Expansion
Tiger Global invests €50m in Flaschenpost
Other investors include Cherry Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Discovery Ventures and Larix VC
Project A, Creandum add $30m to funding round for Voi
Existing investors include Vostok New Ventures, Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe
Calcium Capital invests €14m in Climb Up
Carvest, which first invested in Climb Up in 2011, exits the climbing walls operator
Global Founders Capital in $2.8m series-A for Sviper
Round was led by Modern Times Group, a Sweden-based digital entertainment company
Clyde Blowers sells Hydreco to Alcedo-backed Duplomatic
Hydreco was acquired in 2008 by Clyde Bowers' £250m second fund, which made six investments in total
Bain Capital Venture et al. invest $70m in Mirakl
Round is led by new investor Bain Capital Venture and sees historical backers recommit
DCG, MiddleGame in $20m round for Nivaura
London Stock Exchange Group led the round for the UK-headquartered trading software firm
Sequoia in $42m series-B for Tessian
Email security software developer will invest in product development and international expansion
Idinvest leads $20m series-B for Botify
SEO-focused software developer will open a second US office and invest in product development
BGF invests £3.5m in Planixs
Data analytics software company will invest in marketing, product development and recruitment
Fondo Agroalimentare invests in Orienta-backed Bassini
In addition, Fratelli Bassini acquires frozen baked goods specialist Glaxi Pane
UVC, BtoV lead €10m series-A for I2x
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and new investors MS&AD Ventures and Asgard also take part
KKR acquires Universum Film
Fred Kogel, CEO of the independent audiovisual content platform, has hired Markus Frerker as COO
Aksìa-backed Covisian bolts on Grupo GSS
Following this deal, Covisian expects to reach revenues of €300m and employ a staff of 14,000 people
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay bolts on Alpha-Cash
Alpha-Cash is Heidelpay's second acquisition in 2019 and its fifth since Anacap's first investment
Eurazeo's Europcar buys Scandinavian franchises
Transaction marks fourth and fifth national franchises acquired by Europcar Mobility Group
Apax France-backed AEB buys Danmil
AEB plans to strengthen its offering and expand in the Nordic market
Project A Ventures leads $7.9m series-A for Casavo
Previous backers Picus Capital and 360 Capital Partners also take part in the funding round
Souter takes part in £60m round for DivideBuy
Equity and debt round will support marketing and increase the lender's available pool of capital
Oxx leads $8m round for Funnel
Existing investors Balderton Capital, Industrifonden and Zobito also take part in the financing
IK’s Colisée bolts on Armonea Group
Combined group could generate revenues of €1bn and host 26,800 residents
Nauta Capital leads $6m round for German startup Zenloop
Piton Capital also takes part in the funding, alongside entrepreneurs including Christian Henschel
Downing Ventures leads £6.5m investment in Imagen
Guinness Asset Management and Cambridge Innovation Capital also take part in the round
VC firms back €110m series-C for Ynsect
Astanor Ventures leads the round with additional contributions from BPI France, Talis and Idinvest