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Astorg acquires Parkeon in €450m deal, nears close on 6th fund
Astorg's sixth buyout fund is expected to close on its €2.1bn hard-cap in May
Cathay's SeaOwl acquires Wellstaff
Cathay secured a minority stake in oil & gas services company SeaOwl in 2015
Gimv et al. lead €36m series-A for G-Therapeutics
Listed buyout house Gimv invested €6m in the funding round led by LSP and Inkef
Intesa Sanpaolo’s Atlante buys 10% stake in Biovelocita
The Italian biotech accelerator has raised €800,000 from Atlante Seed
LDC backs Zyro's acquisition of Fisher
The combined Zyro-Fisher group will have a combined turnover of £70m
LDC sells Property Software to Zoopla for £75m
The £75m deal has resulted in a 4x multiple and 80% IRR for LDC
Norvestor exits Sortera to newcomer Summa Equity
Former Nordic Capital and Altor veterans make inaugural deal for new Nordic GP
HomeToGo raises $20m from Insight et al.
US VC Insight Ventures joins previous backers Acton Capital Partners and DN Capital
Ambienta completes tertiary buyout of Calucem from Argus Capital
The GP will become the third private equity owner of the Croatian cement maker after Argus and Mid Europa
Gimv and Draper sell GreenPeak to Qorvo
Sellers include Robert Bosh Venture Capital, Gimv Arkiv Technology Fund and other shareholders
Gilde buys Amor from 3i in secondary MBO
Overall, the jewellery business generated €197m in proceeds and a 2.3x return for 3i
Livingbridge backs MBO of Fudge's
Transaction marks the 100th investment by the GP since its foundation in 1995
Genesis Capital exits Servodata to BDO Advisory
Exit comes nearly five years after the GP’s second fund acquired the Czech IT services company
Seventure leads €5.8m series-A for appetite researcher TargeDys
Funds will help bring the company's 10-year research project to fruition
DBAG and Redwood exit Clyde Bergemann
Sale of Clyde Bergemann marks the last exit for DBAG's fourth vehicle
Arx reaps 4.1x on Tomplast exit
Sale to Finnish asset manager KJK Capital nets Arx a 20% IRR over its nine-year investment
RJD acquires Babington from Bridges in £22m deal
The vocational training company will invest in new facilities and expand its training remit
Eurazeo sells €281m stake in professional clothing firm Elis
Sale represents a third of Eurazeo's stake in the company, which listed in 2015
Capvis buys Hennecke from Adcuram
Investor Adcuram acquired the company in 2008 in a spinout from Bayer
Cinven in final Numericable exit, reaps 4.7x multiple
European private equity firm Cinven has fully realised its investment in Numericable by selling its remaining shares in media and telecoms business Altice, Numericable’s listed parent.
Segulah takes majority stake in Sandbäckens
Deal is the fifth investment for the Swedish GP’s recently-closed fifth fund
Brockhaus buys electronics producer IHSE
Brockhaus has acquired hardware producer IHSE together with the company's management
IT firm Nexthink raises $40m from Highland et al.
Latest investment brings Nexthink's total funding up to $65m since its creation in 2004
Innova Capital sells La Fântâna back to Oresa
Acquirers first exited Romanian beverage company to Innova Capital in 2007 SBO