Deals
RTP Global leads €6.6m series-A for Plantix
Third round of funding for the plant disease detection app is earmarked for international growth
Syncona leads £32m series-B for Azeria
Magda Jonikas and Martin Murphy of Syncona join the board of Azeria Therapeutics
H2 Equity Partners buys Mill Panel
H2 will help the Dutch wooden exterior door panels specialist expand internationally
August acquires dentistry software developer Code
Deal is the 10th investment from August Equity Partners IV, which closed on ТЃ224m in 2017
CapMan exits Finland-listed Harvia
Shares are sold by shares were held by CapMan Buyout X Fund A and CapMan Buyout X Fund B
Advent's £3.9bn Cobham take-private likely to go ahead
Advent made a takeover offer of 165 pence per share in cash, which represents a 34% premium in July
Nauta Capital backs €1.7m round for Airfocus
Business strategy platform will expand its product and triple its team size
August Equity exits Wax Digital
This is the fund's sixth realisation, following the sale of Vet Partners and Compass Community
Polaris partially exits Jetpak
GP will retain a 5.3% stake in the listed Swedish delivery company
Xerys Funds invests €30m in Biolog-id
France-based sensitive health products business received €50m from Xerys to date
Foresight sells Idio for 2x return
Insight Venture Partners acquired Episerver, the acquirer, from Accel KKR in 2018
Fog City leads $6m series-A for Ad-Lib
Company will use the fresh capital to expand further in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions
Consortium backs €38.75m series-B for Tissium
France-based wound dressing developer previously raised €30.5m at the series-A stage
NordicNinja, Industrifonden in €3.9m series-A for Combinostics
Funding will be used to scale the company's platform for the US and Asia markets
Arlington acquires Doncasters' forging business
Arlington expects to put fresh capital into the business and grow it through acquisitions
Oaktree to acquire RAFI
Investment is expected to support the company's growth and international expansion
Alantra sells Ingenium's Spanish mobile business to Orange España
Alantra plans to strengthen the activity of the other divisions of Grupo Ingenium
Warburg Pincus sells Accelya to Vista Equity Partners
First investment made by Vista via its permanent fund, Vista Equity Partners Perennial
Mentha Capital to buy Van Vulpen
GP plans to buy the Dutch cables specialist, according to a filing with the competition authority
3i completes single-asset restructuring for Action
GP will wind up its original investment vehicle and release liquidity to investors
Afinum acquires stake in All4Golf
Afinum seeks to grow the company's business in Germany and to expand abroad
Argos Wityu to de-list EPC Groupe in take-private
Argos will back the France-based manufacturer and distributor of explosives for civil use
HTGF exits Grandcentrix to Vodafone
Exit follows HTGF's initial investment in the Internet-of-Things company in 2010
Alteri to acquire Steinhoff businesses
Acquired businesses include Bensons for Beds, Harveys Furniture, Relyon and Steinhoff UK Beds