Expansion
Safran and Pengpai in $26m funding round for Kalray
Safran Corporate Ventures and Pengpai join as new investors in the round alongside previous backers
BIP backs Mercateo
Company will use the fresh capital for the roll-out and expansion of a new networking platform
Cherry Ventures leads €4m funding round for Infarm
VC is joined in the round by Quadia, Localglobe, Atlantic Food Labs, Ideo and Demand Analytics
VC consortium backs Planradar
Company will exploit digitalisation potential in the building industry and launch internationally
Lyceum's Isotrak acquires VeriLocation
Global GPS software developer strengthens its presence in the UK with the purchase
Ardian purchases minority in T2O
Deal sees Ardian Growth acquire a minority holding in the Spanish business
Livonia buys minority in CGates
Deal is the fourth for the GP's Baltic mid-cap-focused fund Livonia Partners Fund I
Creathor leads CHF 2.5m round for Allthings
Number of private investors from the real estate industry also participated in the round
Idinvest in €12m round for M2i
Idinvest Growth Fund II was launched last year and held a first close on €250m in November
CM-CIC backs Le Normandy and Clinique Développement merger
CM-CIC started backing the Le Normandy group in 2000, structuring a €9.3m financing round
Oaktree invests in Irish homebuilder Cannon Kirk
Capital will be used to repay loans to Ireland's bad bank as well as for expansion purposes
EQT buys 20% stake in Ottobock
GP will use capital from EQT VII to make the investment, based on a €3.15bn EV
BGF injects £3.85m into Dolphin Homes
Deal is the 12th transaction in 2017 for the UK-based growth capital investor
Inflexion invests in ProLabs
GP invested from its Enterprise fund, which typically provides equity tickets of £10-20m
Benchmark, Idinvest et al. sell Zenly to Snapchat
Zenly has raised an estimated $35.12m (€32m) in total to date through three expansion rounds
Lakestar, GV lead $40m series-B for Blockchain
Digital currency platform will look to expand internationally and invest in research and development
Accel leads $11m series-A for Soldo
Connect Ventures, IrReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners also took part in the round
Mobeus leads £3m funding round for tutoring website MyTutor
Transaction is Mobeus's seventh growth capital investment in the last 12 months
Cairngorm-backed Stevenswood bolts on Sameday
Cairngorm Capital's door and window distributor completes its fourth acquisition
BlackRock et al. invest €30m in Scalable Capital
Existing investors HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann join the round for the digital investment firm
BGF injects £2m into visual effects studio Milk
Deal is Milk's first fundraising round, which it plans to use to expand its studios
BGF inject £8.3m into Metropolitan European Transport
MET will use the funds to bolt on regional bus operators and support tendering activity
Oaktree buys stake in Marlin's Coriant
Marlin Equity Partners has owned a controlling stake in the business since inception in 2013
TVM leads €25m series-A for Centogene
Backers include Deutsche Private Equity, Careventures and CIC Capital