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Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
MBO and Arkéa offload Sira in trade sale
Exit comes almost eight years after both GPs bought a joint 40% stake in the business
IDI and Pechel in Dubbing Brothers MBO
Both GPs are understood to have secured a joint controlling stake in the dubbing specialist
Polaris acquires manufacturing software company Configit
Copenhagen-based software developer marks the third buyout made through the Polaris IV fund
QuiToque raises €1.5m from Isai et al.
Newly rebranded meal kit business will make new hires and seal partnerships with food producers
VR exits Janz IT to ACP
VR Equitypartner sells its stake in IT service Janz to ACP in a trade sale
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth £28m
Watchmaster raises $8m from Cherry Ventures et al.
Watchmaster completed its third funding round within less than one year
Albion leads £1.65m investment in InCrowd
Albion was joined by Sky and several angel investors in the funding round
Electra sells Daler-Rowney to Fila for €80.8m
Electra first backed fine art materials company in 2011 with £26m investment
EQT in €1.44bn EEW exit to Beijing Enterprises
Deal is largest Chinese direct investment in a German company to date, GP said
Siparex injects €600,000 into Batiroc
Second deal to come via VC’s 40%-invested Rhône-Alpes regional fund in space of a week
21 Investimenti III holds final close on €343m
Fund will pursue same strategy as previous vehicles targeting Italian SMEs
Index holds $550m final close, promotes Shah to partner
VC wraps up fundraising for eighth venture fund after just two months on the road
Golding Private Debt VIII holds €413m final close
German investor Golding Capital Partners exceeds €300m target for eight fund
BGF in swift exit from Plastique
Business Growth Fund had bought a minority stake in the business for £5m in mid-2014
Priveq-backed CSAM acquires division of CapMan’s Mawell
Mawell to sell electronic healthcare systems division nine years after €8m CapMan investment
Equistone buys German candlemaker Gala
Equistone acquires majority stake in candle producer Gala as founder retires
Ardian-backed Trescal bolts on Kalibrix
Deal is Trescal's 15th bolt-on since the buyout by Ardian in July 2013
Maven backs £11m EE Smith MBO
Maven invested via its Maven Investor Partners fund rather than through its VCT vehicles
Elysian Capital in MBO for Sambro International
Transaction marks first platform deal for Elysian Capital II LP fund
BlackFin closes second fund on €400m hard-cap
Vehicle is 25% invested after financing three buyouts to date, unquote" has learned
Holtzbrinck backs Spotcap’s €31.5m round
Investment firm of Russian billionaire Oleg Boyko invests alongside Holtzbrinck
Idinvest buys minority stake in VC-backed Secret Escapes
Institutional funds injection is company's fifth since inception in 2011