Expansion
Ardian backs Optimind
Company plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its expansion and external growth
Natixis et al. invest €72m in Wynd
Fresh capital will be used to hire staff, pursue Wynd's expansion abroad and invest in R&D
Balderton leads $10m series-A for Kaia Health
VC firm drew capital for the investment from its $375m venture fund, Balderton VI
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay bolts on Universum
Acquisition of Universum is the fifth bolt-on for the Germany-based payments service provider
Beringea leads £6.5m funding round for Exonar
Downing Ventures and Amadeus also take part in the round for the data management business
Norvestor-backed Nordic Camping buys First Camp for £28.7m
Acquisition was partially financed by a vendor note (£7.7m) as well as with external financing
BGF invests in BioCity
Life sciences business incubator will expand its provision of accelerator programmes
Northzone in £26m series-B round for MarketInvoice
UK-based invoice finance company will build up its team and expand its business loans division
Index leads $40m funding round for Personio
Other VCs involved include previous investors Global Founders Capital and Northzone
Polytech, Investiere lead €2.8m series-A for Kiwi
Swiss impact funds Symbiotics and 1to4 Foundation also take part in the financing
Apposite's Swanton Care bolts on Courtyard Care
Acquisition of the specialist childcare company comes 18 months after the GP's primary investment
Insight invests $500m in Veeam
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board joins in funding round for data management software company
Circularity invests in ZigZag
E-commerce software company will look to accelerate the international roll-out of its software
Waterland-backed Median Kliniken buys Kliniken Wied
Nineteenth bolt-on acquisition in the buy-and-build strategy since Waterland's first investment
VC firms in $25m funding round for Quinyx
Existing investors Alfvén & Didrikson, Battery Ventures and Zobito invest in Quinyx
Albion leads $6.5m series-A for Avora
Existing investor Crane also took part in the round for the data analytics software company
TA Associates backs List
TA Associates managing directors and vice-president will join List's board
Beringea leads £9m round for AccessPay
Deal brings the total amount raised by the corporate payments processing software firm to £13m
Ratos acquires remaining stake in TFS for €11m
Transaction comes three and a half years after the GP acquired a 60% stake in the business
Gresham House acquires minority stake in Rockfish
Fish and chips restaurant chain aims to increase the number of Rockfish-branded restaurants to 16
Goldman Sachs leads $8m series-A for Immersive Labs
Several smaller unnamed private investors also take part in the latest funding round
Siparex acquires minority stake in Plurima
GP draws capital for the deal from its two funds, Siparex Investimenti 2 and Siparex MidCap 3
Ring Capital et al. invest €30m in B-Network
GP and a group of banks invest in France-based B-Network to support expansion abroad and recruitment
Susquehanna Growth Equity invests $35m in Poppulo
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate the company’s international expansion plans