Deals
Livingbridge backs £2.5m series-A for Equipsme
Health insurance company Axa PPP provided company with initial seed funding earlier in the year
RPC confirms early takeover talks with Apollo, Bain
GPs now have until 8 October to either announce a firm intention to make an offer or walk away
Calculus Capital leads £6m round for Arecor
Albion Capital and Downing Ventures also take part in the funding round
Inveready leads €4.5m round for ProntoPiso
Sabadell Venture Capital and several private investors also take part in the financing
Elliott's Waterstones bolts on Foyles
Deal comes five months after the GP acquired Waterstones from Lynwood Investments
NextStage AM acquires Atream
Atream now manages more than €1.5bn in assets, mainly in the tourism real estate sector
Equinox acquires Eniro Polska
Transaction sees private equity investors Equinox Investments taking over Eniro Polska
Talde backs Burdinberri
Company's management team will continue to lead the business in this new phase of expansion
Mobeus-backed Ski Solutions buys Wilderness Scotland
Group expects to generate sales of more than ТЃ25m in 2018 and will employ a total of 75 people
NVM leads £3.2m round for Ridge Pharma
GP contributes ТЃ2.75m towards the funding round for the UK-based pharmaceutical business
BPI France et al. invest €70m in Evaneos
Fresh capital supports France-based Evaneos in recruitment and international expansion
Summa Equity acquires Lakers
GP's funding will support the company's growth and development in the water infrastructure market
LDC invests £25m in Love Energy Savings SBO from NVM
Deal for the energy price comparison company is a partial exit for the vendor after three years
Emeram sells Hussel to Arko
Group will employ 2,000 people at 450 locations in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Portugal
Hg invests in BrightPay
Deal is the first investment made by the firm's ТЃ75m debt and preferred equity fund
MBO Partenaires, Amundi PE buy Groupe Arcado in SBO
Siparex and Carvest sell majority stake in charcuterie specialist Arcado and reinvest
VC firms back Uberall's bolt-on of Navads
Total round now amounts to $50m, after HPE, Project A and Holland Private Equity invested $25m
PE-backed Advania acquires Wise
Oslo stock exchange-listed Akva is wholly exiting Wise to Advania in a NOK 80.6m deal
Equitin acquires Kids&Co
GP will accelerate the company's development providing early education services in Poland
Insight acquires Episerver from Accel-KKR
Deal is valued at $1.16bn and marks an exit for Accel-KKR after a four-year holding period
Kernel invests €1.7m in Sytorus
Company plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its growth and open a new office in Frankfurt
IK's Mademoiselle Desserts bolts on Michel Kremer
IK bought a majority stake in pastry producer Mademoiselle Desserts via IK VIII Fund
GIC et al. in $100m round for Acorn OakNorth
Latest funding round values the digital challenger bank at around $2.3bn, three years after inception
LDC divests ByBox in £221m SBO to Francisco Partners
Sale of the supply chain logistics company comes just two years after LDC's initial investment