Deals
Firstminute leads €3.5m seed round for Good Monday
Danish tech startup has so far raised тЌ6m over three seed rounds
Dawn Capital, Accel lead Bryter $16m series-A
No-coding enterprise software company has seen engagement double during the coronavirus pandemic
Novo Ventures leads $55m series-B round for NodThera
Biotech company has so far raised $95m over two funding rounds
Beyond Capital Partners acquires Ounda
Germany-based optician chain is the first investment from BCP II, which is set to close in H2 2020
Existing investors take part in $27m round for Verne
Investors Wellcome Trust, Novator Partners, Stefnir and General Catalyst participate in the round
Monterro buys RegTech company Trapets
GP reportedly buys a 70% stake in the business, valued at тЌ30.5m
Omers leads £6m series-A for Vara
Omers Ventures associate director Bryony Marshall will join the board of the company
HTGF backs funding round for NovaPump
Allßequitz backing for the heart pump developer also comes from Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen
Voima Ventures leads €1.5m seed round for Iiwari
Deal is VC's sixth investment from its Deep-tech Fund
Partech leads €3m seed round for Energysquare
GP is currently investing via its Partech Entrepreneur Fund III and Paris Saclay Seed Fund
Santo Venture Capital to increase its stake in Movinga
Earlybird, ETF Partners, Rocket Internet, Seven Ventures and STS Ventures have previously invested
Enterprise Investors fully exits Novaturas
Following a high of PLN 55 in 2018, Novaturas' share price has been on a downward trend, further accelerated in February
Summit Partners invests $37m in Appway
Growth capital investment in financial software company will support its international growth
Torqx acquires Fabory
Grainger, the vendor of the company, mandated Rothschild to explore a sale process in November 2019
Polaris exits Danish fashion brand PWT Group
Covid-19 ends a 12-year investment period during which the company grew to acquire five other brands
Cerea Partners backs Pagès Group
InnovaFonds, majority shareholder in Pagès since 2016, reinvests in the company and retains a minority
Alcuin sells AVMI to trade
AVMI reported EBITDA of ТЃ6.3m for the year ending on 30 June 2019 from revenues of ТЃ81m
Sequoia-backed Charlotte Tilbury close to $1bn sale – report
Makeup producer and distributor generated around ТЃ200m in revenues for 2019
VCs sell Peak Games to trade for $1.8bn
Earlybird, Hummingbird and Endeavour Catalyst have exited to US-based mobile game designer Zynga
Green Arrow invests €75m in Italian biomethane sector
GP invests via its renewable-energy-dedicated fund Green Arrow Energy Fund
Cherry Bay Capital invests in Poggiolini
Transaction is made via a club deal which saw participation of several private investors alongside Cherry Bay
Goldman Sachs and THCP invest £16.5m in Hunter Boots
Wellingtons manufacturer mandated AlixPartners to sell a stake in the business in March 2020
Sovereign backs Acolin MBO
Spencer House provided corporate finance advice on the acquisition of the fund adminstrator
Suma backs video analytics specialist NPAW
GP invests via Suma Capital Growth Fund II, which held a first close on €65m in December 2019