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EQT acquires 30% stake in listed company Beijer Ref
GP buys $1.1bn stake from air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Global Corporation
Highland Europe closes fourth fund on €700m hard-cap
Kirkland & Ellis provided legal advice and the firm did not use a placement agent
VCs in CHF 20m funding round for H55
New investor Tippet Venture Partners leads the round alongside existing investor ND Capital
Korona Invest acquires stake in Enmac
Enmac is GP's sixth investment from the fund, which was 50% deployed following its fifth investment in April 2020
Scale Venture Partners Fund VII closes on $600m
Fund targets software startups, with a special focus on cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI
Sun Capital et al. in £13m round for Roxi
Other investors in the funding round include Terra Firma founder Guy Hands and other angel investors
EQT sells Apleona to PAI for €1.6bn
Deal is PAI's first in the DACH region since appointing Ralph Heuwing as partner and head of DACH
Marcol-backed HealthHero acquires Eight Roads-backed Doctorlink
Doctorlink generated £3.8m in turnover and EBITDA of -£7.6m in the year ending on 30 June 2020
EQT Ventures leads €50m series-B for Luko
Company intends to use the fresh capital to further boost its product development and scale up its team
Permira leads €150m round for Catawiki
Accel also backs the round for the Netherlands-based online auction platform
Bain's Fedrigoni buys Industrial Papelera Venus
This is the third add-on inked by Fedrigoni, following its acquisition of Cordenons and its purchase of Ritrama
GP Bullhound leads €3m series-A for Elias Software
Company will use the proceeds to fuel product development and international expansion
Nazca exits Moldcom to Cranemere's ES Group
This is the first divestment made by Nazca IV, a €275m vehicle raised by the GP in 2016
Hg-backed IT Relation bolts on Improsec
With the latest acquisition, IT Relation will add cybersecurity as its fourth business area, alongside cloud services, business consultancy and professional services
Mutares-backed Balcke-Dürr sells Rothemühle to trade
Industrial energy efficiency equipment producer sold its Poland-based operations in April 2020
Horizon's Timico buys Arcus Cloud Services
Horizon bought a majority stake in Timico in 2016 via a deal valuing the company at more than £50m
Swisscom leads CHF 20m series-A for Anybotics
Equity Pitcher and Ace & Company are also investing in the autonomous industrial robot developer
Sovereign Capital backs Zenitech
Sovereign backs Zenitech founders Christopher Lacy-Hulbert, Edward Batrouni and Csaba Suket
Vidici Ventures et al. in €2m seed round for ReceiptHero
Startup will use the proceeds for further product development, and to expand into Sweden and the Baltic region next year
Gyrus buys LivaNova heart valve business for €60m
Gyrus has also made an offer for the heart valve's French division, but a decision remains to be made
GED buys four health services
GP deploys capital from GED VI España, which was launched with a €175m target and held a €100m first close in 2019
NVM makes four promotions
NVM has promoted its finance director, head of legal and an investment director to partner
Alfvén & Didrikson leads $12m round for Klevu
Retail search engine startup has raised €15m since being founded in 2013
EQT-backed Recover bolts-on SWE Skadeteknikgruppen
Deal is Recover's 23rd acquisition since it was established six years ago, and the third since being acquired by EQT