Deals
Gilde's Raak Metals buys Stolwerk Metaal
Add-on is the first since GIlde Equity Management bought a majority stake in Raak in February 2020
Inflexion-backed Bollington Wilson acquires Watson Laurie
Inflexion will continue to support Bollington in its growth plans, according to a statement
General Atlantic invests in Gymshark at £1bn valuation
First round bids for the minority stake were collected in early July 2020
Mobeus sells Access-IS, nets 23.4% IRR
Since Mobeus's investment, Access has doubled revenues from £11.5m to more than £19m in 2019
LDC's Onecom bolts on Glamorgan Telecom Group
Add-on is the first since LDC and Ares provided financing of £100m to the telecoms company in 2019
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG acquires Multimon
Acquisition of the fire safety systems provider is the first from the GP's €1.1bn eighth fund
STIC Investment, SoftBank Korea et al. acquire Systran
Fresh capital will go towards increasing delivery speed and geographic footprint
NorthEdge-backed Catalis acquires Whyttest
Marius Potirniche, the founder of Whyttest, has become a senior executive within the Testronic team
Advent buys 30% stake in Aareon
Deal gives the property software company an EV of €960m, with Advent's stake valued at €260m
Nordic PE exits hit new low in Q2
Volume of exits by PE firms across the Nordic countries in Q2 2020 fell to its lowest point in more than a decade, according to Unquote Data
Deutsche Beteiligungs buys PM Plastic Materials
First MBO in Italy for the GP, which will now start investing from its recently raised Fund VIII
NPM Capital's Bergman Clinics buys Van Linschoten Specialisten
Add-on comes after Mergermarket reported that the sale of Bergman had been suspended in March 2020
BGF-backed Hobs sells Anexsys
Trade buyer Xact was acquired by JLL Partners from Clearview Capital in 2018 in an MBO
Cowen leads $60.8m round for F2G
Existing investors Novo Holdings, Morningside Ventures and Brace Pharma Capital also participate
Tesi, NordicNinja et al. in $54m series-C for Varjo
Tech company has raised $100m since being founded in 2016
Augmentum et al. invest in £35m series-C for Habito
Entrepreneur Yuri Milner's investment vehicle Gemini led a £25m equity raise for the company in February
Moira invests in Voovio Technologies
Company plans to use the fresh capital to expand its US operations and further develop its cloud services
Occident leads CHF 5.1m series-A for Hemotune
Also backing the biotech startup were the Zürcher Kantonalbank and Greencross Medical Science Corp
Venture capital fund invests in Antikytera E-Technologies
Company plans to use the fresh capital to further expand, develop new features and scale up its team
VCs in €5m round for Klima
EVentures, 468 Capital and HV Holtzbrinck back the round for the climate change mitigation app
Clessidra to buy wine producer Botter
Clessidra has been in negotiations for the acquisition of the Italian wine producer since February 2020
Arsenal Capital Partners acquires Cello Health
Acquisition values Cello at £181.8m and will form part of the GP's healthcare consultancy platform
Shark Solutions raises funding from Circularity Capital
Company will use the proceeds to develop its manufacturing infrastructure and to expand its product range
MCH buys pipes manufacturer Molecor
This is the second deal inked by MCH Iberian Capital Fund V, which recently held a €200m first close