Expansion
AlbionVC co-leads £5m series-A for Limitless Technology
Downing Ventures and corporate venturing arm Unilever Ventures co-lead the round
Afinum-backed Liftket acquires Movecat
Acquisition follows Liftket's purchase of Chainmaster in 2018, which was also supported by Afinum
Gresham House invests in Rainbird
Automated enterprise software developer is currently exploring expansion into the US market
Livingbridge's Catalyst merges with Sionic
Deal for the US-based financial services consultancy will create a group with revenues of $60m
Capvis-backed Felss Group acquires HMP
In 2017, Capvis purchased a majority stake in Felss using its 2013-vintage Capvis Equity IV
GRO Capital backs Adform
GRO will partner with existing investor Via Equity and Adform's management team
Tikehau, BPI France invest €38m in Addev Materials
GPs back adhesives and insulates maker Addev Materials to foster European and US expansion
Henq leads €5.6m funding round for Stravito
Existing investors Inventure and Creades have also taken part in the late seed round
Eurazeo's 2RH buys motorcycle helmets specialist Nolan
Following this acquisition, 2RH expects to reach revenues of €150m in 2019 and employ 1,000 staff
Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Anita Brüche
Waterland acquired a majority stake in Rehacon, a physiotherapy provider, in January 2019
Origin invests £15m in Plexus Law
GP acquires a minority stake in the law firm, which generated EBITDA of £10m in 2018
Summit Partners leads $38m funding round for Red Points
Northzone, Mangrove Capital Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Banco Sabadell take part in the round
Consortium raises $20m for Agorize
Agorize plans to expand in Canada and said 12% of its turnover is generated in North America
VCs in $50m round for Onfido
Deal for the automated background check provider was led by the venture arms of SBI and Salesforce
Redalpine backs $30m series-B for Taxfix
Round was led by existing investor Valar Ventures with participation from Creandum
Aliter's Boston acquires Pinacl
Transaction is the third bolt-on for the IT group since the GP acquired it 15 months ago
Ardian's Trigo bolts on QSSL Industrieservice
Ilkin Bananyarli, a court-appointed administrator of Germany-based QSSL, brokered the deal
Eurazeo et al. invest €110m in ManoMano
Eurazeo buys a minority stake in French online marketplace ManoMano investing €50m
Octopus et al. in $42m series-B for Elvie
Company will use the financing to increase its investment in R&D and expand internationally
NVM invests £2m in Pure Pet Food
GP drew capital from its VCTs for the investment in the UK-based pet food company
Rockaway Capital backs $6.9m series-B for Gjirafa
Fresh capital will be used by the firm to scale its current products across the region
VCs in €10m series-A for Fliit
Fresh capital will be used for international expansion and the development of the Fliit platform
GIC backs CitizenM in €2bn deal
Sovereign wealth fund and previous backers KRC and APG invest €750m in the Dutch hotel operator
Endeit leads $18m funding round for 3D Hubs
Participating investors include Hearst Ventures, EQT Ventures, Balderton Capital and two angels