Deals
Polaris commits $8m to Profitero
Company counts Delta Partners among shareholders
Delivery Hero bolts on 9Cookies
VC-backed online food delivery platform Delivery Hero has acquired 9Cookies, a provider of point-of-sale apps.
Sofinnova et al. inject €36m into Avantium
Capital injection is from consortium of VCs and strategic trade players
NVM backs £5.7m Fresh Group MBO
Highly fragmented corporate events market said to be worth ТЃ1bn in UK
Cinven sells Partnerships in Care in $660m deal
GP acquired the firm for ТЃ552m in 2005
BC Partners reaps 2x money on €940m Spotless sale
BC acquired the company in 2010 for €640m
VC-backed Lab21 sold to Novacyt
Lab21 to be wholly absorbed into listed French firm
Paradoxical two-track market emerging in UK
UK dealflow
Benelux: Foreign investors boost higher value activity
Benelux attracting foreign investment
PAI exits Nuance in trade sale to Dufry
Sale marks second exit from PAI's fifth European fund
LGV sells Amber Taverns to MaxCap for £80m
Debt provided by BlueBay Asset Management
TA's M and M Direct to join IPO rush
Company has expanded across Europe under TA's ownership
STG acquires McKesson's European healthcare software divisions
Palo Alto-based GP invests in tech companies
Target Partners commits to Finanzchef24's series-B
€2m series-A completed in January 2013
VC-backed Anevia raises €7.3m in IPO
IPO oversubscribed by 4.3x
Ludgate reinvests in Micropelt
Company becomes 50/50 joint venture between Ludgate Environmental Fund and Wika
Cinven reaps 2.4x on sale of Sebia to Montagu and Astorg
Deal believed to be worth €1-1.2bn
Cambridge Enterprise et al. invest in DefiniGen
Latest ТЃ1m investment brings series-A round to a close
NVM backs Acal MBO with £6.4m
NVM injects ТЃ6.4m in transaction
Langholm's Purity Soft Drinks bolts on Firefly
Langholm backed Purity's MBI in May 2012
Mobeus backs £11.3m BIMBO of CGI
GP provided combined debt and equity package for deal
Runa-backed Capptain sold to Microsoft
Sale estimated to be worth around $6m
Osprey commits funding to GovToday's series-A
Injection of ТЃ500,000 growth capital made by small group of investors
N+1 sells Colegios Laudes
Fund had written down the investment in 2009