Deals
Vento leads €4m series-A for Spanish startup Blueliv
Company will use the fresh capital to consolidate its expansion and develop new products
Permira's Vacalians undergoes refinancing
Total of €345m is secured via a pool of 20 lenders, led by Crédit Agricole CIB
Agilitas acquires Hydro International
Wastewater treatment company will undertake an international expansion strategy under its new owners
FPE, Bestport make 4.2x return on Creditcall sale to NMI
Deal for payment processing business brings to an end a six-year holding period for the vendors
EQT Ventures leads $41m round for Small Giant Games
Participants in the round include existing investors Creandum, Spintop Ventures and Profounders
Capvis Equity sells Italy-based Faster to Sun Hydraulics
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Capvis Equity, which acquired the company in 2014
Adelis exits Med Group after three-year holding
Firm saw its turnover double to тЌ100m and the number of employees increase from 800 to 3,000
Alven backs €2.5m series-A for Supermood
VC firm 50 Partners also takes part in the financing, as well as Blablacar CTO Francis Nappez
VC firms to sell Lendico to ING Diba
ING Diba has registered its intention to acquire Lendico with the competition authority
Core Capital exits Ark Home to three trade buyers
Domiciliary healthcare provider made eight bolt-ons during the GP's seven-year tenure
VC firms back $30m round for Relayr
Round is led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a corporate venturing arm with $1bn in AUM
Inveready sells Spanish startup Respiro to Seat
Company plans to improve its product offering and expand to other Spanish cities
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator
Platinum acquires Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $1.3bn
Blackstone, Bain, Centerbridge, CVC and PAI also reportedly bid for the holiday home rental company
Cerberus, JC Flowers to acquire HSH Nordbank
German daily reports that an informal agreement has been in place for several weeks
Egeria's Clondalkin Group sells Cats-Haensel and Nimax to trade
Austrian packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles buys the confectionery and tea packaging businesses
Enterprise Investors targeting Warsaw IPO for Danwood
If approved by the Polish regulator, Danwood would be listed in the second half of this year
Pontifax backs €16m series-A funding round for Abac Therapeutics
Backers include Global Health Science Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Nordic acquires additional shares in Nordax
Deal is outside the public cash offer submitted by Nordic Capital and Sampo earlier in February
Oaktree-backed NL Holding buys ProCrea, Archimed, Imer
GP-backed German reproductive medicine group NL Holding bolts-on three European competitors
Touchstone leads $3.5m round for Re:Infer
New backer Crane Ventures and existing investor Seedcamp also take part in the round
Cairngorm acquires NYTimber to merge with Thornbridge
Bolt-on of the timber merchant comes three month's after the GP's initial investment
Gilde sells Synbra to trade for €117.5m
Sale ends an 18-year holding period for Gilde, which acquired the company in 1999