retains a majority of the engineering and consulting firm
Vista Equity Partners-backed ACS buys Modern Systems
ACS plans to develop its offering in the application modernisation market and expand in the US
Hannover Finanz acquires stake in Lacon Electronic
Hannover Finanz targets medium-sized enterprises with annual sales of at least €20m
PAI's Ethypharm bolts on Pharmy II Laboratory
Ethypharm acquires pharmaceutical laboratory specialising in the treatment of pain
Cinven sells €750m stake in Visma to Hg and CPPIB
Cinven made the realisation from its fifth fund, a тЌ5.3bn vehicle that backed Visma in 2014
CCI sells Payzone to AIB and First Data for €100m
Sale of the payment processing company comes four years after the GP acquired it for тЌ40-50m
Espira acquires Icon
Icon was acquired from the joint administrators of former energy broker Utilitywise
DN leads $10m series-A for Leapwork
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand in the US
Isai et al. in $41m series-B for 360Learning
France-based e-training courses specialist 360Learning is expanding in the US and UK
BNP Paribas partially exits Nexeya to Hensoldt
KKR-owned Hensoldt will buy some activities of the electronic equipment provider
Cartesian's Arlington Industries secures £95m refinancing
Deal will enable the automotive and aerospace components firm to bolt on Wahler
HV Holtzbrinck leads $19m series-A for Zencargo
Investors include Pentland Ventures, Tom Stafford, Picus Capital, LocalGlobe and Samos Investments
Idinvest leads €13m series-A for Alsid
Existing investors 360 Capital Partners and Axeleo Capital also take part in the round
VCs in funding round for Cevec
Peppermint Venture, NRW Bank and Creathor Ventures raised €4.5m for Cevec in 2015
EQT Ventures leads £25m series-B for Cytora
Insurance AI firm will use the funding to invest in product development and international expansion
GEI, Nord Croissance back Manganelli
GPs will support the buy-and-build strategy of the audiovisual services specialist
PAI's M Group makes triple bolt-on
Infrastructure group acquires telecoms-focused Avonline Networks and water specialists IWJS and TPC
Afinum-backed Garz & Fricke acquires E-Gits
Garz & Fricke acquired E-Gits to expand the company's product and service portfolio
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business