Deals
Carlyle Group acquires Spain's Digitex in SBO
Deal marks an exit for Altra Investment after a five-year holding period
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
Demeter exits Födisch
French investor Demeter exits cleantech business Födisch to management and WMS
Latvian VC Skillion Ventures leads €2m round for Mintos
Peer-to-peer lender claims to have lent in excess of €15m through its platform in the last 12 months
Inveready leads €1.3m series-B for Odilo
European public fund Enisa also takes part in the funding round
Ventech leads InSided's €6m series-A
The deal is the 18th for Ventech’s €110m fourth fund, according to an unquote” source
Black Toro-backed Torrot bolts on Gas Gas for €9m
The Spanish GP has acquired Gas Gas through a juridical liquidation sale
A Plus et al. create tourism group with Vedettes bolt-on
The new business will represent €35-40m in EV and remains majority-owned by its CEO
BGF provides growth funding for RMS
Manchester-based importer RMS International receives growth funding from BGF
iSeed Ventures backs Anyline's €1.5m round
Text recognition tool Anyline raises €1.5m from US VC iSeed Ventures and other backers
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Chequers' Idverde acquires Quadron
Deal marks second bolt-on for Idverde since being acquired by Chequers in 2014
Goldman Sachs leads Qubit's $40m series-C
Round brings funds raised by Qubit to $76m after $26m series-B in 2014
Bain sells Brakes for $3.1bn
Bain Capital has exited UK-based food service distributor after eight-year holding
Astorg kickstarts sixth fund with HRA Pharma SBO
Vehicle "likely" to close on €2bn hard-cap before year-end, according to unquote" source
Forbion Capital leads $15m series-B for Akarna
VC backers plan to invest further to reinforce the companyтs growth
Immfly raises €2.4m from Caixa Capital
Spanish start-up will expand in European in-flight sale and communication market
Halder's Klingel Medical Metal acquires Josef Ganter
Halder provided no additional capital for Klingel's acquisition
Alcedo backs €11m MBO for Exa Group
Deal marks first transaction for Alcedo IV, which is targeting a final close in March 2016
Notion Capital leads $7m series-A for Triptease
Both investors in the series-A had participated in a seed round for London-based startup
BPI France buys minority stake in New Nomads
State backer invested via its €100m tourism fund, which typically deploys €500,000-5m per deal
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Orange Growth backs Legalbase's seed round
Orange Growth Capital and Norselab back a seed round for legal platform Legalbase
LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years