Deals
Rocket Internet sells €150m HelloFresh stake
Placement is made via an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors
Gilde acquires Veco from Investcorp's SPGPrints
Micro-precision metal components manufacturing division recently acquired Dutch business Reith Laser
Andera et al. in €20m series-A for MMI
VC houses Panakès Partners and Fountain Healthcare Partners also took part in the funding round
M Capital Partners injects €1.5m into Savimex
French company uses polymers to produce optical products, including helmet visors and heads-up displays
Vesalius et al. lead $4.6m round for Sword Health
Vesalius deployed capital from its Vesalius Biocapital III fund, which was launched last year
Bain’s Fintyre bolts on La Genovese Gomme
Deal follows the acquisitions of Pneusmarket and Franco Gomme, and the merger with German Reiff
VC firms in $60m funding round for Scality
Galiléo Partners, Omnes Capital, Idinvest, Iris Capital, Menlo Ventures all take part
Alliance Entreprendre, BPI France buy Copac in SBO
GPs acquire a majority stake in the French construction equipment business
Sofinnova et al. back €27m series-C for Limflow
BPI France and Balestier, a Singaporean family fund, also take part in the financing
Project A et al. in $4.2m round for Aula
Funding will enable the education-focused online communication company to pursue product development
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
Turenne Capital invests €9.8m in Infimed
Turenne acquires a majority stake in the medical device financing business through the transaction
Gilde Healthcare’s Rad-X buys TelradKo
Acquisition will provide TelradKo with fresh capital to accelerate its expansion
VF Venture leads €5.4m series-A for OrderYoYo
Round is also backed by Danish venture capital firm Seed Capital and angel investors
Neuberger Berman and aPriori exit Guala
Guala will be acquired by special purpose acquisition company Space4 and listed on the Italian market
Arkéa et al. in Armor SBO
Existing backers reinvest in the French printing service, Unexo joins for the first time
Innogest leads €2m series-A for SoulKitchen.bio
VC house deploys capital from IPGest, a €40.9m vehicle backed by the Italian government
VC-backed NFon aims to raise €50m in Q2 IPO
Company targets gross proceeds of €50m, which will be used for further European expansion
Advent International in €1.91bn Zentiva carve-out
GP to buy generics business division Zentiva from French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap II Fund, which recently held a final close
Bain's Autodis announces intention to float
Autodis may implement a capital increase in the range of €350-400m as part of the IPO
Azulis Capital buys Jordenen
GP acquires a 67% stake in the French designer and producer of promotional products
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested £10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
CM-CIC Capital Privé divests Celeste
GP sells its stake in French B-to-B internet provider Celeste to owner Nicolas Aube
