Deals
Beringea leads £3m series-A for Aistemos
Aistemos plans to target its intellectual property software at sectors undergoing tech disruption
TCV leads $50m round for TourRadar
Cherry Ventures, Endeit Capital, Hoxton Ventures and Speedinvest round up the series-C
Accel and 83North back $50m series-B for Celonis
Celonis is planning to expand globally, after exceeding expections over the last 18 months
Polaris sells Louis Poulsen to Investindustrial
Polaris and merchants Hanssen and Droob first acquired, de-listed and relisted Louis Poulsen in 1999
Tamburi's Roche-Bobois announces IPO price range
Offering amount is €21.76m, and could be increased to €25.02m with overallotment
Principia backs CrestOptics
VC firm deployed capital from its healthcare-dedicated vehicle Principia III – Health
BPI France backs Dreem in €31m funding round
Previous backers also participated in the round bringing the total raised by Dreem to €53m
Omnes-backed Batiweb bolts-on HelloArtisan
Batiweb is aiming to provide a full service to individuals working on renovation projects
Eurazeo buys ST Group in SBO
UI Gestion sells its stake in the sensitive areas security specialist, renamed Vitaprotech
CapVest's Karro bolts on TS Bloor & Sons
Karro expects to consolidate its market position in the UK food industry with this acquisition
Livingbridge backs investment platform Munnypot
Munnypot uses a chatbot to select investments for customers and helps manage their accounts
NorthEdge-backed Future buys Colt in £1m deal
Deal is Future's first bolt-on since NorthEdge acquired the business from One51 last year
DBAG buys BTV
DBAG draws equity for the transaction from the new vintage of its growth capital fund, DBAG ECF II
Alven, Otium back Feed in €15m round
Round of funding will help the health-focused startup to expand internationally
Sofinnova and 5AM lead £28m series-A for NodThera
UK drug discovery company will bring its leading drug candidate to the clinical trial stage
Balderton, Index raise $8m for Rebtel
Rebtel intends to use the funds to build a digital bank aimed at migrant workers
KKR's Webhelp bolts on Sellbytel
Backed by KKR since 2015, Webhelp buys outsourced sales provider Sellbytel Group
Sovereign-backed Arachas acquires Covercentre
Third acquisition Arachas has made since Sovereign backed its MBO last year
Ergon Capital buys Indo in SBO
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Sherpa, which acquired the company after it hit bankruptcy
HTGF sells Sierra Sensors to trade
Sale ends a 12-year holding period for HTGF, which invested in the business from its first fund
Anders Invest acquires De Waal Staal
Air tunnel specialist De Waal Staal is the 12th acquisition by Anders in three years
OpenGate sells NorPaper to trade
Lebanon-based Gemayel Freres & Chaoui Industriel buys the French paper specialist
LDC agrees sale of LearnDirect to DTS
Transaction comes two years after the portfolio company sold a division to PSI Services
Alder sells Powerbox in SEK 228m trade deal
Sweden-based Alder sells its portfolio company after a five-year holding period