Expansion
Northzone in €7.5m funding round for Matsmart
Matsmart intends to focus on growing in the Nordic region and the rest of Europe
BGF invests £8.5m in bakery Coopland & Son
Coopland's expansion plans include opening 30 new shops within the next three years
August Equity acquires dental practices for £5.75m
Second acquisition in the strategy after the GP acquired Genesis Dental Care in May
L Catterton invests in Ganni
Company intends to expand its brand internationally with L Catterton's support
Rubicon, Grovepoint's Goodridge bolts on Gieffe Racing
Rubicon provided fresh capital to support the acquisition of the automotive fluids business
Eight Road leads $20m round for OTA Insight
Hospitality-focused data analytics company will invest in product development and make new hires
DN Capital leads €10m round for Joblift
Picus Capital also took part in the round alongside existing investors
Abraaj acquires minority stake in Biletal
Turkey-focused GP acquires the minority stake through its Anatolia Growth Capital Fund
Zubr buys stake in ActivePlatform
With the fresh capital, ActivePlatform intends to offer customised cloud brokerage services
Mercia leads £5m round for web traffic manager Intechnica
Mercia invests directly from its balance sheet after previously using third party funds
BlackFin leads €15m series-A for Friss
Fresh capital will be used to expand globally and facilitate cross-carrier collaboration
Northzone leads $20m series-A for Freighthub
Global Founders Capital, Cherry Ventures, Cavalry Ventures and La Famiglia also take part
Dawn leads €40m funding round for iZettle
Existing backer Dawn led the round along with The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund
Riverside invests in LeftShift
Investment in the delivery automation business was made via the GP's acceleration capital division
Caphaven invests in Deutsche Prüfservice
Caphaven arranged expansion capital for DPS earlier in 2017 in the form of a convertible loan
Cottonwood in €2.6m series-B for Clear Flight Solutions
Clear Flight targets an expansion of the funding round up to a total of €6m
HealthCap backs Doctrin in $10m series-A
Funding round was led by Swedish healthcare provider Capio alongside other investors
Mercia invests £2.5m in Medherant
Investment is part of a £3.8m funding round from other private investors and existing shareholders
Foresight injects £3m into 200 Degrees
Business will use the fresh funding to open new coffee shops and invest in wholesale distribution
Creandum in €10m round for Billie
Rocket Internet, Speedinvest, Avala and Picus backed the company in February and all reinvest
LeapFrog leads $40m series-C for WorldRemit
Fresh capital will be used to expand the company's payment services into new markets
Industries & Finances-backed Calliopé bolts on IT businesses
Industries & Finances injects capital in Calliopé to make the Titanium and Groupe Diagonal bolt-ons
CM-CIC's SFPI acquires Silac
Deal is part of a consolidation strategy announced by CM-CIC at the time of the SFPI acquisition
Axa Strategic Ventures leads $12m series-B for ForceManager
Other participants in the round include Nauta Capital, Sabadell, SIE and Histemi