Sector
Charme invests in Livingbridge-backed Witherslack
Vendor will reinvest for a significant minority stake in the specialist education and care provider
Foresight invests £500,000 in Utonomy
Gas leakage monitoring startup received approximately £1.5m in 2017
TIIN leads €5m series-A for shipping app SendCloud
Backers include Dutch seed investor henQ and existing shareholder Brabant Development Agency
DACH region opening up for PE activity in veterinary space
Local regulations surrounding consolidation in the sector have held back PE investment but EU court rulings could bring opportunities
Serena Capital leads €4m round for Elium
Government-backed Société Régionale d'Investissement de Wallonie (SRIW) also invested
H2 invests in BA Components
Door and furniture component manufacturer will invest in its manufacturing facilities
Equistone buys fashion retailer DefShop
GP secures a majority stake from the founder of the business, who will retain a minority
Turkven to float Medical Park after three-year holding
GP is likely to float the Turkish hospital group on the Istanbul stock exchange in Q1 2018
Trilantic's Gamenet files for IPO in Milan
Company aims to list on Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA), part of the Milan stock exchange
Capvis makes final exit from VAT Group
Capvis placed the shares with institutional investors through an accelerated book-building
LDC backs SBO of Pelsis from Wind Point
Deal for pest control business brings to an end a 12-year tenure for the US-based vendor
Elliott demands €74.4 per share to support Stada takeover
Hedge fund Elliott Management held a stake of 11.43% in the company as of 28 August
Turkven acquires MNG Cargo
GP deploys capital from its Turkven Private Equity III fund, which closed in 2012
Banca Intermobiliare attracts PE offers
Warburg Pincus and JC Flowers filed binding offers for the Italian bank's 74% stake
Argos Soditic buys Lampe Berger in SBO
Deal seals the end of a 10-year holding period for Azulis Capital, which acquired the asset in 2007
ETF and Frog Capital in $20m round for Vulog
French car-sharing technology firm had previously raised €8.4m from fund managers in September 2015
Cherry Ventures in €4m round for Homelike
Existing investor Coparion has also participated in the round, which will fund recruitment
VC firms back €10m seed round for Coya
Angel investors Mato Peric, Rolf Schrömigens, Elvir Omerbegovic and Marco Knauf also invest
Indufin sells Preflex Group to Wienerberger
Sale ends a 12-year holding period after a management buy-in worth around €10m in 2005
Palatine invests in Trade Skills 4U
Deal for the electrical training provider is the first investment from the GP's impact investment fund
Ventech injects €3m into Mediarithmics
Data marketing platform had already raised €1.2m from Jaina Capital in 2013
BayBG backs German RepRap
BayBG will acquire a minority stake in the company, which remains majority owned by its founders
Speedinvest backs $2m round for Playbrush
Swiss racing car driver Harold Primat also invests in the round along with Hansi Hansmann
Connection Capital backs £13.6m MBO of JCRA
GP invests £6.7m to support the MBO of the currency hedging and financial risk consultancy