Deals
Foresight invests £4m in FFX
Second £4m investment in a week from British VC
Howzat Partners leads DKK 25m series-A for Bownty
Copenhagen startup has now raised nearly €5m in total funding
Lonsdale takes majority stake in Ocean Media
Buyout comes 12 years after Ocean split from Trinity Mirror
Activa’s La Maison Bleue bolts on La Part de Rêve
Second add-on since GP’s acquisition in December 2012
Foresight invests £4m in Itad
Deal sees two non-exec directors and new chair join Itad
Advent-backed Oberthur confirms 2015 IPO
Announcement comes after reports of unsuccessful bids from PE houses
Accel’s Showroomprivé to raise €373m in upcoming IPO
VC to retain 5-8% stake from current 31%
Total Capital sells Arthouse to NorthEdge
Exit marks full realisation of Total Capital fund, which returns 1.9x
Electra and Exponent team up for £400m PhotoBox deal
JP Morgan will provide financing for the planned SBO
EQT exits Vertu
GP sells 90% stake acquired in 2012
Equistone’s Concept Life Sciences bolts on Agenda1
Acquisition part of buy-and-build strategy
Northzone’s mCash sells Norwegian operations
VC will not realise any value or receive cash from sale
Emeram buys Matrix42
Company is Emeram's fourth acquisition
Deal in Focus: Sun shines on Finlays flowers
Sun European's investment in Finlays' highlights growing appetite for flower assets
NorthEdge makes additional investment in FPE
Fresh funding will be used to relocate business and expand product offering
Amundi et al. back Numerix bolt-on of GIOL
New investors back bolt-on with capital increase
Accent carves out Nordic Traction
Carve-out sees partial exit for parent owner Segulah
Keensight invests in Pixid
Pixid provides online management system for temporary workers
Naxicap secures majority stake in Genoyer
Deal marks exit for Qualium following 2007 deal
Nauta Capital leads ChannelSight’s €3.3m round
Irish B2B software developer ChannelSight has raised €3.3m from Nauta Capital, ACT Venture Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
PE-backed Gas2 goes into administration
Gas2 had raised £18m of investment since 2005
Altor sells 14% Dustin stake
Partial exit is likely worth around SEK 600m for GP
Charterhouse buys Cooper in first deal for latest fund
French pharma is understood to be worth in the region of €700m
Deal in Focus: Scout24 dares flotation among rocky stock climate
An in-depth look at one of Germany's few PE-backed IPOs this year