Deals
Forward Partners leads £2.3m round for CountingUp
Online bank and bookkeeping software developer will invest in developing its accounting features
BGF in £6m round for MyLife
Deal for the personal-data-related software company is the GP's 32nd investment of 2018
Onex-backed SIG to float in €1bn IPO
Primary offering would target proceeds of approximately €1bn, going towards deleveraging
Foresight invests £2.5m in ABL
Foresight Group's equity investment is supported by a debt package from Barclays
Maven completes £20m MBO of UAP
PE firm invests ТЃ8.7m alongside reinvestment from the senior management team
KKR and Bregal sell Cognita to Jacobs Holding
CVC, GIC, EQT and Temasek are also reportedly in the running for the independent schools group
Norvestor wholly exits Crayon
GP sells its remaining shares in Crayon Group at NOK 19 apiece, fully exiting the company
Siparex, Arkea exit Nadia Group
Previous backer Unexo and management reinvest in the France-based industrials group
Viking Venture takes minority stake in Mercell
According to Norwegian daily Finansavisen, Viking invests between NOK 50-100m
Verdane acquires Zisson and Penetrace
GP acquires shares resulting in around 70% ownership in both Zisson and Penetrace
VC-backed Funding Circle seeks to raise £300m from IPO
Proposed listing would reportedly value the UK-based peer-to-peer lender at ТЃ1.5bn
Axcel-backed Frontmatec buys stake in Aira
Target company's founder, Xavi JanУЉ LУГpez, will stay on with the business and retain a majority stake
Pollen Street backs Irish property auction house BidX1
BidX1 has already kicked off plans to expand into South Africa, Spain and Greece
Investcorp acquires Softgarden from Cipio et al.
GP will invest further capital into the business to enable expansion in the DACH market
Accent Equity-backed Inteno bolts on Genexis
Following the merger, the combined group expects to generate revenues of approximately тЌ60m
Juuri Partners acquires minority stake in Flowplus
Deal is a growth equity transaction for Juuri with plans to acquire players across Finland
Evox Therapeutics raises £35.5m series-B
New backers include Redmile Group, GV, Cowen Healthcare Investments and Panacea Healthcare Venture
VC-backed Green Man prepares for IPO
Video game trading platform and community will reportedly seek a market cap of around ТЃ100m
Beech Tree's Wavenet secures €85m refinancing
Ares and RBS provide a unitranche and super-senior revolving credit facility, respectively
Albion leads $4m series-A for Phrasee
Previous backers Next Fifteen and angel syndicate Galvanise Capital also take part in the round
BPI France et al. back Qucit
Backers include Urban US, which backs startups seeking to improve the functioning of cities
Quantum carves out Gianetti from Accuride
GP appoints Goran Mihajlovic as CEO and chair of the board to lead Gianetti's management team
Lansdowne et al. in £25m series-B for Genomics
US-based drug developer Vertex Pharmaceuticals led the funding round for the genetic data researcher
Eurazeo's CPK in talks to buy Lutti
CPK, the holding company of Carambar & Co, will buy the France-based sweets producer from Katjes