Deals
Vaaka Partners in Jungle Juice Bar investment
Deals kicks off investment for the firm's third buyout fund, which is expected to make 10-15 in total
Alpina invests in VR business Virtalis
UK-based software and hardware developer will look to undertake an international expansion strategy
Neuberger Berman in exclusive negotiations for FII's portfolio
Exclusivity ends the bidding process for the portfolio, which also attracted Tikehau and Italmobiliare
iSeed exits MySugr in trade sale to Roche
Mysugr was backed by US VC iSeed Ventures as well as Roche Ventures, Allianz Ventures and XLHealth
Findos sells Gabo to Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Bregal plans to work together with management to focus on internationalisation, sales and new products
XAnge exits KissKissBankBank
XAnge Private Equity first invested in the Parisian startup with a €750,000 seed roundin 2009
Primomiglio leads €1.5m round for Codemotion
Backers include Italian venture capital firms Invitalia Ventures and LVenture Group
ECI reaps 3.3x on sale of Kelvin Hughes to Hensoldt
Sale price has not been disclosed but ECI is reporting a return of 3.3x on its original investment
Maj Invest purchases 50% stake in Victor Gruppen
Deal for the Danish restaurant group is the third undertaken by Maj Invest's €300m fifth fund
VC-backed Delivery Hero readies for €4bn+ IPO
Listing is expected to raise €996m and give the company a total enterprise value of €4.4bn
HgCapital leads €4.7bn SBO of Visma from KKR, Cinven
KKR fully exits the software business while Cinven sells 40% of its stake to retain a 17% holding
Sun sells Nextpharma to Capvest
Sun says it strengthened senior management and optimised the manufacturing processes during its tenure
Alantra sells Probos for €99m
Deal sees the GP sell its entire equity stake in the business to listed German corporate Surteco
Safran and Pengpai in $26m funding round for Kalray
Safran Corporate Ventures and Pengpai join as new investors in the round alongside previous backers
BIP backs Mercateo
Company will use the fresh capital for the roll-out and expansion of a new networking platform
Cherry Ventures leads €4m funding round for Infarm
VC is joined in the round by Quadia, Localglobe, Atlantic Food Labs, Ideo and Demand Analytics
Alto Partners buys hair products manufacturer Tricobiotos
Deal marks the first acquisition for the GP's latest vehicle, Alto Capital IV
Argos Soditic's Valco acquires TCR Capital's D2FC
Second bolt-on completed by Valco since Argos Soditic became majority shareholder in 2014
Mobeus invests £8m in Ludlow MBO
Asset management business will look to expand its regional network and make bolt-on acquisitions
FSN takes majority stake in Holmbergs Safety System
Firm plans to expand domestically and internationally, primarily in Asia
CVC inks third Italian deal with Pasubio
GP acquires a controlling stake in the Italian business via CVC Capital Partners Fund VI
Bridges and Magenta sell Halo to Cover-More
Car insurance aggregation platform has expanded into new market segments since the VCs' initial investment
Cobe buys Völker from Hill-Rom
End of a five-year holding period for Hill-Rom, which acquired Völker for $85m in February 2012
VC consortium backs Planradar
Company will exploit digitalisation potential in the building industry and launch internationally