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GRO Capital backs Adform
GRO will partner with existing investor Via Equity and Adform's management team
Livingbridge and Gresham House sell Kirona to Advanced
Sale of the software company comes five months after Livingbridge sold its VCTs to Gresham House
Capitem backs Slat in SBO
CEO and five managers of the France-based designer of power supply services retain a majority stake
GCP acquires minority stake in Infinity Works
Deal is the seventh transaction made by GCP's fourth fund, which makes investments of £5-30m
Tikehau, BPI France invest €38m in Addev Materials
GPs back adhesives and insulates maker Addev Materials to foster European and US expansion
Ardian to acquire Sintetica
Sintetica recorded revenue of approximately €60m for 2018 and employs around 300 staff
VR Equitypartner acquires minority stake in Votronic
VR Equitypartner writes equity tickets of up to €20m and invests from an evergreen fund
Henq leads €5.6m funding round for Stravito
Existing investors Inventure and Creades have also taken part in the late seed round
Eurazeo's 2RH buys motorcycle helmets specialist Nolan
Following this acquisition, 2RH expects to reach revenues of €150m in 2019 and employ 1,000 staff
Andera Partners et al. invest in Tournus Group
Andera, Unigrains and BPI France provide mezzanine and equity financing to support the business
Andera Partners leads €100m investment in HR Path
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France and Banque Palatine provide debt
Waterland-backed Rehacon bolts on Anita Brüche
Waterland acquired a majority stake in Rehacon, a physiotherapy provider, in January 2019
Origin invests £15m in Plexus Law
GP acquires a minority stake in the law firm, which generated EBITDA of £10m in 2018
Axcel acquires European Sperm Bank
Peter Bower, founder and previous majority shareholder of the sperm bank, will retain a stake
Summit Partners leads $38m funding round for Red Points
Northzone, Mangrove Capital Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Banco Sabadell take part in the round
Sherpa Capital buys Luxiona
Sherpa is currently investing from its €150m third fund, Sherpa Private Equity, which closed in 2018
Quilam acquires home improvement loan provider Propensio
Deal is the seventh transaction completed by Quilam, which makes investments of up to £25m
Consortium raises $20m for Agorize
Agorize plans to expand in Canada and said 12% of its turnover is generated in North America
VCs in $50m round for Onfido
Deal for the automated background check provider was led by the venture arms of SBI and Salesforce
Intuitis acquires Laboratoires Humeau
GP invests in Laboratoires Humeau alongside new managing director Jean-Christophe Toux
Isomer taps existing LPs for new co-investment fund
Fund aims to raise between €50-100m and will seek direct investment opportunities in technology
Trajan Capital backs Thomas Plants MBI
Nicolas Paul takes the helm of the France-based producer of organic vegetables
Livingbridge's Sykes bolts on Bachcare
Acquisition of the New Zealand firm is the first international bolt-on by Sykes under the GP's tenure
Consortium raises €21m for AgomAb
Representatives from V-Bio, Advent Biotechnology, BIVF, Omnes and Pontifax have joined the board