Technology
Toscafund leads €25m round for Elinvar
Existing investors Goldman Sachs Growth, Ampega and Finleap also back the round
EMH sells stake in Native Instruments
SBO to Francisco Partners sees EMH and Native Instruments' management retain a minority stake
InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom
Exiting their stakes, Iris and Siparex first invested in the telecoms service in 1999 and 2005 respectively
Lightspeed leads $20m Wintermute series-B
Lightspeed led the company's series-A funding round in June 2020, following another round in January
Sagard invests in Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio
Deal is the second for the Sagard NewGen fund, launched in July 2020 with a €300m target
Swanlaab leads $8m series-A round for Landbot
Startup has so far raised $10.2m in funding since being founded in 2017
Lumos Capital leads €16.5m series-B round for Ironhack
Other investors in the round include Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors Brighteye and Creas
Heritage Ventures buys ICT specialist Metoda
GP intends to boost the company's growth and double its revenues in the next five years
VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Hellman & Friedman transfers TeamSystem from fund VII to fund IX
Hg and the company's management team reinvest in the transaction as minority shareholders
TA sells ITRS to Montagu
Montagu Private Equity acquires companies with enterprise values of €200m-1bn
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments
Index Ventures leads $125m round for Personio
VCs including Meritech Capital also back the round, which values the HR software at $1.7bn
Heal Capital closes debut fund on €100m
Healthtech-focused VC sees oppprtunities in the developing European market, managing director Christian Weiß tells Unquote
Full In Partners acquires Danish firm Cybot
Deal value was reportedly 10 times the company's turnover of around €13.4m
BlackRock invests in Clarity AI
BlackRock plans to integrate Clarity AI's capabilities into its investment management platform, Aladdin
Polaris to launch sale of ProData Consult in 2021 – Mergermarket
Asset is reportedly due to come to market in 2021, with the sale process most likely starting in H1
Redalpine leads series-A for Felmo
Redalpine has led a series-A funding round for Germany-headquartered pet healthcare startup Felmo.
Holland Capital backs Dimensys
GP intends to boost the company's growth and consolidate its market position in the Benelux and DACH regions
CBPE hires Arma to sell Xceptor
Xceptor recorded group revenues of £27m and EBITDA of £10.8m for the year ending on 31 July 2020
Spectrum invests $51m in Quantile
Spectrum's managing director, Mike Farrell, will join the company's board of directors
VCs in $160m series-D for Sennder
Funding round brings the freight and logistics startup's valuation to more than $1bn
Abénex backs Squad MBO, Apax exits
Apax Partners Development (formerly EPF Partners) invested around €10m in the cybersecurity firm in 2017
Valar Ventures leads €21m round for Moss
Cherry Ventures and Global Founders Capital also back the corporate credit card startup