Deals
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested £14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
ADM Capital buys Olivos Naturales
Acquisition is the second transaction for the GP's food-dedicated vehicle, Cibus Fund
Point Nine Capital in $14m funding round for Brainly
Other backers include Kulczyk Investments, Naspers, General Catalyst and Runa Capital
EQT to sell remaining 12.1% stake in AcadeMedia
Swedish GP mandates Carnegie and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to run the bookbuilding
Partners Group sells 9.33% stake in VAT Group
Further sell-down amounts to CHF 355m and leaves Partners Group with a stake of 3.75%
Idinvest Partners, BPI France et al. in €32m iAdvize series-C
French GPs invest €32m in the conversational marketing platform developer
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
VC firms sell Invendo Medical to Ambu for €225m
Selling shareholders include Xeraya, TVM, Wellington, 360 Capital and Heidelberg Innovation
One Equity-backed Lutech buys Sinergy
GP acquired a controlling stake in the business in July 2017 via its $1.65bn sixth vehicle
BGF divests Zone to Cognizant
Sale of digital marketing business comes two and a half years after the GP's initial investment
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Quadrivio purchases 60% of TFM Automotive & Industry
GP draws down capital from its €250m Quadrivio Private Equity 3 vehicle
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
Primomiglio leads €1m seed round for Yolo
Backers include US-based seed investor Miro Ventures and insurance broker Mansutti
HQ Equita sells Rovema to Haniel
Rovema reports double-digit growth percentages in the two years since HQ acquired it
NPM Capital invests in Ultimaker
NPM will become a majority shareholder as the three founders remain as shareholders
Céréa Partenaire backs management buyout of Store Novation
Investment is financed via Céréa Capital II, which closed in January 2017 on €225m
Draper Esprit acquires two Seedcamp funds
Deal sees the acquirer take stakes in a number of tech startups, including Transferwise
Gimv, UI Gestion sell Almaviva Santé to Antin
Gimv and UI Gestion sell the French private hospitals group to Antin Infrastructure Partners
Endeit leads $10m series-B for Tourradar
Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures also take part in the round
HgCapital buys 69% Dada stake for €46m
Following the acquisition, the GP aims to launch an offer on the remaining shares
Vitruvian exits Tinopolis in management buy-back
Divestment of media production company brings to an end a nine-year holding period
VC firms invest €3.6m in Blickfeld
Fluxunit, HTGF, Tengelmann and UnternehmerTUM all take part in the funding round
Accel Partners et al. in $28m Shift Technology series-B
Consortium of US and French investors backs the platform, which helps insurers detect fraud