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Nauta holds €55m close for later-stage VC fund
Sidecar Fund will provide series-C rounds and follow-on capital to the firm's 40 portfolio companies
Andera Partners et al. invest in Tournus Group
Andera, Unigrains and BPI France provide mezzanine and equity financing to support the business
Andera Partners leads €100m investment in HR Path
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France and Banque Palatine provide debt
Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Anita Brüche
Waterland acquired a majority stake in Rehacon, a physiotherapy provider, in January 2019
Origin invests £15m in Plexus Law
GP acquires a minority stake in the law firm, which generated EBITDA of £10m in 2018
Axcel acquires European Sperm Bank
Peter Bower, founder and previous majority shareholder of the sperm bank, will retain a stake
Summit Partners leads $38m funding round for Red Points
Northzone, Mangrove Capital Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Banco Sabadell take part in the round
Emeram completes €50m capital increase for first fund
Buyers include Arcano Capital, Schroder Adveq, Unigestion and Lombard – all new investors
Sherpa Capital buys Luxiona
Sherpa is currently investing from its €150m third fund, Sherpa Private Equity, which closed in 2018
Quilam acquires home improvement loan provider Propensio
Deal is the seventh transaction completed by Quilam, which makes investments of up to £25m
Consortium raises $20m for Agorize
Agorize plans to expand in Canada and said 12% of its turnover is generated in North America
VCs in $50m round for Onfido
Deal for the automated background check provider was led by the venture arms of SBI and Salesforce
Intuitis acquires Laboratoires Humeau
GP invests in Laboratoires Humeau alongside new managing director Jean-Christophe Toux
Trajan Capital backs Thomas Plants MBI
Nicolas Paul takes the helm of the France-based producer of organic vegetables
Livingbridge's Sykes bolts on Bachcare
Acquisition of the New Zealand firm is the first international bolt-on by Sykes under the GP's tenure
Consortium raises €21m for AgomAb
Representatives from V-Bio, Advent Biotechnology, BIVF, Omnes and Pontifax have joined the board
CVC-backed SisalPay invests in Italian app MyCicero
Transaction includes a capital increase as well as shares acquired from Pluservice
Byfounders closes debut fund on €100m
Vehicle was announced in October 2017 and gained the backing of cornerstone investor Vækstfonden
Horizon acquires ResearchBods, Bonamy Finch
GP will merge the data companies under the Strat7 brand and pursue further bolt-ons
VCs in $12m series-A for Polystream
London Venture Partners invested in seed rounds for the company in 2015 and 2016
FrenchFood Capital holds €132m final close for maiden fund
Fund, which has a focus on French companies operating in the food sector, surpasses €120m hard-cap
Redalpine backs $30m series-B for Taxfix
Round was led by existing investor Valar Ventures with participation from Creandum
Bain-backed Italmatch buys Norwegian startup Eco Inhibitors
With this acquisition, Italmatch Chemicals plans to diversify and expand its product range
RRJ Capital acquires GateGroup from HNA
GateGroup was acquired by HNA Group and de-listed from the SIX Swiss Exchange in 2016