Deals
Gimv sells Walkro to trade
GP fully sells Walkro, a mushroom substrate specialist, to Irish strategic co-owner
Herkules sells Stamina Group to Norvestor
Divestment comprises the Avonova Holding and Stamina Helse subsidiaries of Helse Holding
PAI's Perstorp sells Capa to trade
Perstorp, a Swedish chemicals business, sells its Capa division to Ingevity for тЌ590m
Alcuin invests in Servelec Controls MBO
Systems integration business will pursue an acquisitive growth strategy under the GP's tenure
Ambienta buys Image S
GP acquires the company via Next Imaging, its recently established buy-and-build platform
CIP Merchant Capital backs 7Star
Company plans to use the fresh capital to open new veterinary clinics in northern Italy
Digital+ Partners leads $35.5m series-C for NavVis
Japanese corporate Kozo Keikaku Engineering also takes part in the latest financing
Growth Capital Partners backs secondary MBO of Indigo
Maven Capital Partners and YFM fully exit after backing a deal worth ТЃ12m in 2016
EQT's Top-Toy files for restructuring
Restructuring plan includes closing down unprofitable stores and letting go up to 450 employees
RJD reaps 92% IRR on Barber of Sheffield exit
RJD Partners acquired a majority stake in Barber of Sheffield just two years ago
Lightpoint Medical raises £5m
Cambridge Capital Group, Venture Founders and Coutts Investment Club were among the investors
Sequoia leads $24m series-B for Tourlane
Existing investors Spark Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures and DN Capital also take part
Brockhaus buys Palas
CEO Maximilian Weiß, who is also a minority shareholder, will continue to hold a significant stake
Omers-backed Trescal makes two overseas bolt-ons
French calibration services specialist buys Texas-based MATSolutions and Asia-based NorthLab
Ciclad backs VitrineMedia OBO, Siparex exits
Previous backer Siparex sells its minority stake in the business, having invested €1m in 2013
Parquest et al. carve out Sopral from Avril Group
Parquest, Idia Capital Investissement, Agro Invest and Unexo acquire stakes in Sopral
Arkéa et al. buy Malherbe from Siparex, NCI
Consortium of backers buy a minority stake in the logistics and transport specialist
Afinum and Invision team up for Ledlenser deal
Afinum is the lead investor, with Invision and the company's management team also participating
Vertis, StarTIP lead €7.8m round for Buzzoole
Previous backers R301 Capital and Impulse VC also took part in the funding round
Highland injects €25m into Camunda
Open source workflow automation software developer will pursue international expansion
One Equity Partners-backed Inside Secure buys Verimatrix
GP participates in the equity financing with a view to becoming the cornerstone investor of Inside Secure
Insight leads $30m series-C for LeanIX
Software developer will pursue international expansion and invest in new products
Nord buys two companies, creates Norwegian healthcare group
Companies will become part of Helsepartner Nord-Norge, a new healthcare group created by the GP
FSN buys Rameder from Findos
First deal FSN has completed in Germany since setting up a Munich office in March this year