Sector
Bitkraft holds €18m first close for eSport venture fund
Fund is targeting a final close on €30m and has already invested in 10 eSport companies
BC Partners makes full exit from Com Hem in SEK 3.7bn sale
Sale was agreed at a price of SEK 110 per share and will be a final exit for BC Partners
Warburg Pincus sells Source to Invesco
Previous media reports suggested the vendor was looking for a $400-500m valuation for the asset manager
Digital+ Partners leads €13.5m series-B for Riskmethods
New capital will be used to accelerate product development and further international expansion
Eurazeo PME buys Smile from Keensight
Keensight bought its majority stake in the French open-source IT business in 2014
HQ Equita sells Isolite group to Hitachi Chemical
HQ Equita acquired Isolite using capital from Equita Holding in 2010
NorthEdge backs £16m MBO of Future Industrial Services
Deal gives the waste management and decontamination company an equity valuation of £16m
Idea's CCR I fund buys 51% of Pigna
GP initially acquired a €10m loan in the Italian stationery manufacturer in June 2016
IFH backs HQLabs
Company will use the extra funding to further develop its software platform and hire more staff
B&M Gates and VCs hold $45.5m series-D for Arsanis
New funding will be used to focus efforts on a phase II study for the prevention of pneumonia
Aliter's Edwin James Holdings bolts on WT Parker
Bolt-on deal was financed by Aliter Capital's recently closed maiden fund, Aliter Capital I
Nordic Capital-backed Munters to list with SEK 10.1bn market cap
Partial divestment of climate control group comes six and a half years after the GP's acquisition
Bain and Cinven publish Stada offer document
Offer values company at €5.3bn, the largest PE-backed takeover bid ever launched in Germany
Benelux's packaging firms playing hard to get with PE
Failed take-private efforts by GPs have meant activity in the region has remained dominated by small-cap and lower-mid-market deals
Idea Box acquires packaging producer Drukarnia Ekspres
Deal is the third investment for the Polish private equity firm, launched in 2012
Partech, Serena and Airbus in $2m round for BestMile
New funding will be used on sales and marketing resources to aid with international expansion
Mobeus invests £2.9m in Buster + Punch
Product design company will invest in new product development and international expansion
HgCapital sells Qundis for 3.5x money
Exit represents a 3.5x investment multiple for HgCapital and a 30% gross IRR, with cash proceeds of £36.9m
Cornerstone and Oaktree buy IT Kontrakt
Cornerstone partners with Oaktree to source, execute and support equity deals in CEE countries
Mayfair acquires Talon Outdoor
Deal is the fifth investment for the firm, which closed its maiden fund on £400m in 2016
CBPE's Allied Glass refinances with £75m Investec package
Transaction comes three and a half years after the GP reacquired the glass packaging company
KKR injects $70m into Ivalua
Funding round for the spending management software firm ranks among the largest seen in France in recent years
Portobello Capital buys car rental service Centauro
Deal is the final acquisition for the GP's €375m third vehicle, Portobello Fondo III
Beechbrook backs Plan.com and Infomedia
Investor provided a unitranche loan to finance the buyout of a minority shareholder in Infomedia