Sector
Lion Capital-backed Afflelou to acquire Optimil
Bolt-on acquisition will enable French group to further develop Spanish activity
Silverfleet in €310m Cimbria trade sale
Exit concludes 10 years of private equity ownership for Danish agriculture machinery business
Affiris raises €10m from MIG et al.
Affiris has raised €130m of funding to date, of which half comes from licences and grants
Smartangels in €3.5m round from Idinvest et al.
Round comes two years after a first €1m funding round for the crowdfunding platform
Erhvervsinvest acquires Gaming
Small-cap investor takes majority stake in online gambling and gambling machine company
Adelis buys three Danish business process outsourcers
GP looks to consolidate the fragmented sector, starting with a triple acquisition
Cherry Ventures in Smacc's €3.5m series-A
Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures et al. also participated in the round
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
Frog Capital backs McMakler's €8.5m round
Piton Capital, Mutschler Ventures and Cavalry Ventures also backed the round
BaltCap's EKT bolts on Jaakson Linnahooldus
Add-on acquisition comes six months after the GP took a 75% stake in EKT
NorthEdge backs East Coast Concepts
Northern casual dining brands are to evolve into nationwide chains
Carlyle acquires packaging producer Logoplaste
Deal marks the seventh transaction for the firm’s €3.75bn 2013-vintage vehicle, Carlyle Europe Partners IV
PNC Riverarch backs MBO of Steelite
UK tableware company will look to expand its US operations
3i's Atesteo in €70m refinancing
BayernLB, Commerzbank, HSBC and UniCredit act as lead arrangers on the deal
Gimv-backed Brakel acquires Argina Technics
Gimv acquired a majority stake in Dutch group Brakel in September 2015
Abris sells Novago to Chinese industrial investor for PLN 550m
China Everbright International will acquire Poland-based waste-to-energy group Novago
ECM acquires Wieners+Wieners
ECM hopes to take advantage of the consolidation of the language services market
Alto Partners buys La Suissa
Deal marks the sixth investment for Italian SMEs-focused vehicle Alto Capital III
Imperial, Cambridge Innovation in £12m Storm series-A
Cambridge-based biotech will explore potential new cancer therapies
Deal in Focus: Kartesia in Desmet Ballestra debt-for-equity swap
unquote" looks back on alternative lender Kartesia's progressive takeover of the Belgian-Italian group
Corpfin sells Logiters for €85m
Deal sees Corpfin exit the Spanish logistics operator after two-year holding period
Greycroft backs Splash's $2.5m round
In March, Splash won the founder prize at tech-festival South by Southwest
Montefiore in €20m round for MisterFly
Investment comes nine months after Paris-headquartered startup was founded
Carlyle takes 95% stake in Cupa for €170m
Following press reports, fresh capital will be used to repay the company’s €155m net debt