PIPEs
ArchiMed to acquire Bomi in €70m take-private deal
GP intends to finance the acquisition via its Med Platform I fund, which held a €530m first close in 2018
AVM Gestioni, Centurion Global invest in Italia Independent
GPs invest via a newco named Creative Ventures, which acquired 2,553,191 new shares
Stanhope leads $90m round for S4
Investment in the UK-based digital marketing business will support the bolt-on of MightyHive
BPI France invests in listed Beneteau Group
Market capitalisation of leisure boat manufacturer Beneteau Group totals €1.18bn
EQT Ventures invests €23.4m in BIMObject
Capital will be used to accelerate growth of users and customers on BIMObject's digital platforms
Sofinnova leads €35.5m capital increase for Inventiva
Capital is drawn from Sofinnova Crossover Fund I, which held a final close on €275m in April 2018
BGF invests £7m in Netcall for MatsSoft acquisition
BGF's investment is in the form of a loan note with annual interest of 8.5%
PE-backed Global Bionenergies in €10m private placement
CM-CIC and Seventure Partners are among the company's shareholders, and are reducing their respective stakes
Aleph and BPI back Ekinops' acquisition of OneAccess
OneAccess has been backed by a consortium of VCs since 2003, including Idinvest and CM-CIC
JCDecaux takes 15.4% stake in Eurazeo
Taking over from Crédit Agricole, JC Decaux becomes the second largest shareholder in Eurazeo
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested
21 Centrale Partners to acquire DL Software
French branch of pan-European GP 21 Partners intends to take the company private upon the deal's completion
Nordic Capital completes take-private bid for Nordnet
Joint holding with investment company Уhman Group holds 98.65% of the company's shares and will delist the company
Patron, Heineken set for £1.8bn Punch Taverns take-private
Private equity house will join trade investor Heineken to acquire the pub business, which will be divided between the parties
Eurazeo-backed Elis launches €325m share capital increase
Fresh funds will enable laundry, linen and sanitary equipment business to refinance
KKR tenders offer for GfK
Following the deal, KKR and the company will own a combined 75% stake in the business
Nordic Capital's Lindorff merges with Intrum Justitia
Deal gives the GP-backed debt collection business a SEK 40.5bn enterprise value
Norvestor makes take-private bid for NCR
Nordic GP makes bid provisional on achieving a 90% shareholding in Sweden-listed business
Nordic Capital in take-private bid for Nordnet
GP bid is made in cooperation with majority owner The Уhman Group, which will retain a stake
Kerogen backs £74m Hurricane funding round
Deal follows a similar investment in the oil exploration business earlier this year
Calculus invests £3m in AIM-listed C4X Discovery
Funding round will enable the pharmaceuticals business to fund further drug development
Calculus invests £2.5m in listed portfolio company Epistem
Diagnostics company will invest in new low-cost medical tests
VC-backed GenSight Biologics raises €40m in IPO
Flotation on Euronext Paris gives the biotech a market cap of €149m
NB, Apax buy further 8.3% stake in Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Purchase will trigger launch of a mandatory offer for the remaining 55.7% shares