Deals
Foundry Group leads $27m series-B for Roli
Tech-focused musical instrument company will expand its team across the US and Europe
Capidea in DKK 250m Klokkerholm Karosseridele exit
Exit comes five years after the Danish small-cap investor acquired 70% stake in the auto-parts company
EclecticIQ secures €5.5m in series-A round
Amsterdam-based start-up collaborates with Nato on threat intelligence software technologies
Nnergix raises €720,000 from Victoria Venture et al.
Deal marks the first investment of Spanish venture capital firm Victoria Venture Capital
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Learning Pool
Deal marks the first investment for Carlyle Cardinal in Northern Ireland
Dunedin-backed CET acquires CTS for £3m
CET's revenues and EBITDA have increased by 75% over the past three years
Eurazeo contributes $20m in series-F funding for Farfetch
Farfetch's sixth round of funding brings the overall amount raised to $304.5m
Inveready sells Zip to Bionaturis for €1.6m
Transaction sees the venture capital house acquiring 5% of listed Bionaturis shares
Silverfleet acquires Sigma in £65m MBO
UK aerospace company has previously expanded through an acquisitive growth strategy
Norvestor acquires HydraWell
GP is hoping to tap into the growing market for oil well capping technology
Up to Eleven backs Nuki’s €2m seed round
Startup raised €385,000 via crowd funding platform Kickstarter last year
Gimv backs €10m Arplas MBO
Management team acquires a minority stake in the welding technology supplier alongside the GP
HTGF backs contaminant detectors business Bentekk
German startup Bentekk is a spinout from Hamburg University of Technology
Imperial leads £3.2m round for SAM Labs
Internet-of-Things company is to invest in new product development and recruitment
Arle initiates Technogym exit with Italian IPO
The GP will sell up to 28.75% of its stake raising gross proceeds of €162.5m
Savedo raises $5.6m from XAnge et al.
New round brings the total capital raised by Savedo since inception in 2014 to $10m
Peptomyc raises €1m round from Riva y García
Business angels and institutional investors also participated in the funding round
Baird acquires Bfinance
Transaction comes months after GP exited Alpha FMC, another investment advisory business
PE-backed Mercury buys Intesa Sanpaolo’s payment platforms for €1bn
GPs’ syndicate includes buyout houses Advent, Bain Capital and Clessidra
Nordic Capital lists Tokmanni in €394m Helsinki IPO
Busy week on public markets for Nordic Capital, who realised €500m of shares in two days
Perfectis exits Piscines Magiline in SBO
Investors including UI Gestion and BPI France will take over Perfectis's 70% stake in the company
Nordic Capital’s Resurs valued at SEK 11bn in IPO
GP completes Stockholm listing of consumer finance business on same day of Tokmanni IPO in Helsinki
MyTwinPlace raises €750,000 round from Inveready, Sabadell
Deal marks the first transaction for Banco Sabadell’s investment arm, Sabadell Venture Capital
PAI Partners in partial exit from Kaufman & Broad
Holding Financiere Gaillon 8 reaps €257m from the sale of a 39% stake in the business