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VCs tread cautiously around blockchain craze
VC activity in cryptocurrency has increased, but despite eye-catching deals, their volume is not as high as the wider enthusiasm would suggest
Mobeus invests £3.3m in investor news service Proactive
Fresh capital will be used to launch the service in the US and open an office in New York
Penta- and Maven-backed GRP acquires County Group
Current management team will stay with the business as it moves to new ownership
Triton's WernerCo buys Zarges from PE backers
Baird Capital and VR EquityPartner both made an exit in the sale after a 12-year holding period
Investindustrial acquires Benvic Europe from OpenGate
Deal closes a four-year holding period under OpenGate, which acquired the firm in 2014
HTGF backs eBlocker
Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg II also backs the company alongside private investors
Céréa Partenaire buys Monviso from PM&Partners
French GP closes first Italian deal with bread and biscuit producer Monviso
Draper Esprit et al. in $75m round for Ledger
Series-B is a massive step up from the €7m series-A secured by the French business less than a year ago
Stage Capital exits STI Group in SBO
French plastic medical devices manufacturer is sold to Mérieux Développement and Gimv
AnaCap-backed Heidelpay buys MPay24
Second bolt-on, after the purchase of Hamburg-based Startec, since AnaCap's original acquisition
Litorina-backed Fresks acquires Färingsö Trä
Fresks Group was acquired by Litorina Capital Advisers in January 2016 via the Litorina IV fund
Goodwater leads $5.7m funding round for SweatCo
Other backers in the round include Greylock Partners, Rubylight, Seedcamp and SmartHub
Patrimonium exits Bauwerk Boen Group
Bauwerk Boen has grown from employing 550 people in 2009 to 1,900 in 2016
Partners Group makes 6x return, 74% IRR on VAT Group final exit
GP originally acquired a joint majority stake alongside Capvis Equity Partners in December 2013
BGF injects £10m into CHS Healthcare
Funding will be used to expand CHS's operations, supporting the provision of services to the NHS
Omnes Capital et al. in $1.7m series-A round for Vsora
Omnes Capital, Partech Ventures and angel investors back the French DSP IP provider
BPI France et al. in €18.5m series-B round for HalioDX
French tumour microenvironment diagnostics expert is backed by a consortium of investors
Egeria buys textiles wholesaler Nooteboom
Deal is the GP's first investment from its latest fund, the €800m Egeria Private Equity Fund V
BPI France, Rhône-Alpes PME Gestion back Alcadia in MBI
Thierry Nourdin and Frederic Charnay become new directors of French Alcadia Entreprises
Sequoia, Google Ventures lead £20m series-A for Vaccitech
Neptune Ventures also takes part in the financing, bringing the total raised to £30m
Perpetual Ventures leads €12m series-A for Horizn Studios
Project A, Vorwerk Ventures, Monkfish Equity and U-start also take part in the financing
PE-backed Visma acquires OptiWay
Deal marks another bolt-on for Visma after buying Admincontrol from Herkules in October 2017
Synova supports MBO of Mintec
Deal for the food data provider announced within days of the GP's investment in AllClear
Artemis, Alven back Speachme
GPs invest €10m in French peer-to-peer skills transfer platform startup Speachme