Sector
Proventus acquires Polestar Group from administration
Swedish GP’s buyout comes after previous Polestar owner ceased support for the company under administration
Riverside sells Diatron to Stratec Biomedical
Trade sale brings to an end Riverside's 11 years of ownership of the Budapest-based company
HgCapital buys Raet from CVC
CVC Capital exits the HR services business after five-year holding period
HIG sells minority stake in VM Industries to ActoMezz
The French mezzanine provider acquired a minority stake with the founders holding a majority
Practica Capital invests €1.5m in East West Agro
Deal includes €4.5m financing package from Swedbank’s Baltic division
Vito Ventures and Inventure lead €1.5m series-A for Wirepas
Round follows initial €1.5m early-stage round raised from Inventure in 2015
Sentica Partners acquires BPO company Trust Kapital
The Finnish business process outsourcing company’s founder will retain a significant minority stake alongside the GP
BDC acquires Acteon
Bridgepoint Development Capital II has made its second acquisition since launch
German Startups backs Auctionata
The Berlin-based online auction house has plans to go public this year
Notion Capital leads $13m round for GoCardless
London-based direct debit provider GoCardless raises $13m from Notion, Balderton et al.
UniCredit and Anthemis set up fintech partnership
The partnership sees UniCredit committing €200m, to be invested in fintech startups
Triton-backed Europart bolts on LVD and Trailereffekter
Double bolt-on adds a Swedish distribution network to the Germany-based auto spare parts group
Spring Ventures backs £10m HFH MBO
Spring Ventures also underwrote the debt for the deal
Mid Europa’s Regina Maria bolts on hospital
Ponderas Hospital is the first add-on acquisition for the Romanian healthcare group since the Mid Europa buyout
eGym raises $45m from HPE Growth et al.
German fitness tech startup eGym raises $45m from HPE Growth, Highland Capital et al.
Endeavour Medtech Growth closes on €250m
Endeavour Vision's decision to focus purely on medtech investments helped it secure new investors
Siparex, Sodero invest in DMVP
Siparex deploys capital from Xpansion 2, Nord Ouest Entrepreneurs 4 and Entrepreneurs 1 funds
Mirriad Advertising raises $15m
The company has developed technology to mitigate the rise of ad blocking
Distribusion raises €6m from Northzone et al.
Creandum, HR Ventures and Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg also particpated in the round
Epidarex leads €14m series-A for Topas Therapeutics
Backers include life-sciences-focused investors Gimv, EMBL Ventures and Evotec
Gimv exits Onedirect to Naxicap
French private equity investor Naxicap acquires a majority stake in the company
Notion leads £1.7m round for Apperio
Apperio was set up by former CMS lawyer and private equity practitioner Nicholas d’Adhemar
Avedon acquires Dutch HR agency Olympia from NIBC
Entrepreneur-focused merchant bank NIBC exits six years after acquiring the Hague-based company
VR Equitypartner buys Norafin from Pinova
Norafin produces engineered fabrics for protective applications in industry and security