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Carlyle acquires Flender from Siemens in €2bn deal
Sale of the drive technology unit saw interest from sponsors including CVC, Triton and Brookfield
MIP leads €5m round for Exoticca
This round is an extension to an €11m series-B investment raised by the company in July 2019
Momeni Digital et al. in funding round for Bullfinch Asset
Elevat3 Capital and German energy group EWE also back the green project-financing platform
Kartesia injects €75m into HeadFirst
Kartesia backs the recruitment company via its KCO IV and KCO V funds
United Ventures leads €6m round for Boom Imagestudio
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further develop its proprietary technology and boost its international expansion
LDC exits Ellis Whittam to Marlowe in £59m deal
Sale ends a four-year holding period for LDC, which owned a minority stake in the company
Monterro buys majority stake in MaintMaster
Almi Invest, which had owned a 10% stake in MaintMaster since 2015, has fully exited, making a 7x return on its invested capital
Castik closes Epic II on €1.25bn
Fund will follow the same strategy as the GP's debut fund, which held a final close in 2015 on тЌ1bn
Naxicap acquires Eureka Education from Abénex, Finoli
Professional and higher education provider pursued a buy-and-build strategy under Abénex's ownership
Blackstone Core Equity Partners II closes on $8bn
BCEP II follows a long-hold private equity strategy, with an investment period of 15 years
Nord Holding's Jumpers Group buys Ai Fitness; forms BestFit
Combined companies will pursue a buy-and-build strategy, acquiring fitness studio chains
Bird & Bird hires Seeger as partner
Marc Seeger joins the firm's Düsseldorf-based corporate and M&A team from Hengeler Mueller
Liberta Partners acquires Kienzle
GP acquires the automotive networked systems business as part of a succession solution
Vækstfonden et al. in €1.1m seed round for Kaffe Bueno
Startup plans to use the seed funding for launching new products, scaling up production, growing its team and to cover costs for patents
Providence Strategic Growth backs Signaturit
PSG intends to support the company's product diversification, geographic expansion and search for M&A opportunities
TVM Capital closes LSI II on $478m
Vehicle is TVM's largest ever fund and the second in its exclusively life-sciences-focused strategy
Ace buys Astorg's Aries Alliance, injects €20m in new money
Deal is the first for the aerospace-focused Ace Aero Partenaires fund, which reached a €630m first close
FJ Labs invests in car renting startup Vamos
Company intends to use the fresh capital to further boost its growth and expansion across the Spanish market
EMH Partners closes second fund on €650m
GP closed its debut fund in 2017 on €350m; the latest vehicle will continue its investment strategy
LifeX raises €6m from Cherry, Vækstfonden et al.
Startup has raised тЌ15m in funding since being founded in 2017
Metrika buys detergent specialist Allegrini
This is the first deal made by Metrika's first fund, which has a €100m target and a €150m hard-cap
Grafton Capital secures majority stake in Third Financial
VC firm has so far invested ТЃ7m in Third Financial, which will use the latest funding to accelerate the growth of its platform
Investindustrial exits Aston Martin
Investindustrial sells its remaining stake of 4.12% in the company, fully exiting the investment
PE-backed Nets bolts on CCV Schweiz
Following the deal, CCV Schweiz will be integrated with Concardis Schweiz, which is part of Nets Group