Deals
HTGF backs bookingkit
Growth investor commits €500,000 alongside business angel
BGF re-invests in VTL Group
BGF commits ТЃ5.5m to auto parts manufacturer over two rounds
HTGF and KfW exit Kimeta
HTGF held a stake in the company for nine years
BGF pumps £6m into Zone
Digital marketing agency's clients include Coca-Cola and Tesco
Idinvest, Siparex exit Julhiet-Sterwen
CM-CIC, BNP Paribas Développement take stake
Insight invests in DaWanda
US private equity house reportedly buys out Holtzbrinck and Vorwerk stakes
UK private equity: what's on the cards for 2015
unquote" looks back on 2014 and assesses what lies ahead for the UK private equity industry
Erhvervsinvest buys Logopaint
Buyout leaves management with combined 35% stake in the business
Industrifonden invests SEK 10m in Starcounter
Growth fund's investment aimed at speeding up product development
Deal in Focus: Sagard et al. back Safic-Alcan MBO
Private equity backers secure minority stake in deal valued at around €250m
Centerbridge acquires Senvion for €1bn
Subsidiary of Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon sold to US-based firm
Point Nine injects $1.8m into Kitchen Stories
VC makes second investment in food services market in two months
Exponent's Trainline goes to KKR
Exponentтs Trainline has ditched plans to list and has been sold to KKR
DACH region suffers activity slump in 2014
DACH deal volume has dropped to its lowest position since 2002
3TS invests €5.5m in Zoot
Fresh funding will be used to grow revenues and expand CEE offering
DN-backed Shazam raises $30m
Deal values music recognition app at $1bn
Siparex, Finorpa back Coquelle
Siparex partially buys out Finorpa in deal
VC-backed navabi raises €25m
Company previously raised €10m in 2013
AP6 invests in EQT's Bureau van Dijk
Direct co-investment was made alongside EQT VI, in which AP6 is an LP
Nord sells Barents Naturgass
GP divests alongside several public owners and private investors
Ardian invests €2.5m in Clever Age
Company also has bases in Switzerland and Hong Kong
Capricorn et al. invest €1.3m in Feops
Funding will be used to launch company's first product in Europe and US
WCAS acquires Aim Software
New York-based firm invests in information and healthcare sectors
Syntaxis completes first Turkish investment
Uğurlu Cam receives €13.5m mezzanine loan from new investor