Deals
Corpfin buys Grupo Barna
Grupo Barna plans to make an acquisition and commence its international expansion plans
Elvaston buys Futura Retail Solutions
Management has retained a substantial stake and operational control of the business
VC firms sell Biosensia
Vendors include Act Venture Capital, Atlantic Bridge, Street Capital and Seroba Life Sciences
General Atlantic injects $250m into Greensill
GA's investment values the working capital finance provider at $1.64bn
Endless to exit The Works in £100m London listing
Turnaround player bought the retailer out of administration in 2008 for a reported ТЃ17m
Abry Partners sells Basefarm to trade
PE-backed Norwegian IT services company Basefarm is acquired by France-based corporate Orange
Cinven merges Viridum with Generali Lebensversicherung
Transaction is an exit for Fifth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on €5.3bn in 2013
Holland Venture backs MedAngel
GP invests alongside the fund manager of the province of Gelderland's innovation fund
HIG exits Kondor in trade sale to DCC Technology
Kondor is HIG's first investment from its тЌ825m HIG Europe Capital Partners II fund
Platina buys Cap Vital Sante
France-based Cap Vital Sante was previously owned by the founder and members of the network
Paragon buys stake in Asic Robotics
Shareholders STS Management and Renaissance Anlagenstiftung will remain invested alongside Paragon
Active Capital's FTNon sold to trade for €32m
US-based JBT Corporation acquires Dutch FTNon, the industrial food equipment provider
Pechel backs Vernicolor
Pechel buys a minority, while founding CEO François Champier and management retain the remainder
BWK buys Rasselstein Raumsysteme
Two unnamed private investors co-invested alongside BWK, taking 20% and 10% stakes
Nord Holding sells Parador to trade for €82.8m
Total cash consideration is €72.3m, which includes a payment of €53m to Parador's shareholders
LDC's Fishawack buys Healthcircle Advertising
LDC backed the buyout of the pharmaceutical media agency from Growth Capital Partners in early 2017
Caledonia buys Cooke Optics from GCP for £96.5m
Management team reinvests ТЃ7.8m of their sales proceeds to secure the remaining equity
Alven, Idinvest inject $45m into Meero
After a funding round in Q4 2017, commercial photography specialist Meero attracts new capital
TA-backed Datix agrees RL Solutions merger
Healthcare software firm Datix is backed by TA Associates since its investment in May this year
Cinven buys Envirotainer
Cinven draws equity for the deal from the Sixth Cinven Fund, which held a final close on тЌ7bn
Amundi Private Equity backs Appart Fitness
France-based gym operator will bolt on its peer Nextalis following the capital injection
VC firms back CHF 13.7m series-A for Allthings
Round is led by Earlybird and Idinvest Partners with participation from Kingstone Capital
TA backs Norway-based Compusoft
TA says it expects demand for kitchen and bathroom modelling services to rise across Europe
CM-CIC et al. inject €53.5m in Socomore
CM-CIC and Ace recommit to France-based Socomore, Raise and BPI France are new backers