Deals
Lakestar leads $70m series-C for Sennder
Accel, Next47, H14, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Project A and Scania Growth Capital all take part
Keensight carves out 3P Biopharmaceuticals
GP backs biologics production service 3P Biopharmaceuticals via Keensight Capital V
LDC in £100m round for OneCom
Telecommunications firm's founder will remain a significant shareholder and take on a non-exec role
Paragon acquires Pro Optik
Optical retail chain Pro Optik is likely to be Paragon III fund's first acquisition
Antea backs Frisse Blikken MBO
Deal is the sixth investment by the Antea Participaties VIII fund, which closed on €30m in 2017
VCs exit Understand.AI to trade
Germany-based trade buyer DSpace has acquired autonomous driving software company Understand.AI
ECI-backed MIC bolts on Smart Utility Management
Transaction is the third bolt-on for the energy intermediary since it first got ECI's backing
Ardian buys majority stake in Staci from Cobepa
Transaction sees logistics services provider Staci valued at €600m, according to a report
N26 receives investment of $170m in series-D extension
Tencent Holding and Allianz X have invested in the series-D funding round extension
Inflexion sells Cawood Scientific to Waterland
Acquirer typical makes initial investments in deals with enterprise values of up to тЌ100m
Arsenal to acquire Clariant healthcare business for CHF 308m
Enterprise value of the healthcare business is equivalent to 13.2x adjusted EBITDA for 2018
Sunstone backs Forendo Pharma
Fresh capital will be used to advance its endometriosis programme into the next phase
VCs inject $60m into extended series-C for TravelPerk
Fresh capital will support product innovation and European expansion for the Spanish startup
Permira acquires Quotient from GHO for a reported £600m
Outsourced drug development company has expanded into the US and tripled its revenues under GHO
Holland Capital backs Valori MBO
GP buys majority in Netherlands-based software testing and quality assurance specialist
3i buys Evernex from Carlyle in deal exceeding €400m
Carlyle invested in Evernex, a provider of IT infrastructure maintenance, in 2015
FSN sells Velcora to trade for SEK 1.28bn
Acquisition includes Velcora's Roplan and Steridose businesses, both headquartered in Sweden
Inflexion to merge Bridgepoint-backed Estera with Ocorian
Transaction ends a four-year holding period and reportedly values Estera at ТЃ500-600m
Yabeo, IBB, Atlantic Labs sell stakes in Dentolo to trade
Atlantic Labs first invested in the dental insurance platform in 2016, with Yabeo investing in 2017
Investcorp acquires majority stake in Contentserv
Investcorp Technology Partners used its fourth-generation vehicle to acquire Contentserv
Permira, TCV lead series-F for FlixMobility
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and the European Investment Bank also participated in the funding round
Ventiga buys Retail Insight from Navis
Ventiga is currently raising its debut fund and has been operating on a deal-by-deal basis
Insight leads $55m series-B round for ContractPodAI
Legal software developer will invest in product development, marketing and recruitment
Cairngorm's Stamco and Parker bolt on Fairalls
Deal is the third installment in a buy-and-build strategy in the builders' merchant market