Deals
Balderton and Heavybit in $8m Pusher series-A
London-based developer will use the capital to open a new office in San Francisco
VC-backed NFon sets price range for €200-239m IPO
Company aims for a post-money market cap of €200-239m and a free float of up to 68.9%
BGF and Santander back Clearway
Santander provides a ТЃ13m debt facility while BGF injects ТЃ10m in equity
Livingbridge invests in Disguise MBO
Live events visual software company will invest in international expansion and product development
Sofinnova leads €26.5m round for EryDel
Existing shareholders Genextra and Innogest also take part in the investment round
VC firms lead $29m series-B for Clark
Coparion, Kulczyk Investments and Yabeo Capital also take part in the latest financing
Verdane-backed Lingit buys Claro Software
GP acquired Lingit in April 2017, drawing equity from the SEK 3bn buyout fund Verdane Capital IX
Ardian sells 49% stake in Luton Airport to AMP Capital
Previous media reports valued Ardian's stake in the international airport at more than $400m
Sentica, Tesi back SuperPark
With the fresh capital, SuperPark will have the resources to grow and open new parks globally
Ouest Croissance, Adaxtra back Avignon Ceramic
GPs invest €3.9m in the French technical ceramic parts and cores manufacturer
EQT partially divests EIS Aircraft Group
EQT remains invested in the EIS Aircraft Products and Services division
Bocap invests €6m in Eficode
Eficode plans on speeding up its international expansion plans with the fresh funding
IK buys Bahr Modultechnik
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap II, a €550m fund that held a final close in February 2018
LDC acquires Precision Micro in £22.5m MBO
Deal sees the GP invest ТЃ13m in the Erdington-based photochemical etching company
Naxicap exits Paradis du Fruit
GP sells its minority stake in the French restaurants operator to the management team
Synova's Stackhouse Poland bolts on Honour Point
Acquisition of corporate insurance broker and risk management firm is Stackhouse's ninth bolt-on
Accent Equity sells Stål & Hyr in trade deal
Deal comes only a year after Accent Equity purchased a majority stake in the business
Index leads $5m series-A for ClauseMatch
Talis Capital joins the round alongside existing investors including Speedinvest
Hg sells Allocate Software to Vista
Healthcare workforce management software company has expanded internationally under Hg's tenure
Index Ventures et al. back Slite
Consortium of backers invest €3.7m in the French note-taking app developer
Mobeus backs Hemmels
Fresh capital will be used to scale up the company's engineering and research and development teams
Inflexion acquires EHL, UKWM, creates Comparison Technologies
New multi-channel price comparison company is likely to pursue bolt-on acquisitions
Bowmark, Abry reportedly in second round for LDC's PEI Media
Initial bids for the company, submitted last month, came in at more than 10x EBITDA
CVC sells Sky Betting & Gaming in $4.7bn deal
CVC acquired SBG in 2014, in a deal valuing the online betting and gaming company at ТЃ800m