Sector
Novax sells 28% stake in EMG to Verdane
Norway-based PE firm Verdane acquires a minority stake in the education marketing business
SEPI-backed Ebro buys rice producer Tilda for $342m
Ebro acquires the business from US-based and Nasdaq-listed food company The Hain Celestial Group
VCs in $16.5m series-B for Bestmile
Existing investors Partech and Groupe ADP also re-up in the transportation software company
Aquiline's ClearCourse makes 14th acquisition
ClearCourse buys BrightOffice, a provider of customer relationship management software
Waterland buys Ad Ultima Group, Pylades
Waterland will bring the Belgian and Dutch business software specialists under a new group
Kleiner Perkins leads $16m series-A for Inkitt
Redalpine, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Earlybird have also invested in the publishing platform
Abénex, Cathay Capital to sell Surys to trade
GPs sell anti-counterfeiting technology company Surys, which they delisted in 2013
Naxicap exits Acolad in management buy-back
Management buys back a majority stake in France-based Acolad, investing alongside Qualium
VC-backed Raisin buys retirement savings startup Fairr
Second add-on inked by Raisin this year, following the purchase of MHB Bank from Lone Star
HTGF et al. backs Zahnarzt-Helden
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Enjoy Venture have invested in the dental equipment procurement platform
Permira-backed TeamViewer announces IPO
Teamviewer only offering existing shares and expects the offering to be completed by year end
Waterland buys majority in IE Group
Buyout sees Waterland appoint Thorsten Oelgart as the new CEO of Belgium-based IE Group
Azulis Capital carves out Cegid Public
Division dedicated to the public sector generates the majority of Cegid's turnover
Obvious Ventures leads SEK 100m series-A for Hedvig
Cherry Ventures and D-Ax, the early-stage investment arm of Axel Johnson, also take part
KKR to take Axel Springer private
KKR will draw equity from its European Fund V, which held its interim close on €4.7bn in April
Star Capital invests in Windhoist
Windhoist Holdings is Star Capital's sixth acquisition from its Strategic Assets III vehicle
DBAG buys Cartonplast from Stirling Square
GP deploys capital from its DBAG Fund VII, which held a final close on its €1bn hard-cap in 2016
Axeleo leads €1.2m seed round for DataHawk
Company plans to use the funding to boost its growth, targeting 1,000 paying subscribers by 2020
Baltcap sells Auto24 to Apax-backed Baltic Classifieds
Auto24 marks the first bolt-on since Apax's investment and diversifies the group's portfolio
Actera Group sells Kamil Koç to VC-backed FlixBus
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Actera, which acquired Kamil Koç for approximately €25.5m
Palatine-backed CET bolts on Esseltest
Palatine has backed two bolt-ons for infrastructure and property assurance services provider CET UK
Kernel Capital leads £2m round for Silform
Funding will be used to establish a pilot plant in Northern Ireland and scale the R&D team
PeakSpan leads $6m series-C extension for JRNI
Latest funding round also saw participation from Downing Ventures and Somerston Group
VR Equitypartner backs Megabad
Company plans to continue its growth plan and expand into other western European markets