Deals
CM-CIC sells Fouchard to trade
CM-CIC Investissement sells air conditioning specialist Fouchard to corpate Fayat group
Sofimac backs Expedial MBO
Management team buys stake in a transportation services provider while founder retires
Marlin invests in SmartSearch
US-based firm Marlin Equity Partners closed its most recent vehicle on $2.5bn in 2017
Nauta Capital leads €3m series-A for World Mastery
GP deploys capital from its Nauta IV Tech Invest fund, which closed on €155m in April 2017
Greenoaks leads €50m series-B for Casavo
Company plans to use the financing to boost its expansion by opening new agencies across Italy
Alcuin takes minority stake in Gravitas
Alcuin Capital Partners has invested for a minority stake in recruitment company Gravitas
Exponent-backed Meadow Foods acquires Nimbus Foods
Exponent acquired Meadow Foods in 2018 drawing equity from its third-generation fund
Aurelius sells Scandinavian Cosmetics Group to Accent
Accent is currently investing from Accent Equity 2017, which deploys тЌ10-25m in equity
Northzone in €17m round for Matsmart
Round was led by LeadX Capital Partners with Ingka Group, D-Ax and Norrsken also taking part
Initiative & Finance backs L'Anneau Securus Sesam
GP buys minority stake in France-based security services provider L'Anneau Securus Sesam
Spark Capital invests $15m in tablet startup Remarkable
Company plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its team and invest in product development
83North leads €15m series-B for CRM platform Critizr
Previous backers Point Nine, Caphorn Invest and Runa Capital also take part in the investment
Vitruvian-backed CFC bolts on Solis Security
Solis security will expand CFC's in-house cyber claims and incident response team
Capital Croissance backs Onatera
Previous backer Entrepreneur Venture sells stake in France-based online retailer Onatera
Livingbridge invests £15m in Nationwide Hire
Livingbridge drew equity from its Enterprise 2 fund, which closed on ТЃ220m in 2015
EQT-backed IFS buys Astea International
Astea International has a market cap of $18m and operates from seven locations globally
Edenred leads CHF 14m series-B for Avrios
Lakestar, Notion Capital, Swisscom Ventures and Columbia Lake Partners also took part
Waterland launches buy-and-build with acquisition of Netgo
Founders Patrick Kruse and Benedikt Kisner will remain in their positons at the helm of the business
ArchiMed-backed Micromed bolts on OSG
MicroMed has now made three acquisitions in the neurology diagnostics market with this acquisition
Three Hills Capital Partners backs Goal Systems
GP deploys capital from its Three Hills Capital Solutions III fund, which held a final close on €540m
Alpha-backed Calligaris bolts on Luceplan
GP intends to support both firms in maximising their synergies and consolidating their market positions
VCs in £27m series-A for MiroBio
Advent Life Sciences, SR One, Oxford Science Innovation and Samsara Biocapital have invested
HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane in Bridgepoint Europe IV restructuring
Bridgepoint Europe IV, which closed on тЌ4.8bn in 2008, still holds a number of assets
UVC takes part in €15m round for Fazua
European Investment Bank has led the round by providing the company with €12m of venture debt