Deals
OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage
Index Ventures and Balderton Capital also take part in the funding round
D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise
Founded in 2011, TransferWise is a London-based international money transfer service
Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund invests €80m in DORC
This is the first deal made by the fund, which targets companies with high-growth potential in the Chinese market
LDC backs £30m DoubleEdge, Foehn and Metaphor IT merger
Leadership team at the new group, which will be named Kerv, will be led by Alastair Mills as executive chairman
Index Ventures leads $18.6m round for Cargo.one
Existing investors Creandum and Point Nine Capital also back the air cargo booking platform
Formentor Capital buys Grand Vision Optics
Talde Private Debt Fund provides a debt package of €5.7m to support the acquisition
GCP exits DMW to Credera
DMW's management team, led by CEO Chris Dean, will continue in their current roles
Consortium in $60m series-B for Withings
Withings plans to add 100 new positions in the US and France by the end of the year to strengthen its teams
VC-backed Pricehubble buys Checkmyplace
Pricehubble has received investment from VCs including BtoV and Helvetia Venture Fund
Fortunis invests up to £15m in Sportside
Social app allows people to find sports players of a similar age, ability and geography
Sofinnova, AbbVie lead €28m series-A for Enthera
Indaco Venture Partners, JDRF T1D Fund and several Italian investors also take part in the round
Entreprenörinvest and Innovum in $1.1m round for LocalizeDirect
Company will use the proceeds to launch Gridly, a content management system for multilingual game projects
Eurazeo invests $33m in series-B for Thought Machine
Thought Machine reported an operating loss of £19.5m from turnover of £5.4m in 2018
IK sells Aposan to Ardian-backed Santé Cie
Sale ends an investment period of almost four years, during which revenues and EBITDA doubled
Advent France Biotechnology, Invivo invest €4.25m in Arthex
Company intends to use the fresh capital to advance the development of its myotonic dystrophy therapy
Abénex Capital to carve out InLog from Haemonetics
Deal will help Haemonetics shift its portfolio towards growth segments
Nordic Capital to buy four Germany-based healthcare consultancies
According to a competition authority filing, the GP will acquire a majority stake in each firm
Star Capital buys Gamma
GP invests in the company via Star IV Private Equity Fund, which closed on its €140m hard-cap in May 2020
Suma invests in Gestcompost
GP deploys capital via Suma Capital Efficiency & Environment fund, which closed on €150m in 2018
Lea Partners' Landwehr acquires Prosoft
Acquisition is part of Landwehr's buy-and-build strategy in the HR and recruitment software space
Fund+ leads €38m series-B for Indigo Diabetes
Jan Van den Bossche, partner at Fund+, will join the board of the company
Revolut raises $80m in series-D extension
FinTech company has reportedly raised $983m in total funding
The Deals Pipeline
A fortnightly highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Centerbridge Partners exits Cepal to Alpha Bank
Alpha Bank, which already owned a 40% stake in Cepal, acquires full control of the company