Deals
Apax in exclusive negotiations to buy Snef Telecom – report
Deal reportedly values the telecommunications installation and maintenance company at €150m
Energize Ventures backs $10m Beekeeper series-B extension
Latest round for Switzerland-based remote working software brings its series-B total to $60m
YFM backs £17m GHG buyout
Senior debt and a working capital facility are being provided by Triplepoint
GCP sells Chaucer to Apax-backed Bip
With this add-on, Bip expects to create a global advisory company with 3,300 staff and revenues of тЌ350m
Synova-backed Fairstone acquires Mantle Financial Planning
Synova committed ТЃ25m to the development of Fairstone in 2016, drawing equity from Synova III
Borromin's ProFagus completes refinancing
Charcoal and natural additives company saw final bids from two banks and one direct lender
Five Seasons et al. back €10.1m round for Yamo
VCs including the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund, BtoV and Ringier Digital Ventures also participated
EQT Ventures leads $8m round for Traplight
Play Ventures, Initial Capital and Heartcore Capital also participated in the fundraise
Great Point's MLM Medical Labs buys CirQuest
Acquisition of US-based laboratory services provider is part of MLM's international expansion strategy
Moira invests in logistics operator Goi
Moira intends to support the company's growth and expansion both in Spain and internationally
P101 in €3.5m round for food marketplace Soplaya
Company intends to use the capital to expand in 10 Italian cities by 2022 and scale up its team
SmartFin Capital leads $25m series-C for MariaDB
Tech company has so far raised $125m from investors including Intel and Alibaba
Mercia sells NAC to PE-backed LGC for £18m
Mercia held a 29.4% stake in NAC at the date of sale and will receive initial cash proceeds of ТЃ4.8m
Capza to acquire Eurofeu
French GP is planning to take exclusive control of the fire safety specialist
Goldman Sachs Growth leads $80m series-D for LeanIX
Insight, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Capnamic and Iris Capital also participate
Arcadia-backed Favillini bolts on Idea Grafica
Following the merger, the combined group will generate revenues of €25m and employ a staff of 130 people
EQT's Suse buys Rancher Labs
Acquisition of the US-based company comes two years after EQT backed Suse's LBO via its eighth fund
HIG Capital buys Project Informatica
Intesa San Paolo, UBI Banca, MPSCS and Banco BPM provide a debt package to support the deal
Highland leads £20m round for Farewill
Highland is currently investing from its Technology Growth III fund, which closed on тЌ463m in 2018
Osivax raises €33m from EIC and BPI France
Of the funding, €15m from EIC will count towards series-B funding, while the rest will be a grant
BD-Capital makes debut investment in Symprove
BD-Capital announced its debut fund in July 2019 with a target of тЌ400m
Silver Lake buys HR software Silae
Acquisition of the France-based company is Silver Lake's first European acquisition of 2020
Wise Equity buys Fimo from IGI
This is the first deal inked by the GP via Wisequity V, which closed on its €260m hard-cap in July 2019
Northzone leads £20m round in Wagestream
Wagestream's platform allows clients' employees to access their pay cheque at any time of the month