Deals
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 £500-600m
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
Alpha Private Equity buys accessories specialist AMF
GP intends to further boost AMF's growth both organically and via new acquisitions
Cairngorm's Stamco and Parker bolt on Fairalls
Deal is the third installment in a buy-and-build strategy in the builders' merchant market
VCs in funding round for Optiopay
Insurance company NN Group makes its first investment in the payments software company
Clessidra sells Cavalli to Dubai-based firm
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Italian GP Clessidra, which owns a majority stake
BlackFin Tech, Partech in €6m series-A for Epsor
Fresh capital will help France-based Epsor to increase its client base with mid-cap companies
BPI, Supernova in €20m series-C for logistics business Traxens
Company intends to use the fresh capital to expand internationally, with a special focus on Asia
K1 injects $60m into Graduway
Company is pursuing North American expansion and will invest in product development
Highgate Ventures et al. invest $10m in HostnFly
France-based rental management service HostnFly aims to expand in Spain and Italy
Creandum leads €30m series-B for Billie
Existing investors Picus Capital, Speedinvest and Global Founders Capital participate in the round
Rockpool backs Boston MFO buyout
Rockpool generally makes equity investments in the range of £3-12m in profitable private companies
Equistone to acquire Knowledge Services from Moody's
Vendor will use the proceeds from the divestment to repurchase outstanding stock
LSP, Andera et al. invest €116m in AM-Pharma
Forbion, Ysios Capital and Idinvest also back the financing for the biopharmaceutical company
Gauss leads $55m series-B for Curve
UK-based credit card aggregation company will pursue expansion across Europe and the US
A&M buys surveillance specialist La Patria in SBO
Sale ends an eight-year holding period for the GPs, which owned a combined majority in the company