Deals
Senovo et al. invest in qLearning’s series-A
Low seven-digit figure injected into education start-up
Henq invests in Housing Anywhere
Student-to-student housing platform to expand further abroad
Warburg Pincus sells 14% stake in Poundland for £142m
GP's sell-down comes as UK retailer acquires main competitor
Norvestor acquires OneCo’s roadworks group
Norwegian GP will take 80% stake in carved-out group
HitecVision’s Reef Subsea goes under
Loss for GP amounts to around NOK 500m
Investcorp buys Arvento
Turkey has experienced a bout of activity in recent months
Mister Spex bolts on Lensit.no
VC-backed firm uses Goldman Sachs funding to finance deal
BGF injects £5m into McMillan Williams
UK law firm to open eight new offices
France’s Sigfox raises €100m
Wealth of new corporate investors back cellular network operator
DPE creates new maintenance service consortium
GP buys MT-Energie Service from insolvency to combine with Bücker + Essing
VC backers divest GlycoVaxyn to GSK
Deal values biopharmaceutical company at $212m
CapMan invests in Maximum Education
Investment made alongside Siguler Guff-managed Russia Partners Technology fund
Omnes invests €9m in Cogepart OBO
French investor Finadvance also takes part in transaction
Apax and 3i enter exclusive talks over Azelis
Proposed deal comes two years after capital increase
Beringea divests Speed Trap Holdings for £7.5m
Trade buyer IS Solutions invested in 2010 funding round
Permira divests further Hugo Boss shares
GP also sells €500m worth of shares to Italian holding companies
Eurazeo’s Elis lists with €1.5bn market cap
Eurazeo and other selling shareholders raise €50m in IPO
Peaked Hill invests €60m in Arc
Company was previously in talks with HIG Capital
3i’s Scandlines in dividend recap
Payout financed by asset sale and cash from balance sheet
Germany, UK drove 10% activity uptick in Q4 2014
Fourth quarter witnessed an encouraging rise in deal volume and value
Albion exits Orchard Portman
Albion invested £8.4m in mental health hospital during tenure
VC firms inject €16m into Lamudi
Existing investor Tengelmann Ventures joined by Holtzbrinck Ventures
DBAG invests €27m in Oechsler
DBAG Expansion Capital Fund commits €15.7m for an 11.6% stake
Catterton invests in Sweaty Betty
UK women's sportswear brand to expand US operations