Deals
TPG acquires Trace from MTG in €40m deal
Deal values the business at €40m, according to a statement by Modern Times Group (MTG)
Jolt Capital leads $12.5m series-B for Eyeota
Berlin-based VC firm Project A Ventures and Singapore-based Qualgo also take part
EdRip backs Prenax MBO
Fourth transaction carried out by Rothschild's тЌ315m ActoMezz III fund, which closed in 2017
Demathieu & Bard in partial secondary buyout
Euro Capital, Eurefi, Alsace Croissance and Etoile ID are among the new investors
Mobeus invests £3.3m in investor news service Proactive
Fresh capital will be used to launch the service in the US and open an office in New York
Penta- and Maven-backed GRP acquires County Group
Current management team will stay with the business as it moves to new ownership
Triton's WernerCo buys Zarges from PE backers
Baird Capital and VR EquityPartner both made an exit in the sale after a 12-year holding period
Investindustrial acquires Benvic Europe from OpenGate
Deal closes a four-year holding period under OpenGate, which acquired the firm in 2014
HTGF backs eBlocker
Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg II also backs the company alongside private investors
Draper Esprit et al. in $75m round for Ledger
Series-B is a massive step up from the €7m series-A secured by the French business less than a year ago
Stage Capital exits STI Group in SBO
French plastic medical devices manufacturer is sold to Mérieux Développement and Gimv
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay buys MPay24
Second bolt-on, after the purchase of Hamburg-based Startec, since AnaCap's original acquisition
Litorina-backed Fresks acquires Färingsö Trä
Fresks Group was acquired by Litorina Capital Advisers in January 2016 via the Litorina IV fund
Goodwater leads $5.7m funding round for SweatCo
Other backers in the round include Greylock Partners, Rubylight, Seedcamp and SmartHub
Partners Group makes 6x return, 74% IRR on VAT Group final exit
GP originally acquired a joint majority stake alongside Capvis Equity Partners in December 2013
BGF injects £10m into CHS Healthcare
Funding will be used to expand CHS's operations, supporting the provision of services to the NHS
Omnes Capital et al. in $1.7m series-A round for Vsora
Omnes Capital, Partech Ventures and angel investors back the French DSP IP provider
BPI France et al. in €18.5m series-B round for HalioDX
French tumour microenvironment diagnostics expert is backed by a consortium of investors
Egeria buys textiles wholesaler Nooteboom
Deal is the GP's first investment from its latest fund, the €800m Egeria Private Equity Fund V
BPI France, Rhône-Alpes PME Gestion back Alcadia in MBI
Thierry Nourdin and Frederic Charnay become new directors of French Alcadia Entreprises
Sequoia, Google Ventures lead £20m series-A for Vaccitech
Neptune Ventures also takes part in the financing, bringing the total raised to ТЃ30m
Perpetual Ventures leads €12m series-A for Horizn Studios
Project A, Vorwerk Ventures, Monkfish Equity and U-start also take part in the financing
PE-backed Visma acquires OptiWay
Deal marks another bolt-on for Visma after buying Admincontrol from Herkules in October 2017
Synova supports MBO of Mintec
Deal for the food data provider announced within days of the GP's investment in AllClear