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Equistone grabs Fircroft stake in £140m deal
Equistone Partners Europe has bought a "significant" stake in UK-based recruitment solutions provider Fircroft, in a deal that values the business at £140m.
Industrifonden leads €11m round in Nuevolution
Industrifonden and existing investors have provided Danish biotech company Nuevolution with a DKK 80.5m (€11m) round of funding.
Newfund invests €1m in Sykio
French VC Newfund has provided software developer Sykio with €1m of growth capital funding.
EdRCP takes majority stake in EuroTechnoCom
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (EdRCP) has acquired a majority stake in French telecoms maintenance equipment company EuroTechnoCom (ETC).
Procuritas exits Däckia to Pirelli for SEK 625m
Procuritas has exited Swedish tyre services provider Däckia to Italian trade player Pirelli.
Greylock and Northzone lead €25m series-B for iZettle
Greylock Partners and Northzone have led a €25m series-B funding round for Swedish technology company iZettle.
Motion and FSI inject additional €80m into Tokheim
Motion Equity Partners (formerly Cognetas) and Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement (FSI) have provided French fuel distribution solutions company Tokheim with an €80m equity injection as part of a larger refinancing operation.
Northzone invests $3m in Soundrop
Northzone has invested $3m in Norwegian music discovery and sharing service Soundrop.
EQT picks up Vertu from Nokia
EQT Partners has acquired luxury phone business Vertu from Nokia.
UFG et al. acquire KDL Test
UFG Private Equity, CapMan Russia and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have acquired Russian medical diagnostics company KDL Test.
Balderton Capital et al. in $16m round for Openet
Balderton Capital, Cross Atlantic and Kreos Capital have committed capital to a $16m series-D financing round for Irish management software provider Openet.
CapMan Russia exits Tascom to trade player MTS
CapMan has exited Russian telecommunications firm Tascom to local trade player Mobile TeleSystems (MTS).
Conor invests €1m in Omegawave
Conor Venture Partners has invested €1m in Finnish sports training equipment provider Omegawave.
OMERS PE acquires Lifeways from August Equity
The private equity branch of Canadian pension fund OMERS has acquired British healthcare services provider Lifeways from August Equity.
VCs exit Esterel in €42m trade sale
CDC Innovation, Galileo Partners and Intel Capital have exited French software company Esterel in a €42m trade sale to US-based Ansys.
VC-backed Meninvest raises €5.6m
Orkos Capital, 123Venture and Partech International have provided French e-commerce group Meninvest with a €5.6m funding round.
Sherpa acquires Dédalo division
Sherpa Capital has wholly acquired Dédalo Grupo Gráfico, the commercial printing division of Dédalo, from Spanish private equity house Ibersuizas and media conglomerate Grupo Prisa.
Seventure leads $4.7m series-C round in ProTip
Seventure and existing investors have injected $4.7m in French medical devices company ProTip.
CDC Entreprises et al. in €6.3m round for Link Care Services
CDC Entreprises, Siparex and iSource have provided French healthcare services provider Link Care Services (LCS) with a €6.3m funding round.
MML sells Industrial Acoustics to AEA
MML Capital Partners has sold noise control products manufacturer Industrial Acoustics to AEA Investors.
Inflexion acquires Marston Group from Gresham
Inflexion Private Equity has bought UK-based judicial services business Marston Group from Gresham Private Equity.
DGPA backs L’Autre Chose
Italian private equity house DGPA has acquired a 55% stake in footwear brand L'Autre Chose for €8m, according to reports.
Omnes et al. inject $4m into ividence
Omnes Capital and existing investor A Plus Finance have provided French email ad platform ividence with a $4m series-B round of funding.
Samsung Electronics acquires VC-backed Nanoradio
A consortium of investors including Viking Venture, Creandum, Industrifonden, Nordic Venture Partners, Ferd Venture, Innovacom, Anchor Capital and Teknoinvest have exited Swedish technology business Nanoradio to Korean electronics company Samsung.