Deals
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Deal in Focus: Syntegra reaps 5.1x on contested AML trade sale
An in-depth look at the turbulent sale of AMS Systems by Syntegra and Picardie
Payleven raises $10m series-D from Seventure et al.
Seventure, Holtzbrinck and other investors have backed a $10m series-D for Payleven
Oaktree's Countryside valued at £1.01bn in IPO
GP and members of Countryside's management team received ТЃ174m from the flotation
MMC in $5.7m round for Sky-Futures
Round follows first ТЃ2.5m injection by VC into drone inspection specialist
Ixo and BPI France in Neotec OBO
Both investors will control a minority stake in the business alongside the CEO and majority owner
Smartfrog raises $10m round from Target et al.
German home security business Smartfrog raises $10m from Target Global and e.ventures
Bridgepoint's ITG picks up Creator
Deal marks second bolt-on for ITG since being backed by BDC in April 2014 for ТЃ28m
Creadev et al. in €14m second round for digiSchool
Deal marks an exit for minority shareholders Turenne and Alto after backing the business in 2013
Rockaway leads $2m investment in Albanian website Gjirafa
Czech and US-based firm claims round is first ever tech investment in Albania region
Deal in focus: Polaris completes first software buyout with Configit deal
An in-depth look at how Polaris managed to win Configit despite not being the highest bidder
Mountain Cleantech rebrands as Jadeberg, invests €6m in MCS
Jadeberg invests €6m in software developer MCS alongside family office PE Group
Ardian buys Argos-backed F2A
Deal comes three years after Argos acquired majority stake through its sixth fund
MIG-backed Brain lists on FSE
MIG's biotech business Brain reached an issue volume of €31.5m on its flotation
Quadrivio acquires Somacis for €100m
Italian technology components maker Somacis to bolt on English competitor as part of buyout
UI Gestion and Sofipaca sell Villas Prisme to Amundi et al.
GPs acquired respective 52% and 8% stakes in residential constructor through 2008 OBO
Ventech leads $4.7m round for TellMePlus
Investment represents VC’s second French foray in recent times
Northzone and Industrifonden lead SEK 30m investment in Qapital
Stockholm-based Qapital among first fintech investments made by Industrifonden
MIG et al. lead $6m Hemovent series-A
Other investors include WCTI, KfW Bank and more
3i makes £165m from Action's €1.2bn third refinancing
Listed GP reaped £323m from refinancings since buying retailer in 2011
Upfront and IA lead $3m round for Cognitive Logic
British startup raises seed round from US venture funds three weeks after launch
Deal in Focus: EQT's EEW exit is largest ever Sino-German trade sale
A look back at how EQT scored one of the largest sales of a German company to Chinese buyers
BDC exits Unifaun to Vitruvian
Sale of Unifaun, formerly Memnon Networks, completed four years after BDC backed company
Main Capital buys majority stake in Denit
In line with previous investments by the GP, the business will grow via a buy-and-build approach