Deals
PE-backed Camping and Co merges with Campsy
Newfund Capital first backed Camping and Co in 2010 via a €500,000 seed round, and was later joined by Otium Capital
Speedinvest leads €1m round for Timeular
Company will use the new money to expand its operations to the US and other international markets
VC-backed Bicycle Therapeutics raises £40m series-B
Round is led by new backer Vertex Ventures and includes several existing investors
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
Afinum sells Alfmeier stake to Elber
Turnover increased by 35% to €269.9m and EBIT quadrupled to €16.9m since Afinum's investment in 2012
Auctus backed-Fernao Networks buys VonRoll Itec
Management will acquire a significant stake in the company, which is now part of Fernao Networks
InfraVia buys Irish nursing homes operator Carechoice
GP recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on тЌ1bn
G Square sells Mikeva for €150m
Paris-based private equity firm fully exits the asset after a five-year holding period
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth ТЃ98.8m and ТЃ66.2m
K Fund leads €1.4m round for Beonprice
Deal is the sixth transaction for the first-time-fund GP, which launched in July 2016
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on ТЃ525m
Merck leads CHF 10.5m series-A for Inthera Bioscience
Aglaia Biomedical Ventures and Novo Seeds also participated in the round alongside an unnamed private investor
Advent completes €2.42bn Safran acquisition
Advent merges the business with portfolio company Oberthur Technologies to form a €2.8bn group
Capital Grand Est and Agro Invest back MBI of TSA Inox
TSA's current CEO Eric Vinay will be replaced by Philippe Jeannot but retains a minority shareholding
Summit Partners backs Market Logic in €45m round
Investment firm Genui and Berlin-based Sycamore, a previous backer, also take part in the round
European Capital provides €26m unitranche in Moria refinancing
Bridgepoint Development Capital became Moria's new majority owner in 2014 as it took over the EdRCP group
Idinvest sells eRepublik via trade sale
Deal sees the GP fully exiting its holding after a nine-year ownership period
FPE to merge newly acquired SGL and Masstech
New company will be run by Masstech's management and will be headquartered in the UK
VC firms back Exporo
Fresh capital will be used to develop new products, including the launch of bonds for larger projects
EdRip's Altavia acquires Sumis
EdRip acquired a 10% stake in Altavia in 2015, investing from the €300m Winch Capital 3 fund
Maven invests £1.5m in data and graphics startup Ebb3
Funding for the deal will come from Maven Capital Partners's venture capital trusts
EQT closes mid-market fund on €1.6bn hard-cap
Northern Europe-focused vehicle adds to the firm's AUM following the close of its infrastructure fund in February
Verdane buys Mustad and Sunkost from Ard Group
GP secures a controlling stake in Mustad and Sunkost through its Verdane Capital IX vehicle
VR Equity-backed Ostertag acquires Euromicron Deutschland
IT technology provider Ostertag buys out Euromicron's telecommunications division