Deals
Verdane invests $5m in Hem
New funding from the Nordic GP will be used for building Hem's inventory and expanding teams
Via Equity, PFA acquire 30% stake in Advania
Deal marks the first time Advania has partnered with PFA, an LP in its current fund
Moira Capital invests €16m in BioFlyTech
Investment will be structured as an initial €6m capital injection followed by €10m to deploy in 2019
VC firms lead $17m series-B for Asana Rebel
Greycroft Partners and EVentures co-lead the funding round alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds
Falcon Private Holdings buys Halcón Cerámicas
Banco Santander and CaixaBank are providing debt financing to support the transaction
VC firms in €30m series-D for Miracor
Belgian listed investment fund Quest for Growth takes part in the financing
Vesalius backs Forendo Pharma in €4m round
Additional funding comes after a €12m series-A financing in 2014 and €5.7m of R&D loans
BC to fully exit Sabre
BC and co-founder Angus Ball start an accelerated process to sell a further 17.9% stake
Generis Capital et al. back Naskeo
Consortium of investors injects €12m into France-based Naskeo, a biogas plants developer
Sixth Element leads £4m series-A for Azeria
Company plans to use the fresh capital to advance its research towards clinical trials
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 £8.7m 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 £1.5bn
Axcel-backed Frontmatec buys stake in Aira
Target company's founder, Xavi Jané López, 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