Deals
Springwater buys Espírito Santo Viagens
Springwater is expanding its footprint in the Iberian tourism industry
Écart Invest sells BVA to Bencis
Bencis to form new group through merger of two Dutch auction houses
Silverfleet offloads Aesica for £230m
Silverfleet acquired Aesica in 2011 from previous backers LDC
Verdane invests in MM Sports
GP aims to grow nutrition supplement business outside of Sweden
Ratos makes SEK 1.1bn from Inwido IPO
GP begins exit after pursuing 10-year buy-and-build strategy for Inwido
Luxodo rescued by Isa
Online luxury retailer filed for insolvency in July 2014
Synergo commits €20m to TMCI Padovan
90% of company's turnover generated outside Italy
Miura backs The Visuality Corporation
Deal is first completed via Miura's latest €200m fund
LBO France buys cosmetics firm Payot
Deal reportedly values Payot at €30-40m.
Sun Capital buys Strada for £37m
Deal sees Hugh Osmond's firm buy 43 of the brand's restaurants
Norvestor takes stake in PG Marine Group
Norvestor partner Per-Ola Baalerud to become chairman of PG's board
Accel backs Qubit's $26m series-B
London-based company received $7.5m in December 2012
YFM backs £3.4m Heritage Window MBO
Philip Maskell, finance director at YFM's GTK, joins as finance director
New firm Frost Brooks makes debut deal
Former LDC managers set up Frost Brooks and make debut deal
Segulah sells Norvatek in SBO
Pump manufacturer span out of industrial business S:t Eriks
Rocket Internet brings IPO forward
First day of trading planned for 2 October, a day after Zalando lists on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Nordic Capital acquires Samport Payment Services
Deal will help accelerate international expansion for Samport
VC-backed Probiodrug to list on Euronext
Consortium-backed biopharmaceutical company seeks funds for drug development
Turenne Santé backs Stimulus MBO
Vendor Dzeta Conseil reportedly generated IRR of 24%
Finnvera and Vendep raise €1.3m for Vividworks
Investment to help Oulu-based company improve international operations
Adaptimmune raises $104m series-A
Company develops treatments for cancer and infectious diseases
Inlandsinnovation takes SEK 25m stake in Loxysoft
VC completed its third investment this September
Seed Capital invests in Coinify
Funding is the first investment by a Danish VC in bitcoin
Deal in focus: Active Venture et al. invest in adjust
Active Venture's investment in adjust highlights importance of data protection