Deals
Epiris reaps 6.5x on Treetops sale to Busy Bees
Sale of nursery school operator generated proceeds of ТЃ93m for the vendor after a five-year tenure
3TS leads €2.3m round for Parsek
Parsek plans to use the fresh capital to grow its sales and business development activities across EMEA
Earlybird leads $10.5m series-A for Shapeshift
New capital will be used to expand the team with a view to releasing two more exchange products in 2017
HitecVision's Point Resources acquires ExxonMobil's EEPN
Deal will see ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway merged with HitecVision's Point Resources
NPM Capital et al. in €100m round for Picnic
Grocery delivery service plans to expand its area of coverage to the whole country
Penta, Toscafund agree £75.2m Circle take-private
Deal for loss-making hospital operator would come six years after the business listed
DBAG buys two radiology practices
GP will merge the practices into a new group, securing a 56% stake in the new company
Quilvest acquires Eudonet
Quilvest invests in the CRM services specialist, taking over from Naxicap Partners
Phoenix-backed Signum buys Vee Bee
Deal is Signum's third bolt-on acquisition since it received private equity backing in 2012
HTGF et al. exit Cumulocity in trade sale to Software AG
Adding Cumulocity's technology to its service offering will complete Software AG's IoT software portfolio
Cinven and Permira sell 10.2% of JRP for £124m
Partial divestment of the listed financial services company comes 17 months after the group was formed
Bain abandons Resilux takeover plans
Take-private would have valued the plastic packaging maker in the region of €400m
Nordic Capital, Avista place £2bn ConvaTec block
Two GPs sold a stake of nearly 20% to Danish biotechnology and pharmaceuticals group Novo
PE-backed Amexio bolts on Gam Consult
Addition of Gam Consult will enable Amexio to increase its activity in the Benelux region
Stirling injects further €32m into Axitea
Equity injection aims to partly refinance the company’s €197m debt burden
Seventure Partners leads €1.3m round for Botfuel
Seed funding is the first round ever raised by the Parisian startup
Talde exits Biópolis via trade sale
GP sells its asset after a 14-year ownership through its evergreen vehicle Promotion and Development
Auriga, Kreaxi, Alto in €2.4m round for Nosopharm
Nosopharm has raised a total of €4.2m in equity funding to date
Endless sells Karro to CapVest
Transaction reportedly values the meat processing business around the ТЃ180m mark
Keen Ventures leads $8m series-A for Beekeeper
Funding will be used to expand in the US and EMEA, hoping to reach 2 billion non-desk workers
Deal in Focus: Ardian to take majority stake in Prosol
French hypermarket group reportedly valued in the region of €1bn, with existing investors remaining as minority backers following completion
EdRip, AccorHotels to acquire Potel & Chabot from 21 Centrale
21 Centrale backed the group's management buyout in 2007, acquiring Bongrain's gastronomy subsidiary
Endless buys Jones Bootmaker from Alteri
Transaction will allow 72 stores to continue to operate as normal, saving 800 jobs in the process
Ardian's Solina buys Supremia
Ardian will continue its strategy of external growth in the European food industry through the acquisition