Deals
Sunstone et al. sell Galecto for $444m
Bristol-Myers Squibb signs option to buy company within 60 days of successful clinical trials
Wellington et al. divest Definiens in $150m trade sale
Gilde Healthcare, TVM Capital and Cipio Partners also exit company
Calculus injects £3.5m into Avvio
Hotel reservations company to invest in software and marketing
Idinvest et al. inject $29m into Menlook.com
Company's existing backers took part in the round
NorthEdge unlocks Solidor deal
Funding intended for team expansion, IT, operations and buy-and-build capital
BDC invests €23m in Trustly
Deal is GPs second Fintech investment since September
Suma invests in Finesse
Investment drawn from Energy Efficiency Fund I
Seventure et al. invest £27m in Quanta
Round led by Air Liquide's venture capital arm, Aliad
Balderton invests in Accel-backed Cloud9
Software company to continue expanding engineering team
Midvestor’s Simpro acquires Noca
GP says it will make further capital available to Simpro if needed
Blackstone and PAI exit United Biscuits in £2bn deal
Biscuit manufacturer to continue with its international expansion strategy
OpCapita acquires La Sirena
Deal is second investment to be drawn from OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund
Venture-backed F-Star acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol has acquired Viennese company F-Star Alpha for up to $475m
Probiodrug raises €22.5m in Euronext IPO
Fresh capital to be used for advancing development of Alzheimer's drug
MYR receives €7.9m from HTGF et al.
MYR and Russian company Hepatera working on joint drug project
Vækstfonden invests DKK 25m in Forida
Company hope to make first deliveries in 2015
YFM backs £6m Springboard MBO
Investment to expand company in the US and Europe
Icos invests in Metal Membranes
Company set to begin commercialising its product
Deal in focus: Mangrove in partial exit from Nimbuzz
Mangrove's partial exit of Nimbuzz values the company at $250m
DPE acquires Ziegler Group
Two firms work together on growth plan to 2020
Qualium to buy IMV Technologies from Pragma
Deal marks tertiary buyout for animal artifical insemination specialist
EdRip’s Saphymo sold to CNIM’s Bertin
Bertin is former portfolio company of LBO France
Ace et al. invest €5m in Spring Technologies
Company will begin looking at potential acquisitions in Europe
XAnge et al. invest $2.1m in Peerby
Company will use the funds to expand in the US