Deals
Idia backs LGI Wines in SBO
Historical backers Initiative & Finance and Agribev Holding divest their LGI Wines stakes
Accel in $9m round for Humio
Accel principal Andrei Brasoveanu joins Humio's board and partner Adrian Colyer joins as board observer
Index Ventures leads $33m series-B for GeoPhy
Previous backers Inkef Capital and Hearst Ventures also take part in the investment
Foresight leads £2m funding round for Fertility Focus
Foresight, which has £2.8bn in assets under management, invested from two of its VCTs
HTGF and BitStone invest in Dotscene
Investment for the 3D-mapping software company has been taken from High-Tech Gründerfonds III
Siparex backs Valentin Traiteur in MBO
GP uses the Siparex ETI 4 fund to acquire its stake in Valentin Traiteur, a fresh food provider
Runa Capital et al. lead €6m series-B for Admo.tv
Company will use the funds to scale up its team in London and open new offices in Spain and Germany
Calculus Capital invests £2.5m in Essentia Analytics
Essentia Analytics' technology analyses investor behavior and performance
Waterland launches new buy-and-build with Rehacon
Waterland plans to realise synergies with portfolio companies Median Kliniken and Schönes Leben
Aimco takes minority stake in HGGC-backed Davies Group
Davies Group also received extra debt financing from Permira Debt Managers and ICG
Siparex sells stake in Cotherm to trade
Siparex sells its majority stake in Cotherm, acquired in 2012, to heat exchangers specialist Thermofin
Ardian, Tikehau sell stakes in Spie Batignolles
In addition, Spie Batignolles raises €190m in funding, including €67m from Tikehau IM
Lea Partners invests in IDL
Capital will be used to accelerate the development of the software and expand its market position
Omnes, Turenne lead €7m round for Teach On Mars
Turenne draws capital from its Région Sud Investissement fund to support the round
Apollo's £3.32bn RPC take-private bid approved by directors
Development comes four months after the GP emerged as a bidder for the plastic packaging firm
Miura backs restaurant chain Grupo Saona
Saona is the second deal made by the GP via its third fund, which held a €330m final close in 2018
Equistone-backed PIA bolts-on UDG
Acquisition is PIA's fifth since Equistone's buyout, following SoQuero, Dymatrix, Appico and TAB
Video: Campbell Lutyens' Bajnai talks fundraising, secondaries
Global advisory board chair Gordon Bajnai discusses LP appetite for European opportunities and the inexorable rise of GP-led processes
NVM sells Lanner in trade sale to Royal HaskoningDHV
Sale of simulation software business brings to an end a nine-year holding period
FSI’s Cedacri carves out Oasi from PE-backed Nexi for €151m
Cedacri will finance the acquisition with a debt package provided by a pool of 14 banks
Downing and Starwood in £4m round for Hubble
Deal brings the total amount raised by the online office space brokerage to £6.4m
Silverfleet supports bolt-on for Pumpenfabrik Wangen
GP initially invested in Pumpenfabrik Wangen in a €105m buyout in September 2017
VCs back TaxScouts with £1.2m investment
Based in the UK, TaxScouts helps users with the self-assessment of their tax returns
BGF backs The Prezola Group with second investment
Following a £3m investment in 2017, the latest round comes after 57% revenue growth in 2018