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Rhône sells Eden Springs to Cott for €470m
Purchase price paid by Cott represents 7x EBITDA, or 1.3x revenues
Celonis raises $27.5m series-A from Accel, 83North
Business claims its product can improve operational efficiency by 20-30%
Acton leads Comatch’s €4m series-A
Fresh capital will be used for further expansion in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Warburg in €250m EV Inexio capital increase
The capital increase also saw participation from previous shareholder DBAG
VR Equitypartner backs Ostertag Solutions
Company increased its turnover by 38.5% to €20.5m in the 2014/15 financial year
BayBG backs barbecues retailer Activa Grillküche
The business produces and sells coal- and gas-fired barbecue grills
Cavalry launches €20m maiden VC fund
Vehicle targets €20m and is backed by a trust fund, family offices and business angels
MTIP in ReActive series-A
Further investors in the round included High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and TQ-Group
HTGF backs recreation booking platform Bookingkit
Startup plans expansion in its existing markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Bain Capital sells FTE Automotive to Valeo for €819.3m
Purchase price represents an estimated entry multiple of 8x 2016 EBITDA
EQT buys Bilfinger’s real estate service for €1.4bn
EQT paid partly in cash and partly via a deferred fixed-interest facility
Capnamic in €2m series-A for Staffbase
Startup plans to expand to the US by opening a New York office in 2016
Co-investing with corporate venture is not without its pitfalls
Venture capital firms can benefit from cooperation with CVCs but must be wary of those that value strategy over returns
Point Nine et al. back Eversport with €800,000
Startup hopes to continue expansion across Europe after launching in three countries
LSP closes $280m life sciences venture fund
Vehicle closes more than one year after holding its first close on €80m
IK-backed SVT buys AIK Flammadur
SVT hopes to benefit from AIK's existing customer network in the shipping industry
Global Founders backs Thermondo’s €23.5m series-C
Thermondo aims to turn from a manufacturing business to an energy company
OpCapita buys AppelrathCüpper from Advent
AppelrathCüpper was part of Douglas Holding, which Advent has not yet fully exited
3i invests €181m in Schlemmer
Hannover Finanz acquired Schlemmer in 2012 and claims the exit is one of the largest in its history
Invision buys Parkresort Rheinfelden
Business recorded revenues of CHF 14.8m for the financial year 2014
Benchmark in Contentful’s $13m round
Contentful will use the fresh capital to open a San Francisco office this year
LDC lists Joules on AIM
LDC makes £53m and scores a multiple of 2.4x, reinvests for a 7% stake
Cherry Ventures backs TourRadar’s $6m series-A
Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures join existing backers AWS and Speedinvest
Albion Ventures et al. sell Haemostatix to Ergomed
Ergomed pays an initial consideration of £8m, with an extra contingent of £20m