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LaunchPad raises £2m series-A from Sussex Place et al.
London-based LaunchPad will use the funding to improve its HR analytics offering
PAI's R&R merges with Nestlé's ice cream activities
New company, to be called Froneri, will be headquartered in the UK
MMC leads £1.8m series-A for StoryStream
Fresh funding will be used for product development and sales efforts
Dunedin's EV Offshore bolts on Epidote
Transaction marks only the third European deal in the oil & gas sector this year
Gemmes reaps €12m in Asten partial exit
Gemmes Venture will remain the majority shareholder in the business
LDC in £12m Vital Ingredient deal
Fresh funding will be used to double the company's retail outlets within the next three years
Abenex in partial Prosol exit, reaps 3x multiple
Sagard, Siparex, Five Arrows and Carvest secure a minority stake in the fresh products retailer
Partech in €12m series-B for Lendix
Deal marks Partech's third investment in the French crowdlending platform
BPI et al. exit Withings to Nokia in €170m deal
Previous VCs had backed the digital health company with €30m of investments
NB, Apax buy further 8.3% stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Purchase will trigger launch of a mandatory offer for the remaining 55.7% shares
Sunamp raises £3.2m from Highland Venture et al.
Scottish company has developed heat batteries used for energy storage
Livingbridge injects £8m into The Up Group
Digital executive search and networking business targets further domestic and international growth
Ares holds final close for fifth fund on $7.85bn
Fund will make a mixture of debt and equity investments across Europe and the US
Pamplona-backed OGF acquires funeral service Serenium
Buyout will support OGF's expansion in France's Grand-Ouest region
Lone Star initiates Forterra exit with £360m London IPO
Flotation gave the UK-based brick-maker a total market value of £360m
CVC acquires majority stake in Tipico
International betting group is aiming to benefit from CVC's experience in the industry
Synova invests £25m in Fairstone
Deal marks first investment for Synova's third fund, which closed on £250m at the start of the year
N+1 holds €400m first close for third fund
Vehicle targets Spanish and Portuguese mid-cap companies with EBITDA of up to €40m
CVC, Charterhouse, Permira fully exit Saga
The private equity consortium sold their remaining 32% stake in the company
Priveq takes stake in digital signage maker Visual Art
Stockholm-based digital signage business is the GP’s third acquisition in April
Apax, BPI France acquire LIUF
The five institutions complete Apax's investment in Groupe INSEEC in 2013
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Oquendo buys stake in Comess Group
GP has provided a mix of equity and mezzanine debt facilities through its Mezzanine II fund
HTGF backs Se M Labs' €780,000 seed round
MBG Baden-Württemberg and an unnamed business angel invested alongside HTGF