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                <![CDATA[ Finnish Suvia Group accelerates into Belgium with AutoRepairGroup acquisition ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 03 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Intera Partners-backed vehicle-damage services provider Suvia Group has acquired AutoRepairGroup from PE firm Standard Investment. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Oculus Group sharpens Walloon focus with back-to-back optics acquisitions ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 03 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Oculus Group is accelerating its buy-and-build expansion across Wallonia, welcoming Optique Lefevre and Osiris Daout. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Beyond the multiple: What makes the best mid-cap PE exit at the M&A Awards ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 03 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Value creation is the first thing judges look for when determining Belgium’s best mid-cap private equity exit. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 14 days in China convinced Extantia Capital to invest $2 million in Motion ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 02 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Extantia Capital, with Norrsken Evolve, backs Europe’s labour shortage solution: Motion’s HaaS model. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ MAASH secures €12.15 million to move from project development to execution ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 02 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Ambra Capital, InvestPro, Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel, Nordzucker and Tereos join Maash as shareholders, bringing industrial know-how, market access and strategic support. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ AI helps Belgian dealmakers operate at a higher level ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 02 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Prompt-first dealmaking and semantic search are streamlining due diligence, allowing M&A professionals to focus on strategic value rather than dredging through documents. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Pre-seed funding round a slam dunk for Belgian start-up, Lineal ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 01 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Europe's first structured 1v1 basketball league, Lineal, has successfully closed its €500,000 pre-seed funding round. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Questi becomes Banyan Software’s sixth Benelux business ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 31 August 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Banyan Software broadens its Benelux presence with the acquisition of Geel-based educational software provider Questi. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Ker Bolton plugs into Dutch IT platform, Reverz ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 31 August 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Reverz merges with the Belgian enterprise hardware specialist, Ker Bolton, to become a global leader in IT lifecycle management. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Simon Stremersch’s golden standard for buying and selling software businesses ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 31 August 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ KooKoo founder, Simon Stremersch, uses his passion for processes and technology to help clients navigate unsupported growth plans, untapped pricing potential and overestimated synergy cases. ]]>
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