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MML’s Iqarus buys C-Chec
MML acquired Iqarus in 2015 from former parent Capita
Riverside Company’s Mintra bolts on OCS HR
OCS HR is the first add-on acquisition for Mintra since it was acquired in late 2014
Beringea scores 12x on Monica Vinader partial exit
Piper invested £14m while US firm Winona Capital supplied £6m
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GP’s European Fund IV
AnaCap closes third fund on €850m
Second vehicle with a focus on financial services to close so far in February, according to unquote” data
Redalpine backs Jodel
Latest round marks Jodel's third successful fundraising within the space of a year
MMC leads $6m series-B for Admedo
Programmatic advertising platform Admedo has closed a $6m series-B round led by MMC Ventures
Holtzbrinck backs Lamudi’s €29m round
Holtzbrinck, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Tengelmann back Lamudi's €29m round
BPI France’s Travel & Co bolts on Backroads
Bolt-on comes nine years after the state investor backed the tourism platform's inception
Verdane acquires five-company portfolio from Sequent Invest
Direct secondary deal is second portfolio acquisition by the Nordic specialist GP in 2016
Receipt Bank raises $10m from Kennet
Receipt Bank was established in 2011 after the founder acquired Receipt Farm
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
Palero sells Heidrive to Allied Motion for €20m
Palero Capital has sold Heidrive to US drive technology company Allied Motion for €20m
MBO and Arkéa offload Sira in trade sale
Exit comes almost eight years after both GPs bought a joint 40% stake in the business
IDI and Pechel in Dubbing Brothers MBO
Both GPs are understood to have secured a joint controlling stake in the dubbing specialist
Polaris acquires manufacturing software company Configit
Copenhagen-based software developer marks the third buyout made through the Polaris IV fund
QuiToque raises €1.5m from Isai et al.
Newly rebranded meal kit business will make new hires and seal partnerships with food producers
VR exits Janz IT to ACP
VR Equitypartner sells its stake in IT service Janz to ACP in a trade sale
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth £28m
Watchmaster raises $8m from Cherry Ventures et al.
Watchmaster completed its third funding round within less than one year
Albion leads £1.65m investment in InCrowd
Albion was joined by Sky and several angel investors in the funding round
Electra sells Daler-Rowney to Fila for €80.8m
Electra first backed fine art materials company in 2011 with £26m investment
EQT in €1.44bn EEW exit to Beijing Enterprises
Deal is largest Chinese direct investment in a German company to date, GP said
Siparex injects €600,000 into Batiroc
Second deal to come via VC’s 40%-invested Rhône-Alpes regional fund in space of a week