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Vespa offloads WSP Textiles
Vespa first backed Stroud-based billiard table upholterer in 2011
Deutsche Private Equity buys Elatec
Deutsche Private Equity acquires German producer of radio-frequency identification systems
LGV's Air Energi merges with Wellspring's Swift
Merger of two energy-focused recruitment companies comes as oil prices look set to remain low
Argos-backed Valco buys Guichon amid capital reshuffle
Guichon purchase was followed by entrance of FDEN as a minority shareholder
BGF leads £15.3m funding round for Olive Communications
Barclays provided ТЃ5.25m in fresh debt funding, alongside BGF's ТЃ10m growth capital injection
b-to-v backs Seven Senders
b-to-v and two business angels joined in Seven Senders' seven-digit funding round
Qualityfry raises €1m from Kereon et al.
Second deal to bring together Spanish VC duo Kereon and Caixa Capital Risc in recent months
PE-backed Oceanet merges with NBS
Capital Croissance steps in as new investor via its €75m, 40%-invested Cairn Capital I fund
Invitalia Ventures invests €1.5m in Italian startup D-Eye
Italia Venture I fund has announced its first investment in the Italian venture segment
Balderton leads $2.75m seed round for Aircall
Latest investment to be announced by VC during active start to 2016
JZ Capital holds €400m final close for third fund
Final close comes five months after first close for GPтs Europe-focused fund
Omnes and Partech in €1.2m round for MesDocteurs
Online healthcare counselling service to double web marketing team and launch Android app
A Plus in capital increase for PE-backed Locabri
Prior involvement of GP’s Bled with business was key to landing all-equity deal
US investor JMI backs Irish software developer CoreHR
US investor JMI Equity, which targets software and services investments, will support CoreHR's expansion
Investcorp in €1bn exit of Icopal to GAF
Danish roofing materials maker had been an IPO candidate before the trade sale to GAF materialised
Gores sells Unify to Atos for €366m
The transaction was leveraged with €48m, with Unify's enterprise value standing at €590m
Intel Capital, CTV invest $9m in MariaDB
Both US venture firms are existing investors in the Finnish SQL products developer
Palatine sells Selection for £34.8m
Palatine backed Selection's ТЃ15m MBO in December 2011, investing via its first fund
Foresight makes further investment in AppInstitute
Foresight initially invested ТЃ500,000 in the SaaS business in 2014
Activa creates Alliance Etiquettes group with three buyouts
Platform’s enterprise value falls within €30-40m range
Idinvest and Ventech in €6.6m series-A for Botify
Deal is Idinvest's second foray in the marketing software segment within the past month
Vasopharm raises €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund et al.
Vasopharm has raised €20m from Entrepreneurs Fund, Heidelberg Capital and other backers
Siparex sells Silfox stake to Isatis
Siparex will re-invest a minor amount of equity and mezzanine, according to an unquote" source
Abingworth closes maiden co-development fund on $105m
VC's 11th vehicle will be used for five to six co-development deals over the next three years