Deals
Lonsdale's Mobility Group bolts on Cassellie
Acquisition is part of the group's strategy to move beyond the specialist bathrooms market
Grovepoint and Rubicon acquire Aquamain
Deal for the water utility services company is the GPs' second joint investment in three months
Agic, Capvis, Gilde, Nordic Capital in final Amann Girrbach round
Nordic Capital is reportedly the front-runner in the sale of the Austrian dental prosthetics company
iBionext in series-B follow-up for Prophesee
Series-B round for French computer vision technology developer Prophesee now totals $19m
Bridges invests £8.5m in Innovate Services
School catering business is looking to capitalise on increasing demand for healthy school meals
HIG acquires Spanish gin distillery Puerto de Indias in MBO
HIG is deploying capital from its European Capital Partners II fund, closed in July 2013 on €825m
Equistone sells E Winkemann to Cathay Capital
Equistone makes the divestment from its €1.5bn buyout fund Equistone Europe Partners IV
Inventure, Tesi raise $2.4m for Thirdpresence
Deal marks the first investment from Inventure Fund III, which held a first close on €110m
Carlyle sells The Sniffers to trade
Sale ends a holding period of six years for Carlyle, which bought the company in December 2011
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
Accel, Northzone lead €4.8m series-A for Anyfin
Fresh capital will be used for recruitment, user acquisition and product development
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 €100m 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
Idinvest backs Vision Systems in SBO
GP buys 20% of French aeronautics and automotive systems developer Vision Systems
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
NVM backs SHE Software in £3m round
NVM investment director Charlie Winward will join the board as a non-executive director
VC firms back $30m round for Relayr
Round is led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a corporate venturing arm with $1bn in AUM
PE-backed footwear retailer Sarenza sold to trade
French retail chain Monoprix buys Sarenza from HLD, BPI France and Akila Finance