Technology
CapMan's growth fund acquires minority stake in Arctic Security
Deal marks the first investment from the GPтs debut growth vehicle, CapMan Growth Equity Fund
Charme acquires 80% stake in OCS
Italian financial software business will pursue an international and acquisitive growth strategy
3TS exits MammothDB in trade sale
GP provided a €1.6m round of funding for MammothDB in May 2015 along with Empower Capital
HV Holtzbrinck leads €3.4m round for Productive Mobile
With the fresh seed funding, Productive Mobile intends to bring its product to a wider market
BGF divests Decision Tech to MoneySupermarket in £40m deal
Online comparison group has made four bolt-ons since the vendor's initial investment
Idinvest leads €12.9m series-B round for Midaxo
Other backers in the round include Finnish VC investor Tesi and EOC Capital
Egeria's Ilionx bolts on QNH
Following the deal, Ilionx and QNH will create a large ICT service provider with revenues of €100m
Lakestar in €16m series-A for Nebenan.de
Round was led by Burda Principal Investments, the investment arm of Hubert Burda Media
Value Creation, ABN Amro divest Ion-IP to Proximus
Sale of IT security business brings to an end a 10-year holding period for the vendors
Superhero leads $1.8m round for Valohai
Other backers in the round included Finnish VC firm Reaktor Ventures and Business Finland
Mobeus leads £3.8m funding round for SuperCarers
JamJar Investors and Seneca Partners also take part in the funding round
FPE generates 3x return on sale of Small World to Equistone
Equistone draws equity from its latest тЌ2.8bn buyout fund, Equistone Partners Europe Fund VI
VC firms back $11m series-A for Bestmile
Road Ventures, Partech Ventures, Airbus Venture and Serena Capital also take part
Mangrove in $30m funding round for Saga Foundation
Lightspeed Venture Partners, the Singulariteam Technology Group and Initial Capital also take part
Sapphire, YFM, Scale in $20m Matillion series-B
Fast-growing tech firm has attracted new investors after its YFM-backed series-A 16 months ago
Fidelity, GMP lead $10.4m series-A for Everledger
Fundrainsing coincides with the appointment of a new board member and the opening of a Mumbai office
VC firms invest €25m in Geld-für-Flug
Hannover-based Seed + Speed Ventures took part in the round alongside Luxembourg-based EPI
Verdane closes debut buyout fund on SEK 3bn hard-cap
With its new fund, Verdane intends to acquire direct control positions in large Nordic companies
Mentha Capital's Destiny bolts-on Motto Communications
GP injects new equity into Destiny to finance acquisition of Dutch cloud service Motto
Capnamic leads €4m series-A for Userlane
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Commerzbank's Main Incubator and FTR Ventures also take part
GP Bullhound injects $3.1m into Quixel
Quixel will use the extra funding to accelerate the growth of its content library
VC-backed N26 raises $160m
Earlybird Venture Capital, Horizons Ventures and Valar Ventures previously backed the business
Eight Roads launches $375m third vehicle
Vehicle is almost 60% larger than its 2015-vintage predecessor
Finnish newcomer Maki.vc launches with €70m target
Backers of the fund to date include Skype's founder, the Supercell co-founders, and Nokia's chair