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Capzanine takes majority stake in Soccer Park and Le Five
The new entity will generate an estimated €12m turnover and open six new complexes
Axon provides €1m series-A for Coco & Lola
Following rebranding to Axon Partners, the VC continues investments from its ICT Axon II Fund
Imperial in £30m funding round for Nexeon
Producer of renewable battery materials will increase its Asian operations
Evolution Equity leads $5.5m series-A for DFLabs
Funding will boost the company’s go-to-market strategy and expand its team
Sentica exits Arjessa in €32m trade sale
Exit for Finnish GP’s third buyout vehicle comes after six years of ownership
GM&C leads £3m investment in Blueberry Therapeutics
Blueberry Therapeutics is developing a new treatment for acute wounds
Bestport generates 2.8x on Dot Net sale
Bestport Ventures has sold Vega Technologies, the parent company of Dot Net Solutions, to New Signature
Bencis Capital acquires majority stake in BRB
Buyout is financed via Bencis's fourth buyout fund, the €408m Bencis Buyout Fund IV vehicle
Deal in Focus: Silverfleet’s sale of Kalle proves viability of SBOs
CD&R becomes the sausage casing producer's fifth institutional owner as GPs are increasingly feeling the need to deploy their dry powder
Foundry Group leads $27m series-B for Roli
Tech-focused musical instrument company will expand its team across the US and Europe
Capidea in DKK 250m Klokkerholm Karosseridele exit
Exit comes five years after the Danish small-cap investor acquired 70% stake in the auto-parts company
EclecticIQ secures €5.5m in series-A round
Amsterdam-based start-up collaborates with Nato on threat intelligence software technologies
Nnergix raises €720,000 from Victoria Venture et al.
Deal marks the first investment of Spanish venture capital firm Victoria Venture Capital
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Learning Pool
Deal marks the first investment for Carlyle Cardinal in Northern Ireland
Dunedin-backed CET acquires CTS for £3m
CET's revenues and EBITDA have increased by 75% over the past three years
Eurazeo contributes $20m in series-F funding for Farfetch
Farfetch's sixth round of funding brings the overall amount raised to $304.5m
Inveready sells Zip to Bionaturis for €1.6m
Transaction sees the venture capital house acquiring 5% of listed Bionaturis shares
Silverfleet acquires Sigma in £65m MBO
UK aerospace company has previously expanded through an acquisitive growth strategy
Norvestor acquires HydraWell
GP is hoping to tap into the growing market for oil well capping technology
Up to Eleven backs Nuki’s €2m seed round
Startup raised €385,000 via crowd funding platform Kickstarter last year
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Gimv backs €10m Arplas MBO
Management team acquires a minority stake in the welding technology supplier alongside the GP
HTGF backs contaminant detectors business Bentekk
German startup Bentekk is a spinout from Hamburg University of Technology
Imperial leads £3.2m round for SAM Labs
Internet-of-Things company is to invest in new product development and recruitment