Deals
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 £7.8m 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 €7bn
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
MML, Macquarie acquire Capita's ParkingEye for £235m
Capita is aiming to sell off its non-core assets to reduce its debt and focus on its core business
Tesi co-leads €5m funding round for Oura
US-based Bold Capital Partners co-leads the deal and will introduce US industry specialists to the board
Maven in £2.8m round for P2P lending platform Lending Works
Previous backer NVM, along with Pollen Street and business angels, bring in £800,000
Conor Venture et al. inject further $13.4m into Verto
Consortium is led by Conor Venture Partners, Open Ocean Capital and Finnish Industry Investment
Premium buys Clarus from Pinova
Clarus's management team led by Norman Thom and Markus Mondani will remain invested
Societe Generale Capital Partenaires backs Netcom
Three founders retain their majority stake in the France-based telecommunications operator
Demeter backs Piscines Magiline in MBO
UI Gestion, BPI France, Esfin Gestion and BTP Capital remain backers of Piscines Magiline
PE-backed FNZ Group buys EBase for €151m
Sale is expected to generate a positive non-recurring income before tax of €85m for Comdirect
Omnes backs MBO of Marquetis
Group is exploring new partnerships in the local market with the additional capital
Permira's Exclusive Group buys NextGen
Exclusive Group sets foot in the Irish market following the €1.3bn buyout by Permira earlier this year
Gilde Equity Management acquires Eiffel
Transaction sees founder Ferdi van Dommelen exit his investment in the Dutch consultancy
Marcorp leads $20m round for PaySend
UK fintech company PaySend plans to roll out additional services as it focuses on global growth
Eight Roads leads £14m series-B for Moneybox
Existing investors Oxford Capital Partners and Samos Investments are also taking part
EQT Ventures invests €23.4m in BIMObject
Capital will be used to accelerate growth of users and customers on BIMObject's digital platforms