Expansion
Mayfair-backed GCI to acquire Nasstar for £79.4m
Mayfair draws equity from its second fund, which closed on ТЃ650m, to support the acquisition
Axel Springer Ventures, Softbank in €44m Goggo round
Goggo is aiming to develop a European network of autonomous vehicles for people and goods
Summit leads $90m round for Odoo
Sofinnova invested in a €3m funding round for the enterprise management company in 2010
Octopus, Calculus lead £3.6m round for Fiscal
Octopus draws equity from its Apollo VCT for the investment, which manages ТЃ30m
Elbrus leads $10m round for YClients
Elbrus is currently investing from its $550m vehicle, which held a final close in February 2014
BlackRock, Sofina in £66m round for THG
THG has taken out a new five-year ТЃ150m revolving credit facility provided by Barclays and HSBC
Iris Capital, Idinvest et al. inject $12.3m into Yubo
Iris, Idinvest and historical backers invest in the manager of the eponymous social media app
Mérieux Equity Partners backs Addmedica
GP uses its Mérieux Participations 3 fund, which held a first close on €200m in 2018
Crédit Mutuel Equity buys stake in CF Group
Minority investment aims to boost growth of the swimming pool equipment and materials supplier
One Equity Partners backs Nexion
GP intends to accelerate the company's organic growth and further boost its international expansion
BNP Paribas Fortis PE backs JAC
GP buys substantial minority in Belgium-based industrial bread-making machinery specialist
PAI-backed Froneri buys Nestlé US ice cream business for $4bn
NestlУЉ will continue to manage its remaining ice cream operations in Canada, Latin America and Asia
HV Holtzbrinck leads €8.8m seed round for Finn.auto
Danish VC Heartcore Capital, UVC Partners and existing investor Picus Capital also take part
Accel leads $11m series-A for Tines
Deal is an extension of the $4.1m series-A funding round led by Blossom Capital in October 2019
Consortium invests €22m in InterCloud
Fresh capital will help the provider of cloud access services expand in western Europe
Cross Equity-backed WDM buys Midrahtec Drahtwaren
Cross Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in WDM in January 2018
Omers Ventures et al. back $110m round for WeFox
Round brings the series-B total to $235m and values the digital insurance provider at more than $1bn
Equistone-backed WHP Telecoms acquires Sitec
Equistone acquired WHP from Palatine Private Equity in March 2018, drawing equity from Equistone VI
WestBridge invests £12.8m in Aptus Utilities
Aptus Utilities has also received financing from OakNorth Bank as part of this transaction
VCs in £7m round for Perlego
Perlego offers access to online textbooks for a subscription fee of ТЃ12 per month
Altor backs Curamando, creates digital marketing group
GP deploys capital from Altor Fund V, which closed on its тЌ2.5bn hard-cap in February 2019
Idinvest leads $50m round for Ogury
Idinvest is currently investing from its тЌ350m vehicle, which held a final close in October 2019
Mobeus invests £4m in IPV
Calculus Capital invested тЌ2.5m in the media management software provider in 2015
Waterland-backed Netgo acquires Mehrwerk
Acquisition of the business software platform is the second add-on in Netgo's buy-and-build strategy