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Change Capital exits Paule Ka
GP will retain a minority stake in the designer clothing brand following the transaction
Renaissance Capital buys JLS Digital
Company's management team will retain a minority stake in the business alongside Renaissance
Fountainvest buys BMTS from Bosch and Mahle
Turbochargers business BMTS generated sales of €373m in 2016 but made a loss of €129m
Isai invests €7m in Vade Secure
Loans help push the overall amount secured by the cybersecurity firm in the round to €10m
Serena et al. inject €12m into Vekia
BPI France, Pleiade Venture, CapHorn and ZTP also take part in the round
Elaghmore acquires Kesslers from Endless
Deal is the second investment made by the UK-based GP's maiden institutionally backed fund
Argos Soditic buys Zodiac Milpro in SBO
Equity for the transaction comes from Argos Soditic's seventh fund, closed on £248m in 2016
HTGF sells Fidlock to Ralf Putsch
Fidlock joins hardware manufacturer Knipex in private investor Ralf Putsch's portfolio
Life Sciences Partners leads €31.7m series-A for Immunic
LSP led the round, which initially closed on €17.5m in 2016, with Omega and Fund+ joining
Brockhaus buys Auvesy
Founder Werner Schnaebele will retain a minority stake alongside CEO Thomas Hoerauf
Nordic Capital acquires MFEX
Nordic Capital invests from its eighth fund, which held a final close on тЌ3.5bn in 2013
ACT secures €20m commitment from EIF for new fund
VC is targeting more than тЌ90m for the fund, which will invest up to тЌ7m in Irish companies
Deal in Focus: Forbion et al. sell Rigontec to MSD for up to €464m
MSD may make additional payments of up to €349m, equating to a maximum transaction value of €464m
Alta Life Sciences leads €4.2m series-A for Peptomyc
Deal is the first investment for the Spanish GP, which manages the Alta Life Science Spain I fund
RCapital backs SciChem MBO
Special situations GP acquired the laboratory equipment and supplies business from its family owners
HTGF in €8m series-B for Amal Therapeutics
Round was co-led by corporate venture players Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, BioMedPartners and Helsinn
Magnum sells Orliman to strategic investor
Following a two-year investment period, the GP has fully exited the asset via trade sale
Pragma Capital sells CNN MCO to Endel Engie
Transaction marks the first exit for the Paris-based GP's Pragma III fund, which closed in 2015
Activa's Mecadaq bolts on Armoa
Deal represents the second bolt-on for the aerospace manufacturing business since Activa came on board
Lakestar leads £14m series-A for FiveAI
UK government has also provided ТЃ12.8m in funding for London road testing in 2019
Kapa Ventures backs €2.1m seed round for Mything
Kapa takes a majority stake in the business and CEO Florian Mott takes a minority
LDC invests in engineering consultancy Patrick Parsons
Funding will enable the company to bolt on Birmingham-based consultancy THDA
Aurelius sells Regain Polymers to Imerys
Sale of plastics compounder and recycler follows just a two-year holding period
Afinum buys Garz & Fricke
Founders Manfred Garz and Matthias Fricke will retain a significant stake and remain co-CEOs