Technology
Cinven sells NPS to trade for £475m
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired NPS in December 2014
Intel, Investinor lead $12.5m series-B for Swarm64
Previous Investors Alliance Venture and Target Partners also take part in the round
VC firms back $8m series-A for Drop Kitchen
Frontline reinvested in the round and was joined by China- and US-based WI Harper
KKR sells Välinge to Kirkbi
Transaction details were not disclosed but the deal value has been estimated at $500m
Prime Ventures leads $38m series-C for AImotive
Other backers in the round include Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Inventure
Maven invests £1.95m in E-Safe Global
Deal comes two years after the GP made a ТЃ450,000 investment in the cyberbullying detection business
Foresight injects £3.5m into Nano Interactive
Investment in the advertising technology firm is the GP's seventh VCT deal in 12 months
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS
Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund
Goldman and GIC lead restructuring of Vector funds
Both funds are managed by Vector Capital and closed in 1999 and 2005
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than ТЃ250m over six funding rounds
Fly Ventures closes maiden fund on $41m
German VC will use AI to source European companies in the automation software segment
Vitruvian backs credit-comparison site Smava
London-based private equity firm Vitruvian Partners has made an undisclosed investment in German online banking platform Smava.
Newfund invests €1.2m in LoginChinese
Newfund acquires a minority of shares in the Chinese-teaching app developer
Global Founders leads $14.75m series-A for DigitalGenius
Fresh funding will enable the company to invest in product development and marketing activity
Inventure Fund III holds first close on €110m
Vehicle is the third fund raised by Inventure for early-stage technology investments
Perwyn-backed Sumo floats with £145m market cap
Listing of the video games developer will generate ТЃ39.7m returns for Perwyn and company management
Ardian's Assystem Technologies to take SQS private for £283.1m
Offer of 825 pence per share constitutes a 56.4% premium on the share price on 14 December
Main Capital closes fifth fund on €236.5m
Main Capital Partners holds a final close for Main Capital V on €236.5m, exceeding target
Accel leads $20m series-B for Instana
Latest funding round with Target Partners brings the company's total funding to $27m
Eight Road leads $20m round for OTA Insight
Hospitality-focused data analytics company will invest in product development and make new hires
DN Capital leads €10m round for Joblift
Picus Capital also took part in the round alongside existing investors
Zubr buys stake in ActivePlatform
With the fresh capital, ActivePlatform intends to offer customised cloud brokerage services
Inflexion backs Halo Technology
Infelxion announces merger of its portfolio companies, UK-based ProLabs and US-based AddOn
Riverside invests in LeftShift
Investment in the delivery automation business was made via the GP's acceleration capital division