Deals
Apollo’s Tragus restructures debt, kicks off Strada sale
Company's backers have agreed debt-for-equity swap
SpeedInvest leads Wikifolio’s €6m series-B
SpeedInvest also led series-A round in February 2013
Syntaxis finances Expert Petroleum MBO
Syntaxis invested via its second fund
Deal in Focus: Oxford Capital leads $5m round for Outplay
Deal in focus: Outplay
Gilde acquires Comcave
Company will pursue acquisitive growth strategy
Split in CEE dealflow leaves Russia trailing
CEE divide
Beringea commits to Big Data’s £1.25m series-A
Global big data market forecast to grow by up to 27% CAGR over 3 years
Gilde and Parcom sell Nedschroef to PMC for €325m
PMC almost 50% owned by Shanghai Electric Group Corporation
Accel and T-Venture in series-C round for Flaregames
Flaregames has raised a total of €17m in funding
Polaris commits $8m to Profitero
Company counts Delta Partners among shareholders
Elasticsearch raises $70m series-C
Company has raised $104m in 18 months
Delivery Hero bolts on 9Cookies
VC-backed online food delivery platform Delivery Hero has acquired 9Cookies, a provider of point-of-sale apps.
Accel Partners leads $9m series-B for PackLink
Existing backer Active Venture Partners also takes part in round
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 £1bn in UK
Cinven sells Partnerships in Care in $660m deal
GP acquired the firm for £552m in 2005
Ardian acquires 20% stake in Ikoula
Investment will fund European acquisition plans
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
Verdane exits AppliedSensor in trade sale to ams
Verdane acquired AppliedSensor from Pelago in June 2008
LGV sells Amber Taverns to MaxCap for £80m
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