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Genesis closes first growth fund on €40m hard-cap
Vehicle was launched in May 2018 and held a first close in October 2019
Foresight prices IPO at £455m market cap
Trading for the UK-based multi-asset fund manager commenced on 4 February 2021
VC-backed Auto1 completes IPO
Listing gives the company a market capitalisation of €7.9bn and sees gross proceeds of around €1.8bn
BGF sells Renal Services
During BGF's holding period, James Buckley joined the company as non-executive chairman
VCs sell stakes in Adjust to KKR's AppLovin
Exit reportedly values the app performance and marketing software at around $1bn
Elaia leads €15m series-B for Holded
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further develop its technology, scale up its team and open a new office
Nordic Capital acquires, merges Sambla and Advisa
GP will become the majority owner and will actively support the new company in the next expansion phase
VCs in €28m round for eGym
Bayern Kapital, NGP Capital, Highland and HPE back the fitness startup, according to Handelsblatt
JB Capital sells Vitaldent Italia to BC Partners' DentalPro
Acquisition is financed through an equity investment by BC Partners and DentalPro's other shareholders
Vendis acquires Dutch company Ecostyle
Deal is Vendis's third investment from Vendis Capital III, which held a first and final close on €300m in July 2019
Abingworth Bioventures 8 closes on $465m
ABV 8 targets companies developing innovative therapeutics, with investments across the US, UK and continental Europe
Harwood takes stake in PLT alongside Firmament
Founder Peter Flanagan will continue to lead the business alongside Brian Connolly
Azulis backs business training specialist Orsys
Azulis is currently investing its sixth fund, Middle Market Fund 6, which recently held a first close on €200m
Rockpool invests in EA-RS
Andrew Aylwin, managing partner of MDW Capital and former partner at Lyceum Capital, joins the board of EA-RS
PSG closes debut European fund on €1.25bn
PSG Europe invests in lower-mid-market software and technology-enabled services companies
RCapital's Archant sells The New European
Former Independent CEO Gavin O'Reilly becomes executive chairman of the new company
Advent-backed Cobham sells mission systems business for $2.83bn
Advent acquired Cobham in 2020 for ТЃ4bn, drawing equity from the $17.5bn fund Advent International GPE IX
Ignite acquires NTG
Debt for the investment, as well as the company's growth strategy, has been provided by Arbuthnot
Verdane increases stake in Bellman Group
GP now holds a 74.5% stake in the company, having previously bought 35.8% in 2016
Capza invests in Magellan Partners
This is the third transaction made by Capza 5 Flex Equity fund, which held a €450m first close in June 2020
eCapital leads growth investment for Kendaxa
Germany-based automation software company also announces the appointment of a new CRO and CMO
Capza launches €500m Expansion Fund
Fund combines investments in equity, quasi-equity and a wide range of non-dilutive financial instruments
Vækstfonden, Danske Bank et al. in €4.9m round for Airtame
Latest funding takes its total raised to approximately тЌ14.1m and will enable the company to accelerate product development and hire more staff
ECM buys majority stake in YellowFox
GP is investing in the telematics software company via its €325m German Equity Partners V vehicle