Deals
Waterland’s Nuts Groep bolts on NLE
Dutch energy company Nuts Groep buys peer Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij for €200m
VC firms take part in €10m series-C for Themis
Proceeds of the financing will be used to continue developing emerging virus vaccines
Prime Ventures leads $38m series-C for AImotive
Other backers in the round include Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Inventure
Towerbrook carves out Bosal ACPS for €250m
ACPS generates sales of €250m, approximately 40% of the group's overall revenues
Ming et al. in €25m series-D round for Miracor Medical
Belgian public investors SFPI, SRIW and Meusinvest grant a non-dilutive cash advance
VC firms inject CHF 20m into Oculis
Company simultaneously announces the relocation of its headquarters from Reykjavik to Lausanne
Baird Capital exits RaySpec
Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities
Baltcap sells Magnetic MRO to trade for €43m
Number of employees has increased from 160 to 440 under Baltcap's ownership
Principia et al. in €32m series-D round for Enterome
Company also nets a €40m credit line provided by the European Investment Bank
Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global
Deal comes two years after the GP made a £450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business
Oaktree buys NL Holding
Group comprises 16 subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Spain
Foresight injects £3.5m into Nano Interactive
Investment in the advertising technology firm is the GP's seventh VCT deal in 12 months
Funds back $270m series-A for BioNTech
Struengmann Family Office commits fresh capital to the round and retains a majority stake
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS
Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund
Accel-KKR's Jaggaer bolts on BravoSolution
US-based Jaggaer acquires Italmobiliare's procurement software provider in a €184m deal
Madison Dearborn sells Finland-based Powerflute for €365m
Transaction comes only a year after Madison Dearborn Partners acquired a majority stake
Goldman and GIC lead restructuring of Vector funds
Both funds are managed by Vector Capital and closed in 1999 and 2005
HgCapital-backed A-Plan buys Endsleigh from Zurich
Endsleigh will continue to operate as a separate entity under its existing management team
Piper invests in Neom Organics
GP acquires a minority stake in the UK-headquartered skincare and fragrances brand
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than £250m over six funding rounds
Bain Capital acquires Fedrigoni for €650m
BNP Paribas, HSBC, UBI Banca ad KKR are joint bookrunners on the deal for the paper producer
BGF injects £10m into DB Food
Funding will be directed towards the group's low-fat meat and protein division Muscle Food
EQT Credit provides growth capital for Abac-backed Metalcaucho
New financing will support Metalcaucho with its organic and inorganic growth profile
Canadian pension funds invest in Ardian-backed Fives
LBO sees PSP and CDPQ back French engineering firm Fives, with Ardian reinvesting