Technology
Idinvest leads $17m series-B for 21Buttons
Latest round brings total funding to $31m, and will be used to expand into the US market
CapMan sells InfoCare
Transaction ends a 13-year holding period for the Helsinki-headquartered private equity house
Oakley sells Damovo to Eli for up to €140m
Sale of the IT business will generate a 5.4x return for the vendor, equivalent to a 57% IRR
HTGF, ECapital invest €4.6m in FMC
Round is closed just nine months after HTGF backed a seed round for the business
VC firms back $20m series-C for Fever
Round is co-led by Spanish media company Atresmedia and technology real-estate business Labtech
Arx Equity Partners acquires TMX
GP will partner with the company's senior management, who retain a significant minority stake
Keen Venture Partners leads $10m series-A for Nextail
Newcomer Sonae Investment Management and existing investor Nauta Capital took part in the round
EQT buys Suse for $2.5bn
GP draws capital from EQT VIII, a €10.75bn fund that held a final close in February 2018
MMC, Frontline, LocalGlobe in £16m round for Signal Media
Media monitoring software company has quadrupled its turnover since its 2016 series-A
Atomico, Korelya back Oh Bibi
Venture capital firms inject €21m into the France-based mobile games startup
Insight, Felix in $25m round for UK-based Yoobic
Startup was initially self-funded before Felix injected $5.3m of series-A funding in 2017
EQT Ventures leads $6.2m series-A for Baffin Bay Networks
Baffin Bay will use the capital from the funding round to fuel its international expansion
Montagu buys Wireless Logic Group in SBO
Sale of the connectivity platform provider is the first exit from CVC's $1bn growth fund
IQ Capital holds first close on £92m for third fund
IQ Capital III is a 10-year fund with a five-year investment period and is larger than its predecessor
Beringea leads £3m series-A for Aistemos
Aistemos plans to target its intellectual property software at sectors undergoing tech disruption
TCV leads $50m round for TourRadar
Cherry Ventures, Endeit Capital, Hoxton Ventures and Speedinvest round up the series-C
Accel and 83North back $50m series-B for Celonis
Celonis is planning to expand globally, after exceeding expections over the last 18 months
Principia backs CrestOptics
VC firm deployed capital from its healthcare-dedicated vehicle Principia III – Health
Omnes-backed Batiweb bolts-on HelloArtisan
Batiweb is aiming to provide a full service to individuals working on renovation projects
DBAG buys BTV
DBAG draws equity for the transaction from the new vintage of its growth capital fund, DBAG ECF II
Balderton, Index raise $8m for Rebtel
Rebtel intends to use the funds to build a digital bank aimed at migrant workers
EQT Ventures leads $18m series-B for Silexica
Existing investors Merus Capital and Pau Ventures also take part in the round
Ace, CM-CIC sell Spring Technologies to trade
Sweden-based Hexagon, a specialist in Autonomous Connected Ecosystems (ACE) buys Spring
BGF injects £3m into DevOpsGroup
Investment will fund the acquisition of Wales-based IT skills training business AgileSnap