Deals
Cathay and OrbiMed divest Echosens to Astorg
Deal is the first exit for Cathay's 2014-vintage €500m Sino-European MidCap fund
EI's Novaturas sets share price for Warsaw and Vilnius IPO
Enterprise Investors holds a 70.7% majority stake via its Polish Enterprise Fund VI
Octopus sells Box-it Data to Montagu's Oasis
Records and information management company says the acquisition is its largest to date
Ardian's Italmatch bolts on Jiayou Chemical
Italmatch has bought the business from Ecolab, a US company operating in industrial water treatment
Hg's Cogital acquires Rawlinsons
Deal is the second bolt-on acquisition for the tax and advisory group's UK company Baldwins in two weeks
Accel-KKR invests in Kimble Applications
Data analytics software developer will invest in product development and international expansion
Progressio buys Save the Duck
CEO Nicolas Bargi will retain a stake in the business and continue to lead the company
FSN Capital sells 10.8% stake in Instalco
Following the sale, FSN Capital IV will no longer hold any shares in Instalco Interessenter
Northzone, Industrifonden in $13.5m series-B for Fishbrain
Round was led by US venture firm B Capital Group and previous investor SoftBank Ventures Korea
Eurazeo makes final exit from Accor
Eurazeo placed the shares with institutional investors through an accelerated book-building
Idinvest in €15m round for Geolid
Fundraising round sees Idinvest making its entrance as new a shareholder in Geolid
Progressio's Garda Plast bolts on Ifap
Debt package was provided by Crédit Agricole Cariparma and Banco BPM to support the transaction
Evoco leads €21m round for ReBuy
Headway Capital Partners and Keyhaven Capital Partners also take part in the financing
HitecVision starts acquisition process of Karsten Moholt
Norway-based PE firm is currently awaiting the green light from competition authorities
Accel leads $153m series-B round for UiPath
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate the product offering, in addition to opening new offices
EmergeVest acquires CM Downton in £75m deal
GP will put in place a succession plan for the logistics company's family owners
Bridgepoint-backed Sotralu acquires GNS
With the fresh capital, GNS intends to consolidate its market position and bolster its expansion
Perwyn backs Freshcut Foods MBO
Fruit, vegetable and carbohydrates supplier aims to capitalise on an increased focus on healthy diets
Paragon buys Unicepta
Company's management has retained a minority stake and will remain in control of strategy
Hughes Armstrong-backed Davy Markham goes into administration
Yasmin Bhikha and John Lowe of FRP Advisory were appointed joint administrators on 26 February
Walvis exits product information service Syndy to trade
VC firm sells its stake in the Dutch provider of product information to American company Icecat
Elysian-backed Fastflow bolts on Partner Construction
Portfolio company has acquired the housing developer with cash from the GP's initial buyout
3i supports Infinis's bolt-on of Alkane with £125m
Acquisition of methane-capturing company comes 16 months after 3i's initial investment in Infinis
VC firms invest $4m in Senic
Manufacturer of building systems technology Gira also takes part in the financing