Sector
Alpina invests in New Solutions
Business complements Alpina's other portfolio companies in the sector, including Gefasoft and CAQ Solutions
Mentha Capital buys drilling equipment maker Brownline
Deal follows the recent €143m final close of the GP's fifth vehicle in January 2017
Beringea exits APM Healthcare
Beringea makes 3x return on its investment after a six-year holding period
Oakley-backed Plesk buys Xovi
Xovi will be integrated into Plesk's existing website-building software as an SEO extension
21 Concordia acquires 42% of R2G Polska
Logistics operator aims to expand internationally following the investment by 21 Partners' Polish arm
Alpha sells minority stake in Caffitaly
GP partially exits the business after a four-year holding period
Amadeus, Oxx back merger of Relayware and Zift
Transaction was managed by Oxx Capital, which has taken over management of some Amadeus portfolio companies
Creathor and MTIP lead €14m round for Blueprint
Existing investors, including Inventure and Pontos Group, will also participate
Smedvig, Panoramic back content creation firm Quill
Investment will be used to scale up the firm's operations and expand internationally
Intesa Sanpaolo's Neva Finventures backs Iwoca
Intesa's venture capital arm acquires a minority stake in the UK SME loan provider
Mandarin secures second ceramics investment with Elios
Deal follows the recent acquisition of Italian luxury ceramics manufacturer La Fabbrica in March 2017
NVM injects £3m into Knowledgemotion
Deal is the third of the year for NVM, which focuses on UK growth capital
Ufenau buys Karthaus
Horse breeder and billionaire Andreas Jacobs, the duke of Croy and CEO Victor Baltus will also hold shares
Lone Star buys Esmalglass for €605m
GP acquires its stake via Lone Star Fund X from Bahrain-based asset management firm Investcorp
Platina Equity exits Ekium
GP acquired two thirds of Ekium, then Cira Concept, through an MBO in 2007
Go Capital exits Spread
Go Capital recently launched its second seed vehicle, Go Capital Amorçage II, with a €60m first close
EQVenture, AWS Gründerfonds back Meo Energy
New funding will be used to launch the product as a white-label offering for European energy companies
HPS buys Slovenian wholesaler Merkur
Formerly known as Highbridge Principal Strategies, the GP span out of JP Morgan in March 2016
Insight leads $75m series-D for Darktrace
Cybersecurity firm will use the funding to support its ongoing international expansion
HTGF et al. sell Comnovo to Linde MH
Company's founders are the majority shareholders and will also sell their stakes in the transaction
Index leads $66m series-B for Revolut
Online bank will expand internationally, with a particular focus on the US and Asia
Notion, NEA in $48m series-C for Move Guides
Since it was founded six years ago, Move Guides has raised $91m in five funding rounds
Banks and VC firms in $10m series-A for Curve
Santander Innoventures, Investec, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital and Breega Capital also backed the round
Carlyle to sell subtitling business BTI Studios to Altor
Sale of media dubbing business comes after a four-year tenure in which BTI's EBITDA trebled