Deals
Octopus leads £4m round for Swoon Editions
Series-A comes nine months after seed financing
Silverfleet acquires AGR division for NOK 1.64bn
Deal expected to close in August, with Altor turning in profit
Gimv exits dcinex in €26m deal
Transaction includes cash and share-swap
Carlyle acquires Expereo
Deal marks first investment from CETP III fund
Palamon sells Retail Decisions for $205m
Palamon reaps 2.5x from sale
Summit picks up August's Independent Vetcare
Company attracted interest from trade and private equity
21 Partners invests in EGB
Firm acquires 58.8% stake in listed business
Eurazeo takes majority stake in Colisée
Deal values retirement home operator at around €175m
HTGF invests in Junique
Berlin-based Junique aims to make art more affordable
Highland Capital Partners et al. invest in eGym
Berlin-based eGym broke even in first full year of trading
Altor sells Lindorff to Nordic Capital in €2.3bn deal
Altor and co-owner Investor AB will retain a minority stake in Lindorff
Qualium to sell DGF to 21 Centrale Partners
21 Centrale set to take majority stake in secondary MBO
Ardian picks up Equistone's stake in Spie Batignolles
Equistone first backed the company in 2003
NVM backs MSQ MBO with £7.8m
Company runs group of seven digital agencies
bm-t invests in Inflarx series-B round
Second of two series-B tranches completed for Jena-based company
Deal in Focus: Doughty sells Quirón to CVC
Doughty reaped 2x money and 40% IRR on Quirón sale to CVC
Lonsdale acquires Suominen Flexibles for $20m
Loss-making Finnish packaging company bought in MBI
Syntaxis provides mezz loan to eSky
Deal marks company's first external financing round
Keyhaven buys Darag from Augur
Keyhaven increases initial €60m investment from April 2013
Paua Ventures et al. invest in Termine24
Investment is in region of €1-5m and comes from several existing backers
Balderton injects £3.8m into Crowdcube
Crowdcube will raise further ТЃ1.2m through its own crowdfunding platform
Inveready leads €600,000 round for Ojer Pharma
Funding will help bring new dermatology products to market
PE-backed gym merger collapses
Extended investigation into merger causes plans to be abandoned
Vitruvian invests in Bitbrains
Group formed after merger earlier this year