Sector
Linkfluence raises further €3m from French VCs
Latest investment completes earlier €3.5m funding round
Partners Group elects Peter Wuffli as chairman
Peter Wuffli, Partners Group
ECI backs £57m Avantia buyout
Home insurer trades under the HomeProtect brand
Atomico et al. invest £3.4m in Quipper
Japanese firms Globis and Benesse also back the round
Dunedin-backed Hawksford buys Janus
Hawksford completes fifth acquisition since Dunedin MBO in 2008
Ratos-backed Bisnode acquires Grufman Reje
Swedish business information business Bisnode, a portfolio company of Ratos, has acquired Grufman Reje, an analytics company specialising in trade and industry analysis.
Nordic Capital makes full FinnvedenBulten exit
Business was taken private in 2005, relisted in 2011
HIG Capital aiming for Nürburgring acquisition
Deal expected to be valued at €60-70m
VC-backed McPhy to float on Euronext
Company could raise up to €24.2m
H2-backed Hancocks picks up JTS
H2 first invested in Hancocks in November 2012
Montagu acquires Arkopharma
Pythotherapy business generates €200m turnover
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Desino
Business angel joins to complete first financing round
Azini Capital raises $100m vehicle
Lexington cornerstones Azini 3
TA Associates sells off remaining Jupiter stake
Jupiter's current market cap £1.85bn
Altor-backed OW Bunker plans flotation
Altor finds exit after seven-year holding
Albion injects £2.2m into Egress
Funds to be drawn from VCTs
XAnge et al. inject €6.75m into PrestaShop
Seventure and Serena Capital also take part in the round
Axon Partners launches new fund
Spanish venture capital investor Axon Partners Group has launched a new fund to back early-stage Spanish companies operating in the digital economy.
VC-backed Just-Eat bolts on Meal2Go
Just-Eat to infuse electronic point-of-sale technology
Polaris leads $6m series-A for Boxever
Polaris Partners and Frontline Ventures have invested $6m in a series-A round for Boxever, a Dublin-based B2B platform for airlines and travel operators.
Maven and Simmons inject further £3.25m into Glacier
Maven Capital Partners and investment bank Simmons & Company have invested an additional £3.25m in oil & gas services company Glacier Energy Services to finance a bolt-on.
NVM’s Kitwave acquires Eden Farm
UK wholesaler Kitwave Wholesale Group, backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired frozen food and ice-cream wholesale and distribution business Eden Farm.
TVbeat secures $2m
London-based TVbeat, which provides real-time television ratings, has raised $2m from Episode 1 and Credo Ventures.
TCR buys Locabri from Ekkio
Siparex and Carvest to co-invest in SBO