Expansion
Care providers attract increasing share of PE healthcare deals
Overall healthcare deals are falling, but healthcare provider sub-segment is thriving
Octopus and DN Capital in £555,000 seed round for Eve
Octopus investment tops up ТЃ330,000 round by DN Capital and FJ Labs
HgCapital et al's Visma acquires E-conomic and SpeedLedger
KKR, Cinven and HgCapital-owned Visma acquires HgCapital portfolio company
Franklin Templeton leads €81.7m investment in EasyPack
Equity injection supported by $36.7m debt facility from BGK
Q1 Barometer: deal volume and value decline
The European buyout market witnessed a fall in both deal volume and value for Q1
PE-backed STS Medical Group picks up Luigi Salvadori
Acquisition is carried out alongside existing shareholders
Dawn and Point Nine lead $5m Automile series-A
Shareholders also include Creandum's Martin Hauge
BlackFin-backed NeoXam wholly acquires Nexfi
Deal comes one year after NeoXam’s carve-out from Sungard
EdRip secures 10% stake in Altavia
Fifth investment for €300m Winch Capital 3 Fund
Entrepreneur Venture leads €3m round for Mediabong
Round comes three years after Mediabong's first capital injection
PE-backed CarTrawler to acquire Cabforce
Deal comes one year after CarTrawler's acquisition
Cathay leads €30m funding round for Echosens
First investment for firm's latest midcap vehicle
Pole Capital leads $2m round for MisterBnB
Company plans to open five new offices in Europe and US
Isai, Go Capital inject €4m into Digitaleo
Business angels also take part in round
LDC picks up Aspin stake for £25m
Aspin hopes to take advantage of changes to UK rail industry
Investment AB Kinnevik leads €30m Westwing series-E
Home and living store has raised €209m over five funding rounds
HgCapital backs Eucon
GP invested from software- and tech-focused Mercury Fund
Lakestar injects $3.5m into Marley Spoon
Series-A extension follows €4m round in November last year
Dealerdirect raises €8m from Prime Ventures et al.
Third deal by Prime Ventures in past seven days
BGF pumps £10m into Rovop
Rovop operates a fleet of remotely controlled subsea vehicles
Mountain Cleantech backs Ascon Resource Management
Waste management and recycling company operates across Germany
UK Watch Q1 2015: dealflow slows but confidence remains
The latest unquoteт UK Watch, published in association with Corbett Keeling
Prime Ventures injects €5m into Forcare
VC Firm recently held €170m final close on latest fund
Valar Ventures leads $18m EyeEm series-B
Photo-sharing app previously raised $10m over two rounds