Deals
GTCR sells CallCredit to TransUnion for £1bn
Sale comes four years after the GP acquired the credit reference bureau for around ТЃ480m
Mangrove leads €3.2m series-A for Adverity
Existing investors Speedinvest, 42Cap and AWS Gründerfonds also take part in the round
Rutland divests Pizza Hut in management buy-back
GP will retain a minority stake in the UK pizza restaurant chain following the deal
Fondo Italiano invests €10m in Seco
Computer components company will seek to pursue international expansion and make bolt-on deals
Sofinnova leads €35.5m capital increase for Inventiva
Capital is drawn from Sofinnova Crossover Fund I, which held a final close on €275m in April 2018
Paragon-backed Chicco di Caffè buys Bota Group
Selling shareholders Pius Widmer and Bruno Wanske exit to pursue other opportunities
LDC's LearnDirect divests e-assessment division to PSI
Sale comes eight months after the company lost an appeal against an "inadequate" Ofsted rating
CVC, EQT Credit in second refinancing round for Paymentsense
Debt package follows a first refinancing deal in November 2016 by the debt providers
Keensight-backed Pixid buys Carerix
Keensight invested in Pixid, a French online management system for temporary work, in 2015
IK sells Touristry in trade deal
Deal ends a two-year holding period for IK, which acquired the business via its IK Small Cap I Fund
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Irisgraphic
Labels business Irisgraphic is the seventh add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
NB Renaissance Partners et al. exit Esaote
Chinese consortium wholly acquires the Italian medical imaging company
Serena, Newfund back €7m round for FlexyBeauty
Fresh capital will be used to consolidate FlexyBeauty's position in France and expand into the UK
Apax Partners acquires Solita from Vaaka Partners
Secondary buyout transaction ends a five-year holding period for Finnish investor Vaaka Partners
New Enterprise et al. back $20m series-B for Konux
Round is led by US-based New Enterprise Associates with participation from MIG funds
Coller leads €2.5bn secondaries deal for Nordic Capital VII
Restructuring of Nordic Capital's seventh fund is one of the largest GP-led secondary transactions inked in Europe
Alantra buys Unión Martín
GP deployed capital from its Alantra Fund III, which held a final close on €450m in February 2017
Rocket Internet sells €150m HelloFresh stake
Placement is made via an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors
Gilde acquires Veco from Investcorp's SPGPrints
Micro-precision metal components manufacturing division recently acquired Dutch business Reith Laser
Andera et al. in €20m series-A for MMI
VC houses Panakès Partners and Fountain Healthcare Partners also took part in the funding round
M Capital Partners injects €1.5m into Savimex
French company uses polymers to produce optical products, including helmet visors and heads-up displays
Vesalius et al. lead $4.6m round for Sword Health
Vesalius deployed capital from its Vesalius Biocapital III fund, which was launched last year
Bain's Fintyre bolts on La Genovese Gomme
Deal follows the acquisitions of Pneusmarket and Franco Gomme, and the merger with German Reiff
VC firms in $60m funding round for Scality
Galiléo Partners, Omnes Capital, Idinvest, Iris Capital, Menlo Ventures all take part